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Freshwater
California's Invisible Reservoirs
Opinion piece by Woods Co-Director Buzz Thompson and Water in the West Research Analyst Janny Choy about the benefits of recharging aquifers instead of building new surface water reservoirs, with link to new groundwater report by Water and the West.
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Get Used to Toilet-to-Tap Water, Californians Told
Mentions and links to new report on groundwater issues and possible solutions by Water in the West
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How Conservation and Groundwater Management Can Gird California for a Drier Era
Dot Earth Columnist Andrew Revkin cites Water in the West's "invaluable package of analysis, graphics and recommendations on groundwater management" and includes chart showing that groundwater recharge is far cheaper than desalination or reservoirs for managing water,
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California's Biggest Water Source Shrouded in Secrecy
Describes new website created by Water in the West with in-depth information about California's groundwater crisis, and quotes Water in the West researchers Tara Moran and Justin Maynard
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Opinion: Water Level Is Low; Info Is Too
Quotes Leon Szeptycki, executive director of Water in the West at Stanford, on the lack of information about groundwater in California
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U.C. Drought Study Reveals Dramatic Drop In Groundwater
Quotes Barton H. "Buzz" Thompson, Stanford Woods Institute co-director and senior fellow, on how California is using up its stores of groundwater
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The Water Crisis in the West
Features Newsha Ajami, director of urban water policy for Water in the West at Stanford, who focuses on the water-energy connection as part of a "Room for Debate" discussion in the Opinion section
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Drought Lessons From Down Under
Quotes Rebecca Nelson, research fellow with Water in the West, on what Californians can learn from Australia's response to a recent nine-year drought
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Will Fracking Put Too Much Fizz in Your Water?
Quotes Woods Senior Fellow Rob Jackson, who is the Kevin and Michelle Douglas Professor of Environment and Energy at Stanford, on the effect of new research on fracking
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Breakthrough Research From Stanford Uses Satellites To ‘See’ Groundwater Levels Amid Drought
TV story about Stanford Professor of Earth Sciences Rosemary Knight's research on new technology that allows water managers to measure levels of water in underground aquifers. Knight is a senior fellow, by courtesy, at Woods.
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Living With Drought
Quotes Woods Co-Director Buzz Thompson (Law) on climate change impacts on extreme weather, and cites work by Stanford graduate student Daniel Swain, a graduate student in the lab of Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Earth Sciences)
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Diving Into Groundwater — What’s Left of It
Gives extensive coverage of Water in the West's new report on groundwater and quotes Executive Director Leon Szeptycki
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Stanford University to Construct Water Recovery Center on Campus
Quotes Senior Fellow Dick Luthy at groundbreaking for new water recovery plant that grew out of a Woods Environmental Venture Project led by Senior Fellow Craig Criddle
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Panel's Warning on Climate Risk: Worst Is Yet to Come
Quotes Woods Senior Fellows Chris Field and David Lobell on findings of Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that climate change is already responsible for major changes on every continent. Stanford played a major role in creating the report; Stanford climate scientists were quoted in more than 50 major media print, website and broadcast stories, including NPR, the BBC, USA Today, Associated Press, The Guardian, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News, KRON-TV, KGO Radio, the Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, The Financial Times, National Geographic, Salon.com, The Weather Channel, Forbes, Reuters, Examiner.com, the Huffington Post, the Toronto Star and USEmbassy.gov (an international news site managed by the U.S. State Department).
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Stanford Researcher Turns Wastewater Into Energy That Can Power Treatment Plants
Story about sewage-to-energy technology developed by Stanford researchers who received funding through the Stanford Woods Institute's Environmental Venture Projects program
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Snowfall No Longer a Sure Bet, Booming Ski Towns Fight Going Bust
Quotes Senior Fellows Terry Root and Noah Diffenbaugh on the lack of snow at ski resorts
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New Tech Uses Microbes to Cut Water Waste From Beer
Mentions Woods Senior Fellow Craig Criddle and Stanford's plan to build a resource recovery center
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Viewpoints: Environmental Water Market Would Help the Losers in This Drought
Op-ed authors, including Stanford Woods Institute Co-Director Buzz Thompson, argue for special water market during drought
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Drought a Fact of California Life; Planning Can Ease Impact
Opinion piece by Buzz Thompson, co-director of the Stanford Woods Institute, on California's experience with persistent dry spells
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Explosion in Extreme Drought in California
Quotes Daniel Swain, a Stanford graduate student working with Woods Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh
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