The University of California does not provide water testing services for growers. There are a number of laboratories that do provide this service. UC does not endorse any one laboratory and we recognize this list may not be complete.
Selected soil, water, and tissue sampling laboratories
Irrigation Management
- Irrigation Files, UCD Fruit and Nut Research and Information Center
- Nitrogen Management, UC California Institute for Water Resources
- Irrigation Management of Grapes, UCD Viticulture and Enology
Drought Resources
- Drought: Current Conditions, California's Department of Water Resources website.
- California Statewide Water Conditions, statistics on the precipitation, snowpack, reservoir storage from the California Data Exchange Center.
- Drought Management Tips, UC California Institute for Water Resources
- California Drought Resources , UC California Institute for Water Resources .
- Water Use Classification of Landscape Species, UCD and California Department of WaterResources database of plant water usage
Other Water Resources
- Groundwater Sampling and Monitoring, UC ANR Publication #8085
- Groundwater Quality and Groundwater Pollution, UC ANR Publication #8084
- Basic Concepts of Groundwater Hydrology, UC ANR Publication #8083