blog post The Troubled History—and Uncertain Future—of the Salton Sea By Sarah Bardeen Nov 22, 2022 Nov 22, 2022 ... This option would help address both quantity and quality—at least with respect to salinity—although the sea would still be much smaller than ...
event Surplus and Shortage: California’s Water Balancing Act Nov 18, 2022 Bill is one of California's representatives to the Colorado River Salinity Control Forum. Bill's hobbies include long distance bicycle touring, ...
Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... ... reservoirs were drawn down, water quality standards were relaxed, and rock barriers were installed in the Delta to keep salinity at bay.
Report Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 System water for salinity maintenance. This is water used to keep the Delta fresh enough for exports and local agricultural and urban demands; it flows out of ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 The shift from irrigated agriculture to fallow significantly degrades soil quality in San Joaquin Valley fields by increasing salinity in the top 2–3 feet of ...
blog post Commentary: Four Strategies for Managing California’s Crucial Watershed By Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell May 23, 2022 May 23, 2022 ... (As less freshwater flows down the river, seawater encroaches farther into the delta, raising the salinity.) Simplify, unify and modernize ...
Fact Sheet The Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell May 18, 2022 The changes in required outflow for salinity and ecosystems have reduced exports in most years. The climate of the Delta watershed is changing, with warmer, ...
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 Without it, Delta water would be unusable by cities and farms. In dry periods, reservoir releases are needed to keep salinity low enough. System outflow also ...
data set PPIC Delta Water Accounting May 16, 2022 It also includes a succinct description of the methods, and a spreadsheet with the model to obtain water flows from salinity standards in the Delta.
blog post Water Trading Can Help California’s Struggling Freshwater Ecosystems By Ellen Hanak, Gokce Sencan Apr 4, 2022 Apr 4, 2022 ... Salton Sea mitigation (13% of purchases) offset salinity increases in the Salton Sea caused by Imperial County farmers' water transfers to ...