When it comes to water, California has been—to put it mildly—going through it. The PPIC Water Policy Center’s senior fellow (and former director) Ellen Hanak summed up the situation nicely at our annual fall conference on November 14: “If you think our weather’s getting crazier, the data agree with you.” While the state’s average precipitation hasn’t changed, she said, volatility has increased dramatically. The question is how to make that happen. In the first panel, moderated by senior fellow Jeff Mount, Central Valley Flood Protection Board president Jane Dolan praised the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR) flood management efforts, though she cautioned that flood preparation isn’t a one-and-done kind of thing.