Research and Publications

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All reports listed in alphabetical order.

HOT TOPICS:

California Climate Risk and Response, by U.C. Berkeley Researchers Roland-Holst & Kahrl, November 2008.
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, by the Public Policy Institute of California, July, 2008.
Delta Vision Task Force Strategic Plan (Final), by the Delta Vision Task Force, October 2008. (For high resolution pdf, click here.)
More with Less: Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency in California, by the Pacific Institute, September, 2008.
Preparing California for a Changing Climate, by the Public Policy Institute of California, November 2008.

AGRICULTURE:

Agricultural Resource Directory 2007 (Source for statistics on California agriculture), from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Economic Impact of San Joaquin County Agriculture Sector, by the Eberhardt School of Business, University of the Pacific, September 2008.
More with Less: Agricultural Water Conservation and Efficiency in California , by the Pacific Institute, September, 2008.
The Water Fact Book: California Agriculture and its Use of Water, by the California Farm Water Coalition.

AGRICULTURAL DRAINAGE:

A Landowner’s Manual: Managing Agricultural Irrigation Drainage Water, by the Department of Water Resources, September 2004.
Biogeochemical Cycling of Selenium in the San Joaquin Valley, Environmental Management, November 1987. (Note: plenty more technical reports on selenium from the USGS by clicking here.)
Drainage Without a Drain: Towards a Permanent, Responsible Solution to the Agricultural Drainage Problem in the San Joaquin Valley, by the Bay Institute, January, 2003
Evaluation of the 1990 Drainage Management Plan for the Western San Joaquin Valley, prepared by the Federal-State Interagency San Joaquin Valley Drainage Implementation Program and the University of California Ad-Hoc Coordination Committee, January 2000.
Forecasting Selenium Discharges to the San Francisco Bay-Delta Estuary: Ecological Effects of a Proposed San Luis Drain Extension, by the USGS, 2007.
Grassland Bypass Project, Monitoring Reports, by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, May 2008.
“Investing in Clean Agriculture: How California Can Strengthen Agriculture, Reduce Pollution, and Save Money”, by the Pacific Institute, January 2005.
San Luis Drainage Collaborative Resolution, by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation.
San Luis Drainage Feature Re-evalutaion. Final Environmental Impact Statement, by the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation, Mid Pacific Region, 2006.
San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, Final Report, 1990. (Click on the hyperlinks of the Chapter Numbers in the Table of Contents.)
Technical Analysis of In-Valley Drainage Management Strategies for the Western San Joaquin Valley, by the USGS, 2008.
The Kesterson Effect, by USGS, published in Environmental Management in 1994.
The San Joaquin Valley West Side Perspective, Lawrence Berkeley National Library, 2006.

CLIMATE CHANGE:

Adapting California’s Water Management to Climate Change, by the Public Policy Institute, November 2008.
California Climate Risk and Response, by U.C. Berkeley Researchers Roland-Holst & Kahrl, November 2008.
Climate Change and California Water Resources: A Survey and Summary of the Literature, by the Pacific Institute, July 2003.
Climate Policy at a Local Level: A Survey of California’s Cities and Counties, by the Public Policy Institute, November 2008.
Colorado River Water Users: A Chance to Get Ahead of Climate Change, policy brief by Western Progress.
Feeling the Heat: Global Warming and Rising Temperatures in the United States, by the Environment California Research and Policy Center, October 2008.
Global Warming and the Golden State: A Call to Action, by the Environmental Defense Fund, August 2007
IPCC Report: Climate Change and Water, Fourth Assessment, by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, June 2008.
Progress on Incorporating Climate Change into Management of California’s Water Resources, by the Department of Water Resources, July 2006
Preparing California for a Changing Climate, by the Public Policy Institute of California, November 2008.
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources, and Biodiversity in the United States, by the U. S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, May 2008.

DELTA REPORTS:

Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, by the Public Policy Institute of California, July, 2008.
Delta Subsidence: The Sinking Heart of the State, a report by the USGS, April 2000
Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (full report), by the Public Policy Institute of California, February 2007.
Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (short summary), by the Public Policy Institute of California, February 2007.
Finding the Balance: A Vision for Water Supply and Environmental Reliability in California, by the Environmental Defense Fund, July 2008
Finding the Water: New Water Supply Opportunities to Revive the San Francisco Bay-Delta Ecosystem, by the Environmental Defense Fund, 2005
Fish Out of Water: How Water Management in the Bay-Delta Threatens the Future of California’s Salmon Industry, by the National Resources Defense Council, July 2008
From the Sierras to the Sea: The Ecological History of the San Francisco Bay-Delta Watershed, by the Bay Institute, July 2003
Regional Self-Sufficiency Scenario, by Thomas Zuckerman, August 2007.
Risks and Options to Reduce Risks to Fishery and Water Supply Uses of the Sacramento / San Joaquin Delta, by the Department of Water Resources and the Department of Fish and Game, January 2008.
Seasonal/Yearly Salinity Variations in the San Francisco Bay, (includes Delta) by the USGS, December 2007.
Status and Trends of Delta-Suisun Services, by the Department of Water Resources, July 2007.
The Economics of Ending Delta Water Exports Versus the Peripheral Canal, Checking the Data of the PPIC, by Dr. Jeffrey A. Michael, Eberhardt School of Business, University of the Pacific, October 2008.
The State of Bay-Delta Science 2008 (Final report), by Cal-Fed, October 2008.

DELTA VISION:

Taskforce Generated:

Delta Vision Task Force Strategic Plan (Final), by the Delta Vision Task Force, October 2008. (For high resolution pdf, click here.)
Our Vision for the California Delta (full report), by the Delta Vision Task Force. January, 2008.
Our Vision for the California Delta (12 page summary), by the Delta Vision Task Force, January, 2008.

Other:

A Long Term Vision for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: A Work in Progress, by the Bay Institute, July 2007.
Delta Levees and Ecosystem Function, memo from Cal-Fed to Delta Vision Task Force, November 2007.
Economic Efficiency of Water Use and Allocation in California, A Scoping Level Analysis, prepared for the Delta Vision Process by Roger Mann, PhD, July 2008
Key Elements of a Strategic Plan to Implement the Delta Vision, by the Bay Institute, May 2008
Reliable Water for California as a Component of the Strategic Plan to Implement the Delta Vision, by the Bay Institute, May 2008.
Targets for Protection of the Delta Ecosystem as an Integral Part of a Healthy Estuary, by the Bay Institute.

DESALINATION:

California Desalination Planning Handbook; by the Department of Water Resources, February 2008
Desalination and Water Purification Technology Roadmap, by Sandia National Labs and the Bureau of Reclamation
Desalination: With a Grain of Salt - A California Perspective (full report), by the Pacific Institute, June 2006.
Desalination: With a Grain of Salt - A California Perspective (summary), by the Pacific Institute, June 2006.

DROUGHT

California Drought: An Update 2008, from the Department of Water Resources, April 2008.
Colorado River Basin Climate Report, Special Publication for the Association of California Water Agencies and the Colorado River Users Association Conferences, November 2005.
Urban Drought Guidebook, 2008 Updated Edition, from the Department of Water Resources.

FISH AND WATER:

Fish Out of Water: How Water Management in the Bay-Delta Threatens the Future of California’s Salmon Industry, by the National Resources Defense Council, July 2008
Risks and Options to Reduce Risks to Fishery and Water Supply Uses of the Sacramento / San Joaquin Delta, by the Department of Water Resources and the Department of Fish and Game, January 2008.
SOS: California’s Native Fish Crisis, by California Trout and Peter Moyle, November 2008.

FLOOD CONTROL, URBAN RUNOFF & STORM WATER MANAGEMENT

Capturing Urban Stormwater Runoff: A Decentralized Market-based Alternative, by U.C. Riverside researchers, November 2008.
Flood Warnings: Responding to California’s Flood Crisis, by the Department of Water Resources, January 2005
From Rooftops to Rivers: Green Strategies for Controlling Storm Water and Combined Sewer Overflows, by the NRDC
Rainwater as a Resource: A Report on Three Sites Demonstrating Sustainable Storm Water Management, by the TreePeople
Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices, by the Environmental Protection Agency, December 2007.
Storm Water Strategies: Community Responses to Runoff Pollution, by the National Resources Defense Council, 1999
The Green Solution: A practical and fresh approach to solving beach, ocean and river pollution problems, by Community Conservation International, March 2008.

GRAYWATER:

Graywater Guide: Using Graywater in your Home Landscape, by the Department of Water Resources, 1995.

GROUNDWATER

Basic Groundwater Hydrology, USGS 1983.
California’s Groundwater - Bulletin 118, Update 2003, from the California Department of Water Resources.
California’s Contaminated Groundwater: Is the State Minding the Store? from the National Resources Defense Council, April 2001.
Groundwater and Surface Water: A Single Resource, USGS 1999.
Groundwater Assessment Study: A Status Report on the Use of Groundwater in the Service Area of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. by the Metropolitan Water District, September, 2007
Groundwater Atlas of the United States, California & Nevada section, from the USGS, 1995
Groundwater Availability in the United States, by the USGS, 2008.
Groundwater Level Monitoring and the Importance of Long Term Groundwater Level Monitoring, USGS 2001.
Unsaturated Zone Hydrology for Scientists and Engineers, textbook available online from USGS.

LAKE TAHOE & THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS

Mining’s Toxic Legacy, by the Sierra Fund, March 2008.
State of the Lake Reports for 2007 & 2008, from the Tahoe Environmental Research Center, U.C. Davis.

RECYCLED WATER

Salinity Management Guide: for landscape designers, park managers and anyone else using recycled water for landscape irrigation, from the Southern California Salinity Coalition (SCSC) and National Water Research Institute (NWRI).
Water Recycling 2030: Recommendations of California’s Recycled Water Task Force, by Department of Water Resources, June 2003.
Water Recycling and Reuse: The Environmental Benefits, by the Environmental Protection Agency, 2008.

OCEANS & BEACHES