UC Water

UC Water Security and Sustainability Research Initiative:
Bringing the power of the UC to bear on California water resources and management issues.

[UC Water @UCWater]

Great work from @kmarkovich, Lauren Foster and @stephenmaples, @ucdavis @ucwater telling the story of #isotopes in #CAWater and #Chile 🏔❄️💧
https://t.co/eZrP04JPUO

[SIERRA SUN TIMES @SIERRASUNTIMES]

UC Merced: What Will it Take to End the Drought in California?
#MercedCounty
https://t.co/XNdZbbU3lw

[UC Water @UCWater]

Or solar canals ...

[Dan Jacobson @DanDjsacramento]

Solar and wind farms can hurt the environment. A new study offers solutions. ⁦@Sammy_Roth⁩ - love #boilingpoint . How about solar highways- Land is disturbed, close to ev charging, near transmission wires, etc… https://t.co/04XfYzmITI

[UC Water @UCWater]

Not "automatically", but SoCal has had slightly more drier than wetter La Niña yrs. Still, CPC outlook gives small probability of drier than wetter winter statewide: https://t.co/Kb8drpAsA4

[Jan Null @ggweather]

Does La Niña automatically mean another dry winter for California? Not necessarily. See https://t.co/zkD2Mc3dq1 and
https://t.co/yyIO3q0JVF

[Roger Bales @rbalesuc]

We show annual Sierra Nevada evapotranspiration scaled from flux-tower data to be a central metric of water-balance change & variability, also key to diagnosing uncertainties in catchment precipitation & discharge.

[Roger Bales @rbalesuc]

Visited the amazing French Meadow restoration project in @Tahoe_NF being done w/ partners @PlacerWater
@PlacerCA, @Conserve_CA, @ARConservancy, @ucmerced, @CA_CECS, @CAsWatershed & more. It takes a partnership to restore a forest!

[Roger Bales @rbalesuc]

Solar over canals has many co-benefits. It may not be cheaper than putting solar on sensitive natural lands or productive farmland, but it's better & can provide so much more. https://t.co/9AAQ5Udp4h via @abc7newsbayarea @TurlockID @SpencerABC7 @SolarAquaGrid

[Water News Global @WaterTrends]

CLIMATE ACTION: These energy innovations could transform how we mitigate #ClimateChange, and save money in the process – 5 essential reads | #CleanEnergy #Renewables #CarbonCapture https://t.co/OofXSAEp0X via @ConversationUS

[LA2050 @LA2050]

.@rbalesuc has been working to protect water through renewable energy. Solar canals might be the perfect solution to the current US mega-drought. ☀️🌊 Read more below about California's first solar canal launch in @ConversationUS @SmithsonianMag.
https://t.co/4yvoD7BmQR

[UC Water @UCWater]

As wildfires like the Creek Fire devastate California forests each year, what effects do these have on agriculture? Join @rbalesuc & others connecting mountain headwaters & valley ag through wildfire, forest restoration & climate change. @ValleyPBS https://t.co/2plo6giFMd

[UC Merced @ucmerced]

As wildfires like the Creek Fire devastate California forests each year, what effects do these have on agriculture in the Central Valley? Founding faculty member and distinguished Professor Roger Bales (@rbalesuc) discusses forest health on PBS. https://t.co/2JqCEanjSg via @PBS

[University of California @UofCalifornia]

“This is just a no-brainer. Let’s do this." - @UCMerced's @rbalesuc. https://t.co/zJi7gIWM8I

[Citizen Group @CitizenGroup]

The Conversation continues as @SolarAquaGrid @ucmerced @TurlockID @CA_DWR pursue a shared mission to study and scale #solar canals, saving both water and land for #California and beyond. Learn more via @rbalesuc in @ConversationUS: https://t.co/l9iWyOsREA #EnergyTransition

[Roger Bales @rbalesuc]

Solar canal project, we're going to build it! The update is that we're now developing full-scale prototypes, thanks to a partnership involving @TurlockID, @CA_DWR, @SolarAquaGrid, @ucmerced, and others. https://t.co/igPR7em93q via @ConversationUS

[Tony Davis @tonydavis987]

First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California. Could something like this ever happen in Arizona? https://t.co/yVItiXxzyZ via @ConversationUS

[Solar AquaGrid @SolarAquaGrid]

California will try to put a lid on evaporation with @TurlockID @CA_DWR @ucmerced with this first-in-the-nation project testing solar panels over water canals in #California. Learn more here; huge thanks to @WilsonKPIX for telling our story: https://t.co/YLZDenzLKa

[The Modesto Bee @modbee]

“It’s different, it’s new and it’s innovative, and that’s something that I think TID should be proud of.” https://t.co/ioXO1ehxGP

[UC Water @UCWater]

Very exciting project, with multiple benefits for TID, the region & the state!

[Turlock Irrigation District @TurlockID]

TID has been selected to pilot first-in-the-nation project involving solar panels over canals, called Project Nexus. Project Nexus could contribute to a more water resilient future for California and position the State to meet its ambitious clean energy goals.

[Roger Bales @rbalesuc]

Putting solar on roofs, parking lots, canals, other disturbed land provides multiple benefits. Think natural lands (biodiversity), productive farmland (food). Rooftop solar important for distributed electricity production & resilience, much more. https://t.co/fltJB1o4KH

[Roger Bales @rbalesuc]

California drought: A couple of big storms needed to push annual Sierra precipitation above average. Jan looking dry given high-pressure ridge, so wait for Feb/Mar ... https://t.co/J70J6OMmoZ @PaulRogersSJMN

[UC Merced @ucmerced]

The French Meadows Forest Restoration Project is a partnership, that includes Distinguished Professor @rbalesuc and @SNRI_UCMerced, formed to collaboratively restore forest health and build resilience to future wildfires in the Middle Fork American River. https://t.co/MWjzkvElJa