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Water and Drought Information | Experts The workshop Proven solutions to drought stress: Water management strategies for perennial crops with limited and impaired water supplies was held January 12-13, 2016 in Modesto, California.
Summary: Pacific salmon populations in California have rapidly declined in the past century, in large part due to dams and water diversions that block critical habitat and increase water temperatures in remaining habitat.
Summary: Due to high groundwater nitrate concentrations, California growers are facing increasing pressure to improve nitrogen use efficiency in crop production to reduce nitrate leaching.
Summary: Californias groundwater has been stressed, most recently by hard-hitting drought. One proposed solution for recharging aquifer is agricultural groundwater banking. Using this approach, farmland is flooded during the rainy winter season to recharge the underlying groundwater.
Summary: Declining water levels can degrade or eliminate fish habitat during Californias dry summer season, particularly as water is diverted for other needs. Storing water off-channel during the rainy season can help reduce demands on instream flows in the dry season.
Summary: The western U.S. is generally arid and subject to droughts. At the same time, it is home to many large cities, which makes urban irrigation management a key component of any water conservation plan.
Summary: Water management in California is influenced by many factors, including water availability for fish like endangered salmon. Understanding salmon populations is a multi-faceted challenged.
Summary: During the most recent drought, California required urban water districts to aim to conserve 20 percent of their water resources, compared to a 2013 baseline. While some districts were very successful, saving up to 50 percent, others failed to meet the target.
Summary: As part of Californias 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, Sacramento area groundwater basins were designated as a high priority for management under groundwater sustainability plans.
