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USGS: Are invasive plants trapping sediment that a healthy estuary needs? Sweating the small stuff in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

August 31, 2018

In recent years, invasive aquatic plants have increased exponentially in the shallow waters of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, clogging...

USGS: Land Subsidence Along the California Aqueduct in West-Central San Joaquin Valley, California, 2003–10

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Reports Water project operations

August 10, 2018

By the USGS Extensive groundwater withdrawal from the unconsolidated deposits in the San Joaquin Valley caused widespread aquifer-system compaction and...

USGS: The ARkStorm scenario

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Planning and management

January 23, 2018

A modeled scenario of U.S. West Coast winter storm events induced by the formation of Atmospheric Rivers (AR) and capable...

USGS: California’s climate future suggests more volatility and a key role for atmospheric rivers

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Climate change Science

September 13, 2017

Two recently published studies investigating past and future precipitation in California demonstrate that the state is experiencing an increasingly volatile...

USGS: Electromagnetic surveys in the sky and on land give a view of what’s below earth’s surface

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Groundwater News

July 20, 2017

Electromagnectic surveying is helping the California Water Science Center to study geology and groundwater throught California. From the USGS: It’s...

USGS: Mercury’s Lasting Legacy: Measuring Contamination in Cache Creek

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Water quality

June 12, 2017

By the USGS California Water Science Center: On a cold, rainy morning in late January, a group of scientists from...

USGS: New assessment provides fresh insights into nation’s brackish groundwater inventory

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Groundwater News Water supply augmentation

April 5, 2017

A new nationwide assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that the nation’s brackish groundwater could help stretch limited freshwater...

USGS: Extensometer Hunters: Searching for Long-Lost Technologies in San Joaquin Valley

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Groundwater News

March 16, 2017

San Joaquin Valley: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the U.S. Geological Survey. Its weeklong mission: to explore...

USGS: Protecting California’s Bay-Delta Innovative Science

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Delta science Fish and wildlife

March 13, 2017

The water in the Delta arrives primarily from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, supplying water for more than 22...

USGS DATA SPOTLIGHT: Linking atmospheric rivers to wildfire patterns in the Southwest

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Hydrology Wildfires and watersheds

March 1, 2017

New dataset and publication identify link between atmospheric rivers and wildfire in the interior Southwest. By the USGS Climate Adaptation...

USGS: The Role of Snowpack, Rainfall, and Reservoirs in Buffering California Against Drought Impacts

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Hydrology

January 20, 2016

How reservoirs, snowpack and rainfall help California survive droughts. California’s vast reservoir system, fed by annual snow- and rainfall, plays...