Water Economics and Agriculture

Delta overview with Sacramento in back

Water economics, agriculture econ, drought impacts econ, nitrate.

 

Research Programs

Water Economics and Agriculture

Project
blank placeholder image Advanced Hard Biofuels Advanced Hardwood Biofuels Northwest (AHB) is a consortium of Pacific Northwest university and industry partners led by the University of Washington. AHB is carrying out research and development to support a system that will use renewable feedstocks like hybrid poplar to produce a suite of products that are currently derived from petroleum. AHB will focus on the development of a renewable bio-based chemical industry. Developing poplar-based biofuels including jet fuel, diesel, and gasoline that can supplement existing fossil fuels is the long term goal. A bio-based chemical and fuel industry will revitalize rural communities through job creation and economic development, decrease the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, and move the nation toward a clean energy and product economy based on renewable materials with a low carbon footprint.
blank placeholder image Tracking Nitrogen from Wastewater in a Tidal Wetland This project evaluates how wastewater discharge from the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District influences nitrogen levels and food web dynamics in Suisun Marsh and San Francisco Bay.