The Confluence

The Confluence Blog of the California Institute for Water Resources

The Confluence is the blog of the California Institute for Water Resources (CIWR) within University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources. We cover timely topics of water management in California, highlight innovative research and voices. 

CIWR's mission is to integrate California's research, extension, and education programs to develop research-based solutions to water resource challenges. We do this by facilitating collaborative research and outreach on water issues across California's academic institutions and with international, federal, state, regional, nonprofit, and campus communities.

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California Institute for Water Resources

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Nell Green Nylen (right) and her colleagues stop for a view of San Francisco Bay on a hike in the East Bay Hills above the UC Berkeley campus. Photo by Lidia Cano Pecharromán.
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Improving water governance through informed decision-making

March 25th, 2019
Nell Green Nylen is a Senior Research Fellow with the Wheeler Water Institute in the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) at Berkeley Law. Her research engages law, science, and policy to tackle critical California water issues. Nell earned a J.D. from Berkeley Law and a Ph.D.
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Ellen Bruno.
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Economic policy approaches to water allocation in California

March 4th, 2019
Dr. Ellen Bruno is an Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist in quantitative policy analysis at UC Berkeley. Her research evaluates the effectiveness of different policy instruments for improving the management of our increasingly scarce water resources.
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