Monthly Archives: December 2016

Out With the Old Drought and In With the New?

Posted on December 28, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Jay Lund We are just a few months into this year’s wet season, and progress has been great.  Statewide, California is about 800,000 acre ft below average surface water storage for this time of year.  California’s water year began … Continue reading →

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Shadow theater and data management for the Delta – a video

Posted on December 20, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Amber Manfree Data and data management are persistent concerns for the Delta and California water more generally. Data Wars: A New Hope, a shadow puppet play on the subject, was shown at the 2016 Bay-Delta Science Conference in Sacramento. … Continue reading →

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California, Flood Risk, and the National Flood Insurance Program

Posted on December 14, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Nicholas Pinter, Rui Hui, and Kathy Schaefer Across the US and worldwide, flooding is the deadliest and most costly natural disaster.  The US National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is an imperfect framework for reducing flood losses, but currently the … Continue reading →

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How engineers see the water glass in California

Posted on December 5, 2016 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

How do engineers see the water glass in California? Mostly the same as they did four years ago when this blog was first posted, though with today’s drought the glass is perhaps down to a quarter full — or three-quarters empty.  … Continue reading →

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