blog post Drought Watch: Priorities for Cities and Farms By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Mar 18, 2015 Cities need to do more to reduce landscape irrigation. For farmers, the options are somewhat different.
blog post Drought Watch: Roadblocks to Efficient Funding By Ellen Hanak, Caitrin Chappelle Mar 13, 2014 This is part of a continuing series on the impact of the drought.Looming legal challenges may limit the ability of local agencies to make continued investments in modern, integrated water management—investments that would better prepare us for population growth, climate change, and future droughts.
blog post Drought Watch: Video Seminars By Ellen Hanak Oct 8, 2014 A series of videos available online is a great resource for water wonks and newcomers alike.
blog post Drought Watch: Treating Stormwater as a Resource By Ellen Hanak Mar 3, 2015 If it is done right, capturing stormwater in rain gardens and wetlands can filter out the pollution while storing the water for later use.
blog post Commentary: What Did We Learn from the Drought? By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Apr 17, 2017 A review of policy changes that can help California weather the next drought—and prepare us for a hotter, drier future.
blog post Drought Watch: Trends in Urban Water Use By Caitrin Chappelle, Emma Freeman Aug 20, 2014 This is part of a continuing series on the impact of the drought. As water agencies look beyond the current emergency for ways to adapt to future droughts, it is instructive to examine urban use in two relatively normal water years, 2000 and 2010.
blog post Testimony: Funding to Promote Drought Resilience By Ellen Hanak Mar 27, 2014 PPIC senior fellow Ellen Hanak gave the Assembly Budget Subcommittee for Resources and Transportation an overview of state and federal emergency drought funding and suggested other fiscal measures that the legislature should consider to make California more drought resilient.
blog post Drought Watch: Funding Sustainable Groundwater Management By Ellen Hanak, Caitrin Chappelle, Emma Freeman Apr 3, 2014 This is part of a continuing series on the impact of the drought. Unsustainable groundwater use has long plagued California’s rural areas, and the current drought is providing much needed impetus to pursue reform.
blog post Drought Watch: Crises as Catalyst for Policy Change By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Sep 16, 2014 Today Governor Brown signed three bills that require portions of the state to start managing groundwater sustainably. These bills are historic.
blog post Drought Watch: Keeping Better Track of Water By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount May 5, 2014 This is part of a continuing series on the impact of the drought. To manage the drought more effectively, we need better information about who uses how much water, and when.
