Notebook News and Features Archives ~ Page 21 of 84 ~ MAVEN'S NOTEBOOK

October 22, 2020

At the Western Groundwater Congress hosted online by the Groundwater Resources Association, Audrey Arnao, an associate with WestWater Research, gave...

FEATURE: How dynamic are property rights in water?

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Best of the Notebook Climate change Notebook News and Features Water rights and water law

October 21, 2020

Professor Holly Doremus is a leading scholar and teacher in the areas of environmental law, natural resources law, and law...

Groundwater/Aquifer Remediation

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 17, 2020

Cleaning up polluted groundwater basins can create additional water supply that would not otherwise be available without remediation, but treatment costs can be expensive. Throughout California, contaminants such as arsenic, nitrates and naturally occurring radioactivity have reduced the amount of...

Agricultural water use efficiency

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Agriculture Notebook News and Features

October 17, 2020

As the state’s largest water using sector, many look to agriculture as a way to free up water supplies for...

Conjunctive management and groundwater

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 17, 2020

With the right infrastructure in place, water districts and agencies can manage surface water and groundwater as a single source,...

Precipitation enhancement (Cloud seeding)

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Notebook News and Features Water supply augmentation

October 17, 2020

Cloud seeding, practiced in California since the 1950s, is estimated to add 400,000 acre-feet per year to the state’s precipitation. Expanding the program could potentially add another 400,000 acre-feet per year. Precipitation enhancement, or cloud seeding, involves artificially stimulating clouds...

System reoperation

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Notebook News and Features Water project operations

October 17, 2020

Changing existing operations and management procedures for water project operations, referred to as system reoperation, can yield numerous benefits such...

Water transfers

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Notebook News and Features Water supply augmentation

October 17, 2020

Water transfers can be an effective tool for water managers to provide flexibility in the allocation and use of water...

Recycled Water

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Notebook News and Features Reports Water supply augmentation

October 17, 2020

While recycled water reuse has been steadily increasing in California since 1970, a task force in 2003 found that water reuse could potentially increase another 1.4 to 1.7 MAF. Facing ongoing drought and growing water demand, many communities are turning...

Surface Storage

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Notebook News and Features Water supply augmentation

October 17, 2020

Surface storage offers a mixed bag of benefits and impacts. On the one hand, dams can provide water storage, flood...

Drinking water treatment and distribution

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Notebook News and Features Policy and regulation

October 17, 2020

Drinking water treatment is among the most important public health achievements of the 20th century. However, agencies responsible for drinking...

Stormwater capture and management

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Notebook News and Features Water supply augmentation

October 17, 2020

Stormwater, traditionally thought of as a flood management problem, is getting attention as a resource with the potential to increase water supplies by up to 630,000 acre-feet per year. But implementation of stormwater projects face challenges by high costs and...

Forest management and urban forestry

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Notebook News and Features Wildfires and watersheds

October 17, 2020

With much of the state’s water supply originating in the mountains as precipitation on the forested landscape, the health and...

Urban Water Use Efficiency

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Notebook News and Features Planning and management

October 17, 2020

While California has accomplished much in reducing urban water use, opportunities still exist to reduce potable water demand by more...

Protection of Groundwater Recharge Areas

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Groundwater News Notebook News and Features

October 17, 2020

Protecting the areas in a groundwater basin where water infiltrates most easily preserves the critical function of recharging the aquifer, as well as protecting the aquifer from potential future contamination Groundwater recharge or infiltration is the process whereby water moves...