Years of inaccurate water demand forecasts have exacted a heavy price on the environment and on ratepayers. Records show staff pushed consultants to publish inflated demand projections, even as the agency’s own finance team predicted water sales would stay flat....
By Chris Shutes and Gary Bobker The latest chapter in the Trump Administration’s war on California opened on September 3 and 4, 2026, when the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation– which operates the largest water project in California – and Westlands...
By Dan York, General Manager, Sacramento Suburban Water District Each summer, California’s water supply makes headlines. This year, El Niño is strengthening and federal forecasters say it could become very strong, raising questions about what the coming winter could bring....
By Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy for the California Policy Center California attracts a lot of criticism, with perhaps the most bipartisan criticism focusing on its punitive cost of living. And this bipartisan criticism even extends to...
By Edward Ring, Director of Water and Energy Policy at the California Policy Center It’s January 2027, and for the last few months, a super El Nino has already delivered torrential rains to the Pacific Coast of North America. California’s reservoirs...
