 New Report Assesses Adequacy of Data Needed to Implement SGMA
After decades without statewide groundwater regulation, California is on the cusp of a new era due to historic groundwater legislation (SGMA). However, meeting the law’s goals will require improving how agencies collect and share data, according to a report by researchers at Stanford’s Water in the West program and the Gould Center for Conflict Resolution at the Stanford Law School. More ...
 Marine & Coastal Impacts of Ocean Desalination Report
A new report finds that increasing freshwater supplies through desalination may prove critically important to specific coastal communities. But the technology is unlikely to significantly alter the basic water budget in California due to its high cost, energy demands and other factors, according to findings by cross-sector experts with Stanford, the Monterey Bay Aquarium and The Nature Conservancy. More ...
 New Research Briefs: Water Sector Innovation
Newsha Ajami, director of the Urban Water Policy Program with Water in the West, co-authored three new research briefs with Stanford Law Professor Barton “Buzz” Thompson to coincide with the first-ever White House Water Summit. The briefs chart a path to water innovation. More …
Q&A on Impact Investing for the Water Sector with Margaret Bowman
In Spring 2016, Margaret Bowman, environmental consultant and former Water in the West Landreth Visiting Scholar, gave a talk entitled Using Private Capital to Drive Water Sustainability Solutions. With no end in sight to the California drought, she is looking to water-focused impact investing as a possible way forward. More …
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