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Most water agencies don’t think of local water projects like green roofs or efficiency rebates as assets, but now they can. And that means agencies can now access capital markets for funding, which could help dramatically grow these projects.
In the latest Deeply Talks, we talk to experts about wildfires, mudslides, infrastructure and what to keep an eye on in 2018 for water in the West.
Across California, droughts, floods and fires are straining the state’s aging infrastructure. Jamesine Rogers Gibson of the Union of Concerned Scientists says the state needs to prepare infrastructure for the uncertain impacts of climate change.
Richard Bloom Chair, California Assembly’s Budget Subcommittee on Natural Resources
As California works to make its infrastructure more climate-ready, it also needs to focus on restoration of vital watersheds, says California Assembly member Richard Bloom.
Jay Lund Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director, University of California
Ann Willis Staff Researcher, Center for Watershed Sciences
A look at how several California reservoirs may adapt to floods as the climate warms is both reassuring and disturbing, write Jay Lund and Ann Willis of the U.C. Davis Center for Watershed Sciences.
In her new book, author Judith Schwartz argues that fixing land management problems and restoring native wildlife species are, in reality, water supply projects.
Mark W. Cowin Director, California Department of Water Resources
California’s highly engineered water system struggles to serve its 39 million people and the environment. But there a numerous things we can do to better plan for the future, writes Mark Cowin, director of the Department of Water Resources.
In 2014, California voters passed a $7.5 billion water bond – nearly 80 percent of which has now been appropriated. Here’s a look at where that money is going, and which key areas are yet to have funds awarded.
The city is leveraging the power of green bonds by issuing the first certified under the Water Climate Bonds Standard to help fund projects to repair the city’s aging water infrastructure, including the stormwater and sewer systems.
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