Highlights Stormwater runoff is the rainwater that washes off landscapes, including cities, and flows towards water bodies. It’s a major pathway for many contaminants to reach San Francisco Bay. SFEI’s stormwater monitoring team has grown and is innovating techniques to...
Old, leak-prone tanks closed to protect groundwater and drinking water Press release from the State Water Board Reflecting a deep commitment to protecting groundwater — including $183 million in state aid since 2015 — the State Water Resources Control Board...
Satellite data reveals what is driving land loss across river deltas worldwide. By Chloe Baul In some of the world’s most crowded coastal regions, the ground is dropping faster than the sea is rising, putting millions of people at risk,...
At the November meeting of the California Water Quality Monitoring Council, a comprehensive presentation shed light on the growing challenges posed by wildfires to drinking water systems. The discussion covered wildfire trends and behavior in California, the contamination that can...
Despite increases in human population and agricultural production, new national data show meaningful progress in reducing nutrient pollution sources across...
By Floyid Nicolas, PhD, Mae Culumber, PhD, Hossein Shahrokhnia, PhD, Usama Al-Dughaishi, PhD, Jongwon Do, PhD, Sharon Benes, PhD, Isaya Kisekka, PhD This study introduces a novel decision support web tool (doi.org/10.15140/D3J04K) to assist farmers and policymakers in managing salinity...
