Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

Summary: Understanding how rainfall becomes streamflow in a river or stored groundwater in an aquifer is critical to managing both water quality and quantity and developing groundwater sustainability plans that limit and address undesirable results.

Summary: Facing drought and climate change, California growers are regulated and incentivized to increase irrigation efficiency and build soil health through statewide policies and programs.

Summary: Recent droughts in the American West have highlighted both the value of our aquifers in securing water and the impact on our aquifers from groundwater depletion.

Summary: Wildfire is one of the most pressing management challenges currently facing western North America. Smoke and ash deposition have become pervasive and long-lasting features of the landscape and affecting lakes in ways that are still not well understood.

Introduction Ten years ago, Rob Schuh was on the verge of retiring as a farmer. Being a lifelong farmer, he had become disillusioned by how farming had become a series of numbers, adding and subtracting pounds of fertilizer, herbicide, and pesticide every year.

Supporting Water Research in California The California Institute for Water Resources supports academic researchers in California through funding of the Water Resources Research Act.

Water Talk Podcast An award-winning podcast by California scientists for the water curious! The goal of Water Talk is to bring communities across California together to talk about water issues, including climate change,equity, and access.

Student Employees at CIWR The student employee program at the California Institute for Water Resources (CIWR) is open to undergraduate and graduate students at University of California and California State University campuses.

Nitrogen Management CIWR has over a decade of experience developing training programs to improve nitrogen management practices in California.

Water Resources Research CIWR's research focuses on using systems approaches to address water management challenges. We work with collaborators across California's universities and the University of California Cooperative Extension on research projects.