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23 Hastings W.-Nw. J. Envt'l L. & Pol'y 51 (2017)
Series: California's Drought and the Environment: An Introduction

handle is hein.journals/haswnw23 and id is 64 raw text is: California's Drought and the Environment: An Introduction Leon F. Szeptycki' and Brian E. Grayt The four articles that follow are case studies of how the laws designed to protect the aquatic environment functioned during California's 2012-2016 drought.' This recent drought was especially severe, as it included the driest four-year period in California since recordkeeping began in 1895,2 as well as the two warmest years in state history.' The combination of extended warm and dry weather triggered numerous unhappy milestones in California. The snowpack in the Sierra Nevada all but disappeared for the first time in the state's history.' Surface water deliveries from the Central Valley Project and State Water Project fell to historic lows, with most CVP south-of-Delta agricultural contractors receiving no project water in 2014 and 2105.' * Professor of the Practice, Woods Institute for the Environment; Executive Director, Water in the West, Stanford University. t Professor Emeritus, University of California Hastings College of the Law; Senior Fellow, Public Policy Institute of California. 1. The research and initial drafting of these pieces was conducted by students enrolled in the Stanford Law School Environmental Law Clinic and a Stanford Law School Policy Lab. This project was part of a broader effort by the Public Policy Institute of California to study lessons learned from the recent California drought. This project was funded with partial support from Assistance Agreement No.83586701 awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Public Policy Institute of California. This introduction has not been formally reviewed by EPA. The views expressed in this introduction are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the agency. EPA does not endorse any products or commercial services mentioned in this publication. 2. Jeffrey Mount, Caitrin Chappelle, Brian Gray, Ellen Hanak, Richard Howitt, Jay Lund, Richard Frank, Greg Gartrell, Ted Grantham, Josu6 Medellfn-Azuara, Peter Moyle, Barton Buzz Thompson, and Joshua Viers. (2016). California's Water: Managing Droughts. Public Policy Institute of California, Water Policy Center. 3. Alvar Escriva-Bou, Brian Gray, Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount. 2017. California's Future: Climate Change. Public Policy Institute of California. 4. Craig Miller, Governor Orders Water Cuts Amid Record Low Snowpack, KOED Drought Watch, Mar. 31, 2015. https://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/03/31/record-low- sierra-snowpack-will-drive-home-drought-impacts/. 5. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. 2016. Summary of Water Supply Operations. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region; Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. 2016. MWD Water Sales and State Water Project Water Conditions: 1990 to 2015. 5:

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