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 ...
blog post Video: Surplus and Shortage—California’s Water Balancing Act By Sarah Bardeen Nov 28, 2022 Nov 28, 2022 ... But California's “new Central Valley flood-protection plan…takes a solid look at multi-benefit projects” that slow floods, recharge groundwater, ...
Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... Warmer, drier droughts make it harder to recharge groundwater basins, increasing pressure to reduce demands through land fallowing.
Report Solar Energy and Groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Annabelle Rosser, Ellen Hanak, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Oct 25, 2022 ... they focus heavily on groundwater recharge to avoid fallowing; relatively few provide detailed plans for demand management (Hanak et al. 2020).
blog post Water for Wildlife Refuges: 30 Years of the CVPIA By Sarah Bardeen Sep 20, 2022 Sep 20, 2022 ... SA: These refuges are providing habitat for birds, and they're also providing opportunities for the public to recreate, convene, and recharge. A ...
Report Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 The capacity to capture and store flood releases—whether through groundwater recharge or new surface storage—can markedly improve the ability to meet ...
blog post Is SGMA Compatible with Farmland Preservation? By Annabelle Rosser Aug 15, 2022 Aug 15, 2022 ... Habitat restoration, groundwater recharge, and land fallowing with cover cropping may qualify as open space. In addition, local governments ...
blog post Video: Farmland in Transition—The San Joaquin Valley By Vicki Hsieh Aug 2, 2022 Aug 2, 2022 ... Winter wheat, for example, can be sacrificed so that the field can be used for groundwater recharge when flood water is available—or it can ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 While efforts are underway to augment water supplies—for instance by increasing groundwater recharge—bringing basins into balance is also likely to entail ...
blog post A Large California Water Utility Prepares for Climate Change By Sarah Bardeen Jun 27, 2022 Jun 27, 2022 ... Our groundwater pumping is within sustainable levels at present, but we're actively identifying opportunities for managed recharge to offset ...