Water Plan Update 2013 Vol.3

Summary: The Resource Management Strategies (RMS) is created by subject matter experts to assist agencies and governments manage water use. RMS Volume 3 is created as a toolkit to outline strategies working towards reducing water demands, improving flood management, improving operational efficiency and transfers, increasing water supplies, improving water quality, promoting conservation practices, and apprehend…

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California Water Action Plan

Summary: California’s water resource challenges are broad and solutions are complex, expensive, with inadequate tools. This action plan lays out, a comprehensive and inclusive plan of, California’s challenges, goals, and decisive actions for a safer, and more sustainable path. The Brown Administration efforts are to pave a path to sustainable water management through reliable water…

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California Significant Droughts 2015

Summary: This paper outlines various drought conditions in California.  It compares California’s, most current dry years from 2012-2014, drought conditions with significant historical droughts statewide; discusses lessons learned and how to improve drought preparedness for future dry years. Keywords: Drought, California, Climate Change, Paleoclimate, Hydroclimate, Drought impact, Dry Periods, Historical, ENSO, Statewide, Comparison Categories: Publication,…

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Drought in California

Summary: California droughts are constituted as a regular occurrence and infrastructures and programs are constructed to mitigate short dry periods. However, drought impacts certain water users (ie. Ranchers) in certain locations, making drought, a localized circumstance. Keywords: Hydrologic, Precipitation, Drought Causation, Drought Impact, Groundwater, Mitigation Categories: Publication Download the PDF

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