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Los beneficios de la gestión de aguas pluviales en el Sur de California
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La Gestión de Aguas Pluviales en el Sur de California

April 10th, 2025
By Daniel Gonzalez, Esther N Lofton, Erik C Porse
 La gestión de aguas pluviales se refiere al control sistemático de la cantidad y calidad del agua de escorrentía generada por superficies impermeables, áreas urbanas y paisajes durante y después de eventos de precipitación. Incluye una variedad de prácticas y estrategias destinadas a capturar, tratar y…
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Sample benefits of stormwater management
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Stormwater Management in Southern California

March 31st, 2025
By Daniel Gonzalez, Erik C Porse, Esther N Lofton
Stormwater management is the strategic practice of controlling and utilizing stormwater runoff from precipitation events as a valuable water supply source. Its main goals are to protect our environment and create healthier, sustainable communities. Exhibiting many different methods and tools for rainwater…
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Survey: Water system consolidations improve water quality, infrastructure

February 28th, 2025
By Michael Hsu
Kristin Dobbin, a UCCE specialist, is studying the consolidation of water systems, which can entail creating physical connections (such as pipelines) between water systems or administrative mergers that leave the physical infrastructure unchanged. Water system consolidation has become a top solution in…
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Drought is back! And so is Water Talk

April 1st, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The Water Talk podcast returns Friday, April 2, for its second season. This year's podcast will include a focus on the water issue on many minds at the end of a relatively dry rainy season: drought.
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The weekly Water Talk podcast can be heard on Fridays.
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Water Talk podcast begins April 2

March 30th, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
The second season of Water Talk podcast begins Friday, April 2. The weekly podcast will feature discussions of agriculture, water policy, environmental and social justice, climate change and other issues related to California water.
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Grace Woodmansee
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Names in the News

December 22nd, 2020
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Woodmansee named UCCE livestock and natural resources advisor Grace Woodmansee will join UC Cooperative Extension in Siskiyou County as a livestock and natural resources advisor on Jan. 4, 2021.
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