EDWARD RING: Save Our Lawns, Reform AB 1572 Edward Ring CommentaryPolicy and regulation October 22, 2026By Edward Ring, director of water and energy policy for the California Policy Center Californians are within months, if not...
RIDGECREST: IWVGA and Water District to develop residential water loss relief program Indian Wells Valley Groundwater News October 1, 2026Press release from the Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority board voted unanimously to authorize...
REPORT: How much water do data centers use? And why does it matter? Pacific Institute Planning and management September 28, 2026By Heather Cooley and Morgan Shimabuku, Pacific Institute Growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other cloud-based computing services is driving...
KNEE DEEP TIMES: The end is coming for California’s untouchable grass Knee Deep Times Policy and regulation September 20, 2026By Alastair Bland, Knee Deep Times Just a few months remain before swaths of California grass irrigated with potable water...
WATER DESK: The driest year revisited: Five takeaways from 2002 for today’s Colorado River The Water Desk Colorado River April 24, 2026Experts weigh in on what we learned during the region’s worst drought on record, and how those lessons might help...
UNIVERSITY OF DELEWARE: Assessing the impact of golf courses on water scarcity in the Colorado River Basin Guest Contributor Colorado River April 23, 2026UD doctoral students study the impact of golf courses on water scarcity in the Colorado River Basin By Adam Thomas,...
THE CONVERSATION: Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future The Conversation Planning and management April 8, 2026By Renee Obringer, Penn State and Dave White, Arizona State University When a drought turns into an urban water crisis,...
UNIV. OF ROCHESTER: How to entice water guzzlers to conserve University of Rochester Planning and management February 6, 2026A California field experiment shows why targeting high water users with the right incentives outperforms years of public messaging. By...
PENN STATE: Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find Guest Contributor Planning and management January 26, 2026A new computational model reveals that prescriptive water conservation in three US cities would be less effective under severe climate...
CAL MATTERS: California cities pay a lot for water; some agricultural districts get it for free Cal Matters Planning and management December 11, 2025Even among experts the cost of water supplies is hard to pin down. A new study reveals huge differences in...
RESEARCH ARTICLE: Water demand projection accuracy and demand management trends in California cities American Geophysical Union Planning and management December 5, 2025From Water Resources Research: This study investigates the accuracy of long-term water demand projections and tracks the evolution of water...
REPORT: California water suppliers gear up for a dry year with confidence Maven Planning and management October 7, 2025The results are in. California’s 446 urban water suppliers have conducted their supply and demand assessments, and 95.5% say they...
AGU: Toilets and showers make up the vast majority of household water use American Geophysical Union Planning and management September 4, 2025Homes in California use less water than other states, according to a new study of a subset of US cities...
EDWARD RING: The Grand Water Bargain Edward Ring CommentaryPolicy and regulation June 26, 2025By Edward Ring, California Policy Center For the last few decades in California, the conventional wisdom has been that farmers...
UC RIVERSIDE: Home water-use app improves water conservation UC Riverside Planning and management May 27, 2025UC Riverside study finds that access to real-time household water data reduces consumption By David Danelski, UC Riverside A UC...
