Panel 4 - 12:00 PM-1:15 PM Innovations in Water Storage As A Response To Climate Change Organized by University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Climate change is anticipated to decrease the effectiveness of existing surface water reservoirs by changing the location, timing and volume of precipitation. This panel will focus on ways to adapt California’s water storage system to these new realities. Panelists will discuss two ways of rethinking water storage infrastructure–groundwater recharge and watershed restoration–and the legal, scientific, and policy principles that govern these efforts. The panelists will also touch upon various considerations that accompany water storage such as regulation, data, funding, and legal and political challenges. Tina Cannon Leahy, State Water Resources Control Board Phil Saksa, Blue Forest Rebecca Smith, Downey Brand Alvar Escriva-Bou, Public Policy Institute of California https://www.waterlawsymposium.org/