Monthly Archives: January 2017

Episode 3: “Unraveling the Knot” Water Movement in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta – Managing Flows

Posted on January 29, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By William Fleenor, Amber Manfree, and Megan Nguyen Delta water diversions have significant effects on flows and water quality within the Delta. Diversions can re-direct river flows and draw salt water inland from the sea, impacting water quality and the … Continue reading →

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Episode 1: “Unraveling the Knot” Water movement in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

Posted on January 22, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Bill Fleenor, Amber Manfree, and Megan Nguyen In 2010, John DeGeorge of RMA, Inc used animated model results to illustrate specific flow and water quality issues in the Delta to the State Water Board. The Center for Watershed Sciences, … Continue reading →

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Indicators of a drought ending in northern California

Posted on January 15, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Jay Lund Droughts are common in California, a large, generally dry, and hydrologically complex place.  So it is hard to rely on a single index of the end or beginning of a drought.  A single storm is rarely enough to … Continue reading →

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Tails of California’s Drought

Posted on January 10, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Jay Lund Storms are filling reservoirs, building snowpack, and flooding in ways not seen since the most recent California drought began in 2012.  The state’s reservoirs today contain 1.2 million acre-ft more water than the long-term average for this … Continue reading →

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