Tag Archives: irrigation efficiency

California’s groundwater problems and prospects

Posted on January 30, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground — Talking Heads By Jay R. Lund and Thomas Harter Groundwater is one of California’s most ubiquitous, widely used resources that is unseen and misunderstood. Aquifers gather and store water and … Continue reading →

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Taking agricultural conservation seriously

Posted on March 15, 2011 by cathrynlawrence

Jay Lund1, Ellen Hanak2, Richard Howitt3, Ariel Dinar4, Brian Gray5, Jeffrey Mount6, Peter Moyle7, Barton “Buzz” Thompson8     For decades, people have observed that human water use in California is largely devoted to irrigating farmland, and they have therefore … Continue reading →

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