Guest contributors

February 11, 2020

Is the State on the Right Track? Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani It’s been about 30-years since the UN based...

GUEST COMMENTARY (REBUTTAL): Ecologists see little difference between unimpaired and (truly) functional approaches to flow

February 4, 2020

This guest commentary was written by Julie Zimmerman, Jeanette Howard, Jon Rosenfield, and Rene Henery in response to The Final...

ROBERT SHIBATANI COMMENTARY: The Final Demise of Unimpaired Flows

January 28, 2020

We can Thank Climate Change… Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani Some ideas have the uncanny ability of persevering! Like a...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Do water rights have a future?

December 23, 2019

…Not as currently configured, says Robert Shibatani Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: Water rights, depending on jurisdiction, possess various levels...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Water scarcity: A catch phrase of convenience

November 5, 2019

Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani: The phrase gets loosely thrown around by the media, general public and even by some...

GUEST COMMENTARY: The Quiet Death and Imminent Rebirth of a Water Bond

September 17, 2019

This commentary written by Jon Christensen. A concerted effort to put a $4 billion bond measure for safe drinking water,...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Integrated Regional Water Management – Helping Create a Balanced Portfolio for our Water Future

September 5, 2019

Guest commentary from the IRWM Roundtable of Regions: Integrated Regional Water Management (IRWM) represents a construct for collaborative water resource...

GUEST COMMENTARY: What Does Climate Change Really Mean to California’s Water Resources?

August 6, 2019

Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani Whether you are a water utility manager, elected official, or homeowner, future water availability is...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Why not put your public water outreach program on steroids

June 25, 2019

Guest commentary by Stephen Baker, Operation Unite®: How can the short memory of the public maintain the long-term commitments of...

ROBERT SHIBATANI: Are California’s Water Operations as Efficient as Claimed?

June 18, 2019

Part II: How Much Water Was Lost this Spring 2019? This commentary was written by Robert Shibatani. In Part I...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Are California’s Water Operations as Efficient as Claimed?

June 4, 2019

Part I: How Much Water Was Lost this Winter 2019? This post was written by Robert Shibatani. California water users...

Interview with Wade Crowfoot: Implementing Newsom’s “One California” portfolio approach for water

May 14, 2019

In perhaps the most in-depth interview for water wonks yet, Lisa Beutler, Senior Principal with Stantec, sits down with Secretary...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Indian Water Settlements, the Media and the Future of Western Rivers

June 7, 2018

“I believe historians will look back at the current Water Settlement Era as the second big rip-off of the Indigenous...

GUEST COMMENTARY: The Costliest Infrastructure Project in Recent History Won’t Be on Your Ballot, But You Can Still Be Heard