Water

The reports on water discuss climate risks and adaptation approaches for various sectors of water management.

Climate Change Risk Faced by the California Central Valley Water Resource System

Schwarz et al.

This report assesses future performance of key water resources management factors for the Central Valley water system using probability-based climate change risk assessment.

File Size: PDF 2.1 mb |
Report #: CCCA4-EXT-2018-001 |
Published: August 27, 2018
Addressing Institutional Vulnerabilities In California’s Drought Water Allocation Part 1: Water Rights Administration and Oversight During Major Statewide Droughts, 1976–2016

Green Nylen et al.

This report advances the understanding of the need for more proactive efforts to improve water rights administration and oversight during droughts by examining the strategies the State Water Resources Control Board used to carry out its water rights responsibilities during past droughts.

File Size: PDF 3.9 mb |
Report #: CCCA4-CNRA-2018-009 |
Published: August 27, 2018
Addressing Institutional Vulnerabilities In California’s Drought Water Allocation Part 2: Improving Water Rights Administration and Oversight for Future Droughts

Green Nylen et al.

This report advances the understanding of how the State Water Resources Control Board could approach proactively improving water rights administration and oversight for future droughts by exploring the possibility of adopting a contingency-based framework to support drought decision making and implementing a suite of complementary actions to reduce uncertainty and lay the groundwork for more timely and effective drought response.

File Size: PDF 2.2 mb |
Report #: CCCA4-CNRA-2018-010 |
Published: August 27, 2018
Mean and Extreme Climate Change Impacts on the State Water Project

Wang et al.

This report advances the understanding of the mid-century vulnerability of the State Water Project to various climate change factors including extreme scenarios.

File Size: PDF 1.7 mb |
Report #: CCCA4-EXT-2018-004 |
Published: August 27, 2018
Advancing Hydro-Economic Optimization to Identify Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Opportunities in California's Water System

Herman et al.

This report advances the understanding of the cost of water supply shortage under a range of future climates, and examines possible adaptations to operations and infrastructure to help mitigate these impacts.

File Size: PDF 3 mb |
Report #: CCCA4-CNRA-2018-016 |
Published: August 27, 2018
Drought Management and Climate Adaptation of Small, Self-Sufficient Drinking Water Systems in California

Ekstrom et al.

This report advances understanding of how small self-sufficient drinking water systems were affected and challenged by the 2012-2016 California Drought and provides insight into needs, challenges and barriers to climate adaptation to reduce risks of future extreme events.

File Size: PDF 1.7 mb |
Report #: CCCA4-CNRA-2018-004 |
Published: August 27, 2018
Development of Stage-Frequency Curves in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta for Climate Change and Sea Level Rise

Maendly

This report provides estimates of future high water-level frequency and duration due to sea level rise in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

File Size: PDF 7.5 mb |
Report #: CCCA4-EXT-2018-011 |
Published: August 27, 2018
Management of Groundwater and Drought Under Climate Change

Langridge et al.

This report advances understanding of drought and groundwater management including current and newer strategies being used to address future droughts under climate change.

File Size: PDF 1.8 mb |
Report #: CCCA4-EXT-2018-006 |
Published: August 27, 2018
Gauging preparedness to managing drinking water quality for climate change in California (Externally Published)

Ekstrom et al.

This externally-published supporting research presents results from a survey of drinking water utilities about the perceived threat, analytic capacity, and adaptation actions related to maintaining water quality in the face of climate change.

File Size: PDF 0.3 mb |
Published: Externally
Climate information? Embedding climate futures within temporalities of California water management (Externally Published)

Baker et al.

This externally-published supporting research uses the case of drinking water utility managers in California to understand uses of climate-change information in resource management.

File Size: PDF 0.3 mb |
Published: Externally