blog post Climate-Challenged California Must Learn to Thrive with Less Water By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount Nov 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 ... ... less available for runoff into rivers or seepage into aquifers. ... This involves developing new storage—particularly underground—and ...
Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 ... Where possible, farmers also pump additional groundwater to make up for ... Flood-managed aquifer recharge on farms is gaining considerable ...
Report Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 ... on the ability to store water, both in surface reservoirs and underground. ... to a statewide grid that includes underground storage in aquifers and a ...
Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 In many parts of California, agricultural production has relied for decades on largely unregulated groundwater pumping. Groundwater overdraft in the San Joaquin ...
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 ... Surface water shortages increased groundwater pumping and other production costs. To lessen drought impacts, farmers increased pumping by nearly ...
blog post What’s Really Important? Putting Recent Water News into Perspective By Sarah Bardeen Dec 8, 2021 Dec 8, 2021 ... This means moving more water underground whenever possible. ... California has great aquifers to use as part of our storage system, ...
blog post Commentary: How Water Markets Can Help California Bring Its Groundwater Into Balance By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak Sep 20, 2021 Sep 20, 2021 ... The current drought underscores the need to protect California's groundwater—our most important reserve to get through extended dry times.
Report Groundwater and Urban Growth in the San Joaquin Valley By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Henry McCann, David Mitchell ... Sep 15, 2021 Utilities that foresee a need to recharge large amounts of water into aquifers, or to purchase groundwater assets from others, should encourage GSAs to address ...
Report Improving California’s Water Market By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Gokce Sencan ... Sep 14, 2021 How Water Trading and Banking Can Support Groundwater Management ... trades or banking change the location or timing of pumping within an aquifer, ...
Fact Sheet Groundwater Recharge in California By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan, Ellen Hanak Aug 30, 2021 There is also growing interest in recharging aquifers by applying extra irrigation water to croplands, or by spreading water on fallowed fields and natural ...