Modeling, informatics, statewide water models, hydropower, eflows, water policy, flood policy.
Water Systems Management and Policy
Research Programs
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California Environmental Flows Framework | The California Environmental Flows Framework (CEFF) provides an approach for determining ecological flow criteria and guidance for developing environmental flow recommendations that can accommodate a variety of stream types and biological communities, while supporting regulatory and management agency programs aimed at protecting beneficial uses for aquatic life. CEFF applies a Functional Flows approach and provides ecological flow criteria based on the natural variability of ecologically-relevant functional flow metrics. It provides a process for considering physical and biological constraints within a stream system and provides guidance on developing environmental flow recommendations that balance ecological and water management objectives. |
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Delta Levee Vulnerability Study | This project developed an index of the vulnerability of levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. |
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Sustainability-aware Management of Interdependent Power and Water Systems | As the grand vision of this project is to promote sustainability across interdependent systems, as well as to achieve economic efficiency and to maintain reliability, through decentralized yet coordinated management of individual systems, we are to establish a complete modeling, analytical, and computational framework. |
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Just Transitions In Large Socioecological Systems: Drought, Sea-level Rise & Salinity In the Delta | This project engages communities in co-developing and visualizing future water management scenarios for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to address drought, sea level rise, and salinity challenges. |
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Co-EQWAL: Collaboratory for Equity in Water Allocation | This project develops collaborative water models and tools to explore community water access, salmon recovery, and Delta salinity under climate change. |