Monthly Archives: March 2018

California’s Water Data Problems are Symptoms of Inchoate Science and Technical Activities

Posted on March 26, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

“The truth is lost when there is too much contention about it.” – Publius Syrus (43 BC) by Jay Lund In 2016, California’s legislature passed AB 1755, the Open and Transparent Water Data Act, requiring that State agencies provide water … Continue reading →

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How engineers see the water glass in California

Posted on March 18, 2018 by jaylund

It looks like 2018 will be a dry year, with snowpack about 50%.  How do engineers see the water glass in California?  Mostly the same as they did six years ago in the original version of this post, but we’ve … Continue reading →

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Is Ecosystem-Based Management Legal for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta?

Posted on March 8, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Brian Gray (PPIC Water Policy Center), William Stelle (former NOAA Fisheries West Coast Administrator), and Leon Szeptycki (Stanford University, Water in the West)* Introduction In a recent three-part series posted on this website, a group of independent experts (including one … Continue reading →

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Back to Dry – Get Organized and Prepared for Drought Again

Posted on March 4, 2018 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Jay Lund Despite this week’s rain and snow, California is back to dry conditions again after a very wet 2017.  With about four weeks left in the normal wet season, the Sacramento Valley is at about 65% of average … Continue reading →

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