Media Coverage

Read recent media coverage featuring Water in the West and comments from our researchers.

November 28, 2018 | C&EN

Newsha Ajami is quoted on the impacts wildfires have on water quality.

November 15, 2018 | The Economist

Leon Szeptycki discusses the major decisions water managers are facing in California.

October 17, 2018 | Business Insider

A study on overpumping groundwater leading to increased arsenic concentrations by Scott Fendorf, Rosemary Knight and Ryan Smith is cited.

September 04, 2018 | Yale Environment Review

Research by Kimberly Quesnel and Newsha Ajami on the connection between media coverage and water use behavior is featured.

August 31, 2018 | High Country News

Journal article by Leon Szeptycki, Deb Perrone and Rebecca Nelson and others mentioned in article discussing the recent Agua Caliente court case.

August 08, 2018 | The Telegraph

Newsha Ajami comments on the importance of clean water and the need for cities to update their urban water infrastructure.

August 02, 2018 | The Verge

Noah Diffenbaugh comments on a future with more fires, floods and other extreme weather events in California.

July 31, 2018 | Independent

Noah Diffenbaugh is quoted on the California wildfires and global climate change.

July 31, 2018 | USA Today

Noah Diffenbaugh comments on climate changing making extreme weather events more frequent and even more severe.

July 29, 2018 | Gizmodo

Noah Diffenbaugh discusses the link between extreme weather events that have caused the California wildfires and climate change.