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  New research: Climate impacts widespread across California, fueling worries over water supply

  As water system managers across California devise strategies to help secure their water supply, they often face a major obstacle to implementing those measures: a lack of interest or will to act among community members. “One of the things that...
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  Addressing the emotional toll of drought

  Preparing the American West for prolonged drought is the focus of a double issue of Water Resources IMPACT magazine. The California Water Commission staff are guest editors for this special open-access edition of the magazine, which is published...
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  Porse named director of California Institute for Water Resources

  Erik Porse joined the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) on Jan. 11 as director of the California Institute for Water Resources (CIWR). Porse has built an outstanding career in water as a research engineer with the...
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  Save trees first: Tips to keep them alive during drought

  Trees are essential to lowering temperatures and cooling ‘heat islands' Water restrictions prompted by drought are driving Californians to prioritize how they will use their limited water. Because landscape irrigation is a major water use for...
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  California Farmer Implements Cover Cropping in Almond Orchard to Improve Soil Quality and Reduce Inputs

  Ten years ago, Rob Schuh was on the verge of retiring. As a lifelong farmer, he had become disillusioned by how his work had become a series of numbers – adding and subtracting pounds of fertilizer, herbicide, and pesticide every year. Then he...
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  How Can California Protect Its Water Supply From Wildfire?

  It's intuitive that wildfires can affect ecosystems, harm wildlife, and contaminate streams and rivers. But wildfires can also have complex, severe, and direct effects on our water supply and infrastructure—effects that have only become clear in...