Policy Brief Policy Brief: Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 Reserving reservoir storage space for the environment—along with a share of inflow—can ... California needs a new approach to mitigate the harm dams cause.
Report Land Transitions and Dust in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Jaymin Kwon, Joy Collins Jul 20, 2022 Jul 25, 2022 ... The overall air quality impact of transitioning agricultural land to new uses is nuanced, but proactive management can help to identify high- ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 Jul 25, 2022 ... In 2018, before the onset of the latest drought, winter wheat was grown for ... The net effect on total soil water storage is minimal unless ...
blog post Commentary: Four Strategies for Managing California’s Crucial Watershed By Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell May 23, 2022 May 23, 2022 ... But as our new study highlights, California is not doing a good job of ... key part of seasonal water storage—and reducing available runoff.
Fact Sheet The Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell May 18, 2022 Learn more about this key watershed in our new fact sheet. ... by natural vegetation, channel evaporation, and net increases in groundwater storage.
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Tracking Where Water Goes in a Changing Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta By Greg Gartrell, Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak May 16, 2022 May 22, 2022 ... ... the creation of new tidal habitat in the western Delta, ... Managers also need to adapt how they manage water storage in the watershed ...
data set PPIC Delta Water Accounting May 16, 2022 This study and dataset update the information in the 2017 report A New Approach ... in storage, and imports from the Trinity River) and upstream depletions.
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Drought and California’s Agriculture By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Ellen Hanak, John Abatzoglou Apr 13, 2022 Apr 26, 2022 ... Drought is raising costs and reducing farm revenue. Drought reduced surface water deliveries to farms in 2021. Low storage levels and water ...
blog post Water Trading Can Help California’s Struggling Freshwater Ecosystems By Ellen Hanak, Gokce Sencan Apr 4, 2022 Apr 4, 2022 ... A New Model for Enhancing E-Water? ... management projects that enhance flows in other ways—such as storage that shifts flow timing, ...
event Seizing the Drought: Water Priorities for Our Changing Climate Nov 15, 2021 Panelists will discuss how to adapt our water storage and conveyance systems ... and more inclusively—and taking risks to try new approaches—can help get us ...