Fact Sheet Water and Energy in California By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan, Andrew Ayres Dec 5, 2022 Dec 6, 2022 ... Groundwater pumping is for urban and farm uses. Agricultural end uses include irrigation management, such as pressurization. Residential end ...
blog post Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act By Sarah Bardeen Nov 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 ... This year was “brutal” for agriculture, said Thad Bettner of the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District during the first panel, moderated by PPIC ...
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.
event Surplus and Shortage: California’s Water Balancing Act Nov 18, 2022 Thaddeus L. Bettner, general manager, Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District Bill Hasencamp, manager, Colorado River Resources, Metropolitan Water District of ...
Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... But California agriculture wouldn't exist without the elaborate network of surface water and groundwater supplies needed for irrigation.
event Solar Development in the San Joaquin Valley Nov 1, 2022 In her previous work, she explored irrigation and soil ecosystem functions in California almond and tomato systems, crop-livestock integration in Brazilian ...
Report Solar Energy and Groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Annabelle Rosser, Ellen Hanak, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Oct 25, 2022 The Westlands Irrigation District has already seen large tracts of land retired from production for other reasons, including over 100,000 acres of ...
blog post Beavers: The Unlikely Climate Hero By Sarah Bardeen Oct 24, 2022 Oct 24, 2022 ... We find them in irrigation ditches, messing with diversions and sometimes flooding infrastructure. Our team has worked with different ...
blog post Is SGMA Compatible with Farmland Preservation? By Annabelle Rosser Aug 15, 2022 Aug 15, 2022 ... But as SGMA's limitations on groundwater extraction go into effect—and as warmer, more intense droughts begin to push land out of irrigation–the ...
blog post Commentary: Drought Requires New Strategies for Managing Cropland By Andrew Ayres, Caitlin Peterson Aug 9, 2022 Aug 9, 2022 ... And this is to say nothing of the other costs associated with fallowing, as once-reliable jobs disappear along with the irrigation.