Latest Water quality Podcast Episodes
Introduction to The Water Lab Podcast
Water Lab - January 07, 2020 20:00 - 1 minuteWelcome to the Water Lab!
Energy resources: water quality
Energy resources: water quality - for iBooks - June 06, 2011 00:20 - application/epub+zipWater is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there are areas where water supplies are limited,...
Peripheral Canal Design and Implementation Options
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 13, 2008 08:00 - 33 minutes - VideoLund discusses recent policy and technical discussions that have begun to revisit the idea of building a peripheral canal to divert water from the Sacramento River upstream of the Delta and deliver it to the export pumps. A canal or other form of upstream diversion of water exports involves a wid...
Policy and Regulatory Challenges for the Delta
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 13, 2008 08:00 - 46 minutes - VideoEllen Hanak, of the Public Policy Institute of California, reviews several governance and regulatory challenges for the management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. She takes into account the changes occurring in this region as a result of sea level rise, increasing risk to levees, inevitable ...
Decision Analysis of Delta Strategies
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 13, 2008 08:00 - 58 minutes - VideoWhat is the best decision for managing water exports in the Delta? Jay Lund asks. This presentation looks at four strategies and how they may affect environmental sustainability and reliable water supply by mid-century to account for natural forces acting in the Delta, such as sea level rise.
Economic Costs and Adaptations for Alternative Delta Regulations
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 13, 2008 08:00 - 1 hour - VideoWater exports from the southern Delta to users in the Bay Area and Southern California have become a central concern for the environmental health of the Delta, due to the dramatic decline of numerous fish species in recent years. This video discussion looks at two alternatives to those pumping op...
Economic Effects on Ag from Water Export Salinity
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 13, 2008 08:00 - 47 minutes - VideoSoil salinity has been a problem for agriculture in California's southern Central Valley for decades. Since the 1950s, the Delta has been a major source of surface water for the region, but salinity is once again becoming a major issue. Howitt provides preliminary estimates for long-term revenue ...
Delta Drinking Water Quality and Treatment Costs
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 13, 2008 08:00 - 50 minutes - VideoThis presentation by Wei-Hsiang Chen from the UC Davis John Muir Institute for the Environment explores the current and long-term effects of Delta export water quality on drinking water treatment cost and any public health risks from the disinfection process. Salinity, organic carbons, nutrients ...
Levee Decisions and Sustainability for the Delta
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 13, 2008 08:00 - 56 minutes - VideoRobyn Suddeth, a graduate student in the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, outlines the major factors that make levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta landscape susceptible to future flooding — sea level rise, seismicity, subsidence and changing inflows. She then discusses the economic ...
The Future of the Delta Ecosystem and its Fish
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 12, 2008 08:00 - 26 minutes - VideoPeter Moyle and William Bennett, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, address four basic questions about fish in their role as major drivers of ecosystem-related policy in the Delta: 1) what species are important for making decisions that affect ecosystem function? 2) what are likely attribute...
Delta Hydrodynamics and Water Salinity with Future Conditions
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 12, 2008 08:00 - 1 hour - VideoWilliam Fleenor, UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, presents an initial assessment of the salinity implications of four strategies for managing delta water exports. He also explores the impacts on salinity due to two main changes to the Delta over the past century: One to three feet of sea l...
Expert Survey on the Viability of Delta Fish Populations
Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta - November 12, 2008 08:00 - 1 hour - VideoThis presentation provides a report on the collective views of 39 experts on Delta fish and ecology regarding the likely responses of key species to different modes of water management in the Delta. The four key species include delta smelt, longfin smelt, young striped bass and juvenile Sacrament...