Normalizing Bottled Water Use Undermines Water Utilities
BWC Co-Director Isha Ray and Project Scientist Alasdair Cohen recently published an article in the Journal Nature Sustainability explaining the Global Risks of Increasing Reliance on Bottled Water.
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Kristina Hill Warns About Rising Tides and the Future of Real Estate
The Union of Concerned Scientists’ recent report on the economic damage and displacement that sea-level rise flooding will unleash called for investments “in a range of coastal adaptive measures.”
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New assessment of Bay Area climate impacts
California issued its latest assessment of the many challenges the state faces from climate change and highlighted the regional impacts with nine deep-dive reports spearheaded by UC scientists, including Mark Stacey, Kara Nelson and Jennifer Stokes-Draut.
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Engineered sand zaps storm water pollutants
UC Berkeley engineers have created a new way to remove contaminants from storm water, potentially addressing the needs of water-stressed communities that are searching for ways to tap the abundant and yet underused source of fresh drinking water.
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Richard Luthy
Sustainable Urban Water Supplies for California

Oct. 29: Alumnus Richard Luthy to speak on sustainable urban water supplies for water-scarce cities

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Holly Doremus
$650 million vote set on Delta tunnels project

Professor Holly Doremus comments on the article $650 million vote set on Delta tunnels project: Are taxpayers protected? about the Santa Clara Valley Water District is reconsidering Gov. Jerry Brown's $17 billion Delta tunnels plan to facilitate the transportation of water to the south. 

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Michael Kiparsky
State law recognizes rivers, groundwater connected-now what?

A recent state law offers California the opportunity to address errors in the state's management of aquifers and surface water, write a trio of experts, including Michael Kiparsky, director of Berkeley Law's Wheeler Water Institute at the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment. 

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