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December 09, 2014 | Water in the West | Insights
A new report on water governance and climate change through the lens of the current California drought has just been released by Stanford University’s Water in the West Program.
This report, authored by Water in the West visiting scholar Jacqueline Peel and research analyst Janny Choy, summarizes the insights, lessons and key findings of a workshop hosted by Water in the West in September 2014,...
December 05, 2014 | Stanford News | News
Earlier this fall, a team led by Stanford geophysicist Rosemary Knight performed an ambitious experiment to determine the extent of ocean saltwater intrusion into underground freshwater in the Monterey Bay region.
November 21, 2014 | SF Gate | Insights
New Op-Ed by Buzz Thompson explores how we can get the most out the recently passed $7.5B water bond.
November 17, 2014 | Water in the West | Insights
Water in the West postdoctoral fellow Debra Perrone recently participated in the Science Teaching Through Art (STAr) program, which helps scientists and engineers become more effective communicators to people outside their own fields. The program includes outreach to local high school and community college students through poster sessions, which is an excellent opportunity both for...
October 27, 2014 | Water in the West | Insights
It is human nature to fear the unknown. If you are a water manager, your “fear list” may include earthquakes, climate change, having your water use made public and not least of all, new laws and regulations. California has a law that is new and complex – the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act. At this point, many summaries of the new legislation have been developed such as...
October 23, 2014 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment | News
California Gov. Jerry Brown joins water experts at Stanford for discussion of policy prescriptions and new research on improving water management
October 22, 2014 | Water in the West | Insights
On November 4, Californians will go to the polls to vote in the state’s election. The first proposition on the ballot will be the “Water Quality, Supply and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014,” better known as the 2014 Water Bond. It’s been a long path to the ballot for California’s most recent water bond issue. Originally proposed in 2009, the bond has been through several iterations to...
October 13, 2014 | Water in the West | Insights
This past Wednesday (October 8) was a busy day for Rosemary Knight, a professor of geophysics in the Stanford School of Earth Sciences and senior fellow, by courtesy, at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment. Her morning began on a quiet stretch of beach along the coast of Monterey Bay. She wasn’t there to surf or whale watch like others, but rather to check in...
September 11, 2014 | Water in the West | Insights
Above image: from the Water in the West series, "Understanding California's Groundwater"
It’s a big year for groundwater in California. For the first time in California history, the state is close to setting up a comprehensive framework for managing groundwater. A package of groundwater bills has been passed by the legislature and now awaits the governor’s signature. If signed,...
August 28, 2014 | Water in the West | Insights
By Melissa Rohde
Melissa Rohde is a graduate student researcher with Stanford’s Water in the West Program, where she recently conducted research on groundwater recharge in California for our new website: Understanding California’s Groundwater. These are her reflections on the recently passed water bond.
The legislature is receiving plaudits for its approval of the $7.5 billion water bond...
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