Tag Archives: water planning

Water and California’s Economy

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), San Francisco, CA Jay Lund, Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California – Davis Buzz Thompson, Stanford School of Law Today, PPIC released “Water and the California Economy,” a report that presents … Continue reading →

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Can solid flood planning improve all California water planning?

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Jay R. Lund, The Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis “No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood.”  E.L. Kersten The best time to prepare for floods is during a drought. … Continue reading →

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Expanding Water Storage Capacity in California

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

Jay R. Lund, The Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis “The old gray mare, she ain’t what she used to be.” The recent report from the US Bureau of Reclamation on the economic feasibility … Continue reading →

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Insights for California water policy from computer modeling

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

Jay R. Lund, The Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis “All models are wrong, but some are useful.” G.E.P. Box California has a very complex water system which is important to many often competing … Continue reading →

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Some curious things about water management

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Jay R. Lund, The Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis Water management is often very different from what we think intuitively, or what we have been taught. Here are some examples. 1. Most water … Continue reading →

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Whither the Delta economy?

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

Josue Medellín-Azuara, Richard Howitt, Jay Lund – University of California, Davis Ellen Hanak – Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco Today, PPIC and UC Davis released a new report on the economy of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.  “Transitions for … Continue reading →

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Has human water use peaked in California?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Jay R. Lund, The Ray B. Krone Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of California – Davis Ellen Hanak, Senior Policy Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California, San Francisco For over a century, water planning and policy in California … Continue reading →

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The Stockholm Syndrome in Water Planning in California

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

Jeffrey F. Mount, Founding Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California – Davis “…plans are nothing, planning is indispensable” – Dwight D. Eisenhower “If planning is everything, maybe it’s nothing” – Aaron Wildofsky. We all know the … Continue reading →

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