Monthly Archives: March 2017

Pumping out the Inland Sea – Delta exports in a time of plenty

Posted on March 26, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

  By Jay Lund This is northern California’s wettest year of record, so far.  The Yolo Bypass has been flooded for most of this wet season, and is still flowing.  Are Delta water exports going to exceed the previous record … Continue reading →

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Post-drought groundwater in California: Like the economy after a deep “recession,” recovery will be slow

Posted on March 19, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Thomas Harter The 2012-2016 drought has made many of us keenly aware of how “empty” our groundwater “reservoirs” have become. As the recent series of atmospheric rivers have left us with a massive snowpack, full surface water reservoirs (with … Continue reading →

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Evading Dam-Nation to Build a Working Floodplain on the Cosumnes River

Posted on March 12, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Michelaina Johnson This winter’s barrage of rain storms has driven most Central Valley rivers to the point of near record-breaking flooding, and the Cosumnes River is no exception. On February 10th, the Cosumnes hit the second highest peak flow … Continue reading →

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What do stream fish do during flood flows?

Posted on March 5, 2017 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Peter B. Moyle My local stream, Putah Creek, looks like a river these days.  Water is pouring down the Glory Hole of Lake Berryessa and rushing in muddy turmoil from the ‘dry’ creeks that are its main tributaries.   The … Continue reading →

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