Maurice Hall leads EDF’s Water Program, focusing on developing collaborative water management approaches to meet ecosystem needs alongside the needs of farms and cities.
Accurate accounting of groundwater use is critical for effective management. EDF has co-developed an online water accounting platform, which is now being expanded through a partnership with the state, and OpenET, an online platform that makes satellite-based data on water consumed by crops widely accessible.
Listen in as we discuss OpenET, groundwater accounting and proactive water management to build resilience beyond SGMA.
EDF Resources
- Maurice’s Bio: https://www.edf.org/people/maurice-hall
- Sign up for the On the Water Front newsletter from EDF at www.edf.org/waterfrontsignup
- Or check out the On the Water Front blog at http://blogs.edf.org/waterfront/
- EDF groundwater management platform: www.edf.org/waterplatformstory
- Video on how groundwater and surface water are inextricably linked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Ln-LBr5ZU&feature=youtu.be
Other resources and articles
- OpenET: https://openetdata.org/
- Article on Maven’s Notebook about OpenET and other remote sensing technologies and how they are being applied to water issues: https://mavensnotebook.com/2022/01/26/ccst-briefing-remote-sensing-technologies-and-water-resilience/
- NASA article: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/transforming-water-management-in-the-us-west-with-nasa-data
- Article on the 2018 lecture with Maurice and Kevin O’Brien: https://mavensnotebook.com/2018/05/16/sustainable-groundwater-management-can-california-successfully-integrate-groundwater-and-surface-water-under-sgma/
- An article about a CA study on cover crops, water and SGMA that mentions remote sensing and a forthcoming peer-reviewed article: https://www.no-tillfarmer.com/articles/11314-study-cover-crops-offset-water-use-with-improved-soil-moisture-retention
Thursday, April 7: Pacific Forest Trust webinar on forest management
Join PFT President Laurie Wayburn on Thursday, April 7th at 9 am PST for a stimulating conversation with three pre-eminent scientists with deep experience in the management and science of forest hydrology and watershed function – Roger Bales, PhD, Jerry Franklin, PhD, and Julia Jones, PhD – to discuss their work understanding how forests function as watersheds and the effects of land management. Click here to register.
If you’re concerned about oil and gas drilling and groundwater …
- I suggest you follow the State Water Board’s SB 4 process: https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/water_issues/programs/groundwater/sb4/
- I covered the last update to the State Water Board on the program: STATE WATER BOARD: Update on the Oil and Gas Monitoring Program
- And I posted this yesterday: NOW AVAILABLE: Oil and Gas Groundwater Monitoring: 2021 Model Criteria Performance Report
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