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Policy Brief

Policy Brief: Drought and California’s Agriculture

By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Josué Medellín-Azuara, Ellen Hanak, John Abatzoglou

Apr 26, 2022 ... Water shortages led to idled land and “deficit irrigation,” causing economic impacts. Farmers adapt to water shortages by leaving some irrigated ...

Report

Groundwater and Urban Growth in the San Joaquin Valley

By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Henry McCann, David Mitchell ...

As the valley confronts limits on groundwater pumping, urban utilities, local land use authorities, other water users, and state agencies must all engage to ...

Report

Improving California’s Water Market

By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Gokce Sencan ...

Surface water transfers and groundwater transfers and banking can ... and land fallowing can impact neighboring farmland, wildlife, and air quality.

Policy Brief

Policy Brief: Improving California’s Water Market

By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Gokce Sencan ...

This policy brief distills key takeaways from our report on water trading and ... Also, land fallowing can impact neighboring farmland, wildlife, and air ...

Fact Sheet

Groundwater Recharge in California

By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Gokce Sencan, Ellen Hanak

In coastal areas, intentional recharge prevents salty ocean water from entering freshwater aquifers. Recharge can also help prevent impacts from groundwater ...

Fact Sheet

California’s Water Market

By Ellen Hanak, Gokce Sencan, Andrew Ayres

Trading enhances flexibility in water management. Short-term transfers lessen the economic impact of shortages during droughts by shifting water to activities ...

Report

Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting

By Letitia Grenier, Stephanie Panlasigui, Crissy Pickett, Gokce Sencan

California's wetlands—which stabilize shorelines, improve water quality, ... The change in land use (from agriculture with a low-lying levee berm to a tidal ...