Tag Archives: California water

Dammed hot: California’s regulated streams fail cold-water ecosystems

Posted on August 29, 2021 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

by Ann Willis, Ryan Peek, and Andrew L. Rypel Given the current drought, it’s no surprise that California’s dams are struggling to provide cool water habitats to support native freshwater ecosystems. But what if they were never able to support … Continue reading →

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The Earth is Falling! – Land Subsidence and Water Management in California

Posted on December 27, 2015 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Jay Lund, Thomas Harter, Rob Gailey, Rick Frank, and Graham Fogg Groundwater problems are mostly invisible.  However, as California has come to rely more on groundwater during the drought, land subsidence from groundwater drawdown and accumulating overdraft has become … Continue reading →

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Could California weather a mega-drought?

Posted on June 29, 2014 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Jay Lund In the past 1,200 years, California had two droughts lasting 120-200 years. Could the state’s water resources continue to supply enough water to drink, grow crops and provide habitat for fish with such an extreme, prolonged drought? … Continue reading →

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The ultimate California water cheat sheet

Posted on January 29, 2014 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

There’s only so many acre-feet of water jargon the public can absorb during a drought. Here’s a primer that avoids wading into cubic-feet-per-second, appropriative water rights, overdraft, conjunctive water use and the like. Further reading http://CaliforniaWaterBlog.com Hanak, et al. 2011, … Continue reading →

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New environmentalism needed for California water

Posted on July 1, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Jay R. Lund California needs a new environmentalism to set a more effective and sustainable green bar for the nation and even the world. For decades, we have taken a “just say no” approach to stop, prevent or blunt … Continue reading →

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UC Davis speakers series: Critical problems for California water policy

Posted on April 10, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Chris Austin California’s water future is at a critical juncture. The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is declining, both as a reliable hub for exporting water for millions of Californians and millions of farmed acres, and as an ecosystem supporting a … Continue reading →

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Unmasking California’s water ‘Maven’

Posted on March 27, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

By Chris Bowman Still in their early teens, Joshua and Noah Austin have yet to reject their mother’s idea of family fun. Chris Austin hauls the family around California to visit canals, dams and reservoirs. They recently made a week’s … Continue reading →

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Priming the pump for a water bond

Posted on March 4, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Ellen Hanak, Co-Director of Research and Senior Fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), testified at a Feb. 26 legislative hearing concerning California’s capacity to incur additional water bond debt. (The Legislature has placed an $11 billion water … Continue reading →

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Climate change and California water – past, present and future

Posted on January 13, 2013 by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences

Everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. – Charles Dudley Warner, 1897 By Jay R. Lund Talk of climate change and water in California is fraught with handwringing and delusions. Much discussion borders on alarmist or … Continue reading →

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California Water – The Great Remodeling Project

Posted on July 25, 2012 by jaylund

Jay R. Lund, Director, Center for Watershed Sciences, and Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis People periodically remodel their homes.  A household might need a new room for children or an ailing grandparent, want a bigger kitchen, … Continue reading →

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