Guest contributors

July 31, 2017

From the Delta Counties Coalition, Don Nottoli and Oscar Villegas write, “One of the most monumental and potentially devastating decisions...

GUEST COMMENTARY: It’s time to fix the impacts of TCP

March 13, 2017

This commentary was written by Andria Ventura, Toxics Program Manager for Clean Water Action: The regulation of a potent cancer-causing...

GUEST COMMENTARY: State Water Resources Control Board releases its first water-related climate change resolution

February 15, 2017

California Water Governance Takes Important Step Forward By Robert Shibatani The State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) released its new...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Twin tunnels prevent state from genuine water solutions, say Delta county reps

February 13, 2017

From Sacramento County Supervisor Don Nottoli and Yolo County Supervisor Oscar Villegas on behalf of the Delta Counties Coalition: This...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Managing for Sustainability: Are you ready for permanent water rationing?

December 28, 2016

Commentary written by John Kingsbury, Executive Director of the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association: Poised to seize control of water...

GUEST COMMENTARY: A New Future Hydrologic Baseline for California

November 15, 2016

What Are The Risks of Continuing Without One? Written by Robert Shibatani A fundamental tenet of applied hydrology has always...

GUEST COMMENTARY: A vision of California with 2 meters of sea level rise

October 18, 2016

Website project seeks to help people think different about life in a climate changed world Written by David Zetland: Most...

GUEST COMMENTARY: Are we trying to survive or thrive?

October 17, 2016

Successful long-term water management requires a comprehensive, integrated strategy, says John Kingsbury Written by John Kingsbury, Executive Director of the...

GUEST COMMENTARY: New proposed instream flows: Are these supportable by a changing upstream hydrologic regime…?

September 28, 2016

Guest commentary written by Robert Shibatani In the often volatile arena that is California water, the focus on river flows...

Guest commentary: Restore the Delta responds to Secretary Laird’s speech

May 17, 2016

Secretary Laird’s truths are more truthiness, says Tim Stroshane, water policy analyst for Restore the Delta Commentary written by Tim...

Guest commentary: California Water Commission Regulations on New Water Storage: A Fair and Equitable Review Process?

March 15, 2016

How Can Applicants Maximize Their Demonstrated Public Benefits? Guest commentary by Robert Shibatani California voters passed Proposition 1, the Water...

Guest commentary: Reservoir Re-Operation – The Sleeping Giant in Water Supply Development

Best of the Notebook

September 14, 2015

The following commentary was written by Robert Shibatani: The current water shortage in California has generated broad discussion on a...

Labor Day guest commentary: AB 954 needed to better meet drought-impacted Californians’ needs and help create drought-resilient rural communities

September 7, 2015

In honor of Labor Day, a guest commentary by Laurel Firestone and Jenny Rempel, Community Water Center: This Labor Day,...

Guest commentary: “Might, May, If:” Parsing the guesses, assumptions, and half-truths of the Food and Water Watch report