The Governor Should Move to the Delta

Building a Mansion in California’s Water Hub Would Kill Two Birds With One Stone

When you’re faced with two different thorny problems, sometimes the best way to make progress is by combining them. I’m talking to you, Jerry Brown.

Your first problem involves water. Residents of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta—California’s most vital estuary and source of water—fiercely oppose Brown’s plan to build tunnels that will divert water from north of the Delta to provide more reliable supplies to San Joaquin Valley farmers and Southern California. Their opposition is based on fear. In the short term, they fear construction of the tunnels will disrupt their lives. …

Mommy, Where Does Water Come From?

Too Many Californians Think Water Magically Comes Out of Taps. It Would Be Easy to Make Them Less Clueless.

Our state needs to proclaim a new California Water Awareness Day in every school, so that students, kindergarten through 12th grade, can learn how water works here.

I have worked on …

Santa Clara Valley Water District’s Joan Maher

Trying to Live Life by Example

Joan Maher is deputy operating officer for the Santa Clara Valley Water District, which supplies water for 1.8 million people in Northern California. Before participating in a panel on the …

Delta Conservancy’s Campbell Ingram

An Analog Guy Who Likes Catfish, Collaboration, and Caddyshack

Campbell Ingram is executive officer of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Conservancy, where he works on restoring both the ecosystem and the economy of one of California’s major water sources. Before …

Will Someone Get These People a Drink?

Despite Tremendous Effort and Investment, Clean Water Remains Elusive For Communities Around the World

“Why doesn’t everyone in the world have access to clean water?” Occidental College political economist Sanjeev Khagram’s young son asked him this question today when he learned his father was …

If Clean Water Is a Right, Why Have We Been So Wrong?

Despite Trillions in Investments, Hundreds of Millions of People Are Still Drinking Unsafe Water

In some parts of the globe, people trek on foot for miles every day for clean water to carry home in heavy tanks. In many developing counties, toilets are scarce …