Feb. 12-13, 2015 Water Resources PT

The Annual Water Program Team Met on February 12-13, 2015

The following topics were discussed:

Drought Session

Update on the state of the drought and Drought Materials - DanieleZaccaria, CE Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Effects of drought in Evapotranspiration - Richard Snyder - CE Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Rancher’s Experience with Drought, A California Perspective - Ken Tate, CE Specialist, Dept. of Sciences, UC Davis

Updates in Recent Regulations

Update in the Nitrate Legislation/Implementation-Thomas Harter, CE Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Update in the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act -Thomas Harter, CE Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Irrigated Land Regulatory Program-TBA

New ANR Colleagues

Daniel Geisseler, Nitrate Management Specialist, UC Davis
Yufang Jin, Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Change, UC Davis
Tapan Pathak, CE Specialist, UC Merced, Climate Change
Katherine Suzanne Pope, Orchard Systems Advisor,Yolo

Christopher Smith, Director, ANR Hansen REC, Ventura

Ashraf El-Kereamy, Viticulture Advisor, Kern County

Bruce Linquist, Rice Specialist

Betsy M. Karle, Dairy Advisor

ANR Competitive Grants

Competitive Grant Announcement. Logistics and how these are rating - Doug Parker, Director, CA Water Resources Initiative, UC ANR
Competitive ANR granted project: Soil Agricultural Groundwater Banking Index - Toby O’Geen, Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis

Urban Water Session

Urban Water Conservation Update. Peter Brostrom, Chief of Water Use Efficiency Dept. of Water Resources
Update on DPR’s Urban Pesticide in Sacramento and Orange County - Loren Oki, Associate Specialist, Dept. of Sciences, UC Davis and Darren Haver, Director and Advisor, South Coast REC and UCCE Orange County
Roundtable Discussion. Opportunity to hear about other urban water research and extension activities. Brainstorm potential projects to submit for current RFP. Discuss creation of urban water workgroup

Irrigation Water Session

Opportunistic Groundwater Banking in Agricultural Fields - Helen Dahlke, Assistant Professor, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Automation of surface irrigation systems - Khaled Bali, Irrigation/Water Management Advisor and County Directo

Water Related Position and Strategic Initiative

Follow up on water-related positions - Samuel Sandoval Solis, Assistant Professor, CE Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Update on Water Quality, Quantity and Security Strategic Initiative - Doug Parker, Director, CA Water Resources Initiative, UC ANR