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Water in California: Self-induced Scarcity
Waterscape International Group
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Perceptions Do you think California is a drought prone state?
Why? What is the most pressing water quality or
quantity dilemma? What scales of analysis are useful for
understanding water in California? How can we measure the effect of water
diversions on ecosystems? What groups should have the burden of meeting
water needs? What technological fixes might help reduce
scarcity?
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Objective California is well-endowed with
water, yet faces shortages. Why? How can this be remedied? How does this relate to
environmental science?
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Overview Natural Setting of California Water Use in the State Water Distribution (Central Valley
and State Water Projects) Roots of Scarcity Quality Intermingled Options for the Future
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Part 1
The Natural Setting
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Map-Shaded Relief of California
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Map-Annual Precipitation
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Map-Major River Systems
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Map-Ground water Basins
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Part 2
Water Use in California
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Urban Surface Water Consumption
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Urban Groundwater Consumption
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Irrigation Surface Water Use
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Irrigation Groundwater Use
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Agricultural and Urban Water Use Statistics Domestic consumption of
groundwater & surface water = 3 MAF and 3 MAF, respectively.
Agricultural consumption of groundwater & surface water = 12.2 MAF and 19.5 MAF, respectively.
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Map-Agricultural Land in California
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Map-Central Valley Project
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Central Valley Project Facts 400 miles, from the Cascade Mountains near Redding to
the Tehachapi Mountains near Bakersfield 20 dams and reservoirs, 11 powerplants, and 500 miles of
major canals 9 million acre-feet of water annually managed Annually delivers about 7 million acre-feet 5 million acre-feet for farms 600,000 acre-feet for municipal use 5.6 billion kilowatt hours of electricity (~2 million people) 800,000 acre-feet per year to fish and wildlife and their
habitat and 410,00 acre-feet to State and Federal wildlife refuges and wetlands (CVPIA, 1992)
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Map-State Water Project
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State Water Project Facts 1973-Store water and distribute it to 29 urban and
agricultural water suppliers in Northern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, the San Joaquin Valley, and Southern California.
Water quality in the Delta, control Feather River flood waters, provide recreation, and enhance fish and wildlife.
32 storage facilities, reservoirs and lakes; 17 pumping plants; 3 pumping-generating plants; 5 hydroelectric power plants; and about 660 miles of open canals and pipelines.
Supplemental water to approximately 20 million Californians and about 660,000 acres of irrigated farmland.
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All Water Projects
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Consequences What are some of the consequences
for the environment of this distribution system?
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Part 3
Factors complicating the allocation of water among agricultural, domestic, and environmental uses
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The Problem: 7 Reasons to Worry Water allocation system is inflexible Population Growth Federal Endangered Species Act Federal Clean Water Act Colorado River 4.4 MAF Normal Climate Variability Long-term Climate Variability
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Water Allocation California Doctrine (Appropriation
and Riparian Rights) Permits to surface water Permits to groundwater
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Population Growth
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Federal Regulations Clean Water Act
Section 303(d): Total Maximum Daily Loads for “impaired waters”
Source Water Protection Endangered Species Act
Critical habitat protections• Salmon
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Climate Variability Normal climate variability Anthropogenic climate forcing
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The Result Need more water for regulatory
purposes Difficult to adjust allocations Groundwater is not permitted or
even accounted Et increased due to irrigationflow
decreasedreduced assimilative capacity
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Part 4
Case Study: Selenium Toxicity at Kesterson Reservoir
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Map-Kesterson
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Diablo Range
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Map-Fans
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Drainage Patterns
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Bio
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Part 5
Options
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Improve Allocation Demand side
Water Transfers (land retirement) Efficiency
Supply Surface water storage Groundwater storage (conjunctive use) Desalinization
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Water quality Real-time monitoringassimilative
capacity Irrigation changes Drain
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Closing Thoughts Other topics-Quality Water-rich landscape Integrated system
Hydrology-ecology interface SW-GW interactions Quality and quality connections
Increasing demands Longer-term planning
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References Department of Water Resources (1998).
California Water Plan: 160-98. Letey, J (1986). An Agricultural Dilemma:
Drainage Disposal in the San Joaquin Valley.