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Water Use in California

By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Caitlin Peterson

Groundwater is a key drought reserve for agriculture, but long-term overpumping threatens this resource. The 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act ...

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Water and Energy in California

By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan, Andrew Ayres

Dec 6, 2022 ... ... make up almost 90% of water-related energy use, while treatment, pumping, and conveyance of water and wastewater account for the rest.

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Reforming Water Rights in California

By Sarah Bardeen

Feb 28, 2022 ... Speaking for myself, I think there needs to be a mechanism to identify supplies for the environment clearly, give them priority, and manage ...

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Groundwater and Urban Growth in the San Joaquin Valley

By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Henry McCann, David Mitchell ...

California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) is a 2014 law that ... water from other parties, or increasing the use of recycled wastewater.

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Improving California’s Water Market

By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Gokce Sencan ...

How Water Trading and Banking Can Support Groundwater Management ... such as irrigation drainage or treated wastewater (Escriva-Bou et al. 2016).

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Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting

By Letitia Grenier, Stephanie Panlasigui, Crissy Pickett, Gokce Sencan

The issues surrounding designing a multi-benefit flood management and ... discharge from several wastewater treatment plants, and imported water from less ...

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How Water Bonds Plug Spending Holes

By Annabelle Rosser, Caitrin Chappelle

Jun 7, 2021 ... ... freshwater ecosystems, and manage floods. The bulk of this funding (84%) comes from local sources (primarily water and wastewater bills) ...

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Paying for California’s Water System

By Caitrin Chappelle, Ellen Hanak, Annabelle Rosser

Flood protection includes both flood and stormwater management, water supply includes groundwater management projects, and water quality includes wastewater ...