Doug Obegi
Director, California River Restoration, Water Division, Nature Program
Since coming to NRDC in 2008, Doug Obegi has worked on a variety of projects related to water-resource management in California, including the San Joaquin River Restoration Program, the proposed Bay-Delta Conservation Plan/California WaterFix, the Bay-Delta Water Quality Control Plan review and update, the 2014 California Water Bond (Proposition 1), and other state and federal water legislation. Obegi has also represented the organization in federal court during litigation regarding protections for endangered species in the Bay-Delta estuary. He is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of California’s Hastings College of the Law. He is based in San Francisco.
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Triangle T Water District and the Absurdities of CA Water
Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi
While it may not be an outlier, the absurdity of the Triangle T Water District is a great example of why people say that in California, water flows uphill towards money.
DWR’s Latest Misinformation About the Delta Conveyance Project
Expert BlogCaliforniaDoug Obegi
Delta Tunnel Project Would Not Have Increased Water Supply in 2023
California’s Climate Whiplash
ExplainerCaliforniaNicole Greenfield
The state broke snowfall records after three of its driest years ever. Now floods wreak havoc. These swings are the new normal—and they’re very hard to manage.