blog post An Epic Snowpack May Test Water Management in the San Joaquin Valley By Jeffrey Mount Mar 13, 2023 Mar 13, 2023 ... But in the 1900s, inflow to the basin was tamed by a combination of levees, dams, and canals, allowing farming throughout the region.
blog post Commentary: Lack of Water Is Forcing Major Changes in Valley Agriculture, New Analysis Says By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Ellen Hanak, Josué Medellín-Azuara Feb 14, 2023 Feb 14, 2023 ... ... and canals are sinking. In 2014, the legislature passed the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) to address these issues.
blog post Can We Capture More Water in the Delta? By Sarah Bardeen Jan 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 ... ... some of the water released to protect Manteca could have gone to groundwater recharge, but the southern part of the Friant-Kern Canal is ...
Fact Sheet Water and Energy in California By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan, Andrew Ayres Dec 5, 2022 Dec 6, 2022 ... Innovative approaches like installing solar panels over canals can produce power while reducing evaporation. California's electricity mix is ...
blog post The Troubled History—and Uncertain Future—of the Salton Sea By Sarah Bardeen Nov 22, 2022 Nov 22, 2022 ... When an irrigation canal was breached in the early 1900s, the resulting flood created Southern California's Salton Sea.
blog post The Challenges of Using Less Water in the Southern San Joaquin Valley By Sarah Bardeen Jun 13, 2022 Jun 13, 2022 ... Eric Limas: In the Tule subbasin, the three GSAs most adjacent to the Friant-Kern Canal have all implemented groundwater allocation and ...
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 In-Delta uses include the legal Delta and diversions by the North Bay Aqueduct and the Contra Costa Canal. Exports are diversions by the Central Valley ...
blog post Water Trading Can Help California’s Struggling Freshwater Ecosystems By Ellen Hanak, Gokce Sencan Apr 4, 2022 Apr 4, 2022 ... photo - Irrigation Canal and Agricultural Land. Fact Sheet · August 2021. California's Water Market. Blog Post · June 26, 2018 ...
event Improving California’s Water Market Sep 23, 2021 As California works to bring its groundwater basins into balance under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA), water banking and trading are ...
Report Groundwater and Urban Growth in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Henry McCann, David Mitchell ... Sep 15, 2021 At its 200-acre “Leaky Acres” spreading grounds, water is delivered using canal infrastructure owned by the Fresno Irrigation District.