Feb. 12-13, 2015 Water Resources PT
The Annual Water Program Team Met on February 12-13, 2015
The following topics were discussed:
Drought Session
Update on the state of the drought and Drought Materials - DanieleZaccaria, CE Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Effects of drought in Evapotranspiration - Richard Snyder - CE Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Rancher’s Experience with Drought, A California Perspective - Ken Tate, CE Specialist, Dept. of Sciences, UC Davis
Updates in Recent Regulations
Update in the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act -Thomas Harter, CE Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Irrigated Land Regulatory Program-TBA
Daniel Geisseler, Nitrate Management Specialist, UC Davis
Yufang Jin, Assistant Professor of Remote Sensing and Ecosystem Change, UC Davis
Tapan Pathak, CE Specialist, UC Merced, Climate Change
Katherine Suzanne Pope, Orchard Systems Advisor,Yolo
Competitive Grant Announcement. Logistics and how these are rating - Doug Parker, Director, CA Water Resources Initiative, UC ANR
Competitive ANR granted project: Soil Agricultural Groundwater Banking Index - Toby O’Geen, Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Urban Water Session
Urban Water Conservation Update. Peter Brostrom, Chief of Water Use Efficiency Dept. of Water Resources
Update on DPR’s Urban Pesticide in Sacramento and Orange County - Loren Oki, Associate Specialist, Dept. of Sciences, UC Davis and Darren Haver, Director and Advisor, South Coast REC and UCCE Orange County
Roundtable Discussion. Opportunity to hear about other urban water research and extension activities. Brainstorm potential projects to submit for current RFP. Discuss creation of urban water workgroup
Irrigation Water Session
Opportunistic Groundwater Banking in Agricultural Fields - Helen Dahlke, Assistant Professor, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Automation of surface irrigation systems - Khaled Bali, Irrigation/Water Management Advisor and County Directo
Water Related Position and Strategic Initiative
Follow up on water-related positions - Samuel Sandoval Solis, Assistant Professor, CE Specialist, Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Update on Water Quality, Quantity and Security Strategic Initiative - Doug Parker, Director, CA Water Resources Initiative, UC ANR