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Tom Philp is the strategic communications and policy advisor for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
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Water available for California farms and cities could decline as much as 44 percent by midcentury due to climate change. Such numbers, while headache-inducing, could make today’s water woes seem trifling.
Research has found that wind is on the decline in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which subsequently impacts the turbidity of the water. That in turn has an impact on critically endangered delta smelt, writes Metropolitan Water District’s Tom Philp.
If we are adequately to talk about the weather this century, we are going to need a new lexicon that better captures the current reality, writes Tom Philp of Metropolitan Water District.
It’s been 57 years since voters approved the State Water Project, one of two major water conveyance systems in California, and the project is in need of big and small fixes, writes Tom Philp of Metropolitan Water District.
California has the most variable weather in the nation and it needs water management that makes the most of infrequent but intense storms, writes Tom Philp of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Ten years ago, the Bay Delta Conservation Plan – known now as California WaterFix and EcoRestore – was launched. It is a reminder of the ability of diverse interests to find common ground, writes Tom Philp of the Metropolitan Water District.
Many people agree that “Big Gulp, Little Sip” is a good way to manage water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, but fewer agree what actually constitutes a “Big Gulp.” California WaterFix could help ease tensions over this problem by providing more flexibility in water diversions from the Delta.
We are bound to have the same problems this time nearly every year in the Delta until we modernize this water system and start capturing water north of smelt territory, as proposed by state and federal agencies via the plan known as California WaterFix.
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