Policies, and especially attitudes toward water, will have to shift as climate change makes drought more severe, says David Feldman UCI Podcast: The technologies that could solve California’s droughts…Continue Reading UCI Podcast: The technologies that could solve California’s droughts
How low can it go? The Hoover Dam in May. David Feldman, Author provided David Feldman, University of California, Irvine This article is part of The Conversation’s series on drought. You can read the rest of the series here. Across the western US, water and power are linked. Hydropower provides about 21% of the region’s electricity. Nearly 20% of California’s electricity is…Continue Reading California tackles water-energy interdependence by getting decision-makers to talk
Full article here: https://www.ocregister.com/2017/01/23/turning-ocean-into-drinking-water-how-it-works-what-it-costs-and-is-it-safe/…Continue Reading Turning ocean into drinking water: How it works, what it costs and is it safe?
Full article here: https://news.uci.edu/2016/11/16/joining-forces/…Continue Reading Joining forces
Full article: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/soapbox/article108100717.html…Continue Reading Salton Sea water diversion could be catastrophic for public health
Water UCI organized a two-day joint California-European Union workshop on Sustainable Groundwater Management and Conflict Resolution in June 2019, sponsored by the Orange County Water District, the Water Replenishment District and the Irvine Ranch Water District, and with further assistance from the State Water Resources Control Board, California Department of Water Resources, and the USGS…Continue Reading Sustainable Groundwater Management and Conflict Resolution Proceedings
Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor (Joint Appointment), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Phone: (949) 824-5527 Email: sjiang@uci.edu Dr. Sunny Jiang is professor and Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, Irvine. She also serves as the Associate Director for UC Irvine Water and Energy Nexus Center. During her…Continue Reading Faculty Spotlight: Sunny Jiang, Ph.D
Thank you for taking the time to read our Water UCI e-newsletter! I am excited about the new outreach and growth opportunities we have experienced over the past year. From the Salton Sea to the Dead Sea, our work addresses local and global water issues. Water UCI has had an eventful and productive 2018 and…Continue Reading Director’s Message for Winter 2019
In California, policy makers, practitioners, and researchers have contributed to a rising conversation on how best to value water, particularly in response to environmental and economic stresses. At stake in this conversation is not only how to value water, but how to understand, model, and communicate those values between groups. A retrospective review of the…Continue Reading Valuing California’s Water: A Social Science Perspective
The water and energy sectors have traditionally been studied independently, regulated by separate oversight agencies, and delivered to customers by separate utilities. Yet it is undeniable that there are strong interdependencies between the sectors. Water, in its many forms, has a direct relationship with energy production. Conversely, it takes energy to treat, convey, and purify…Continue Reading Capturing the Benefits of Integrated Resource Management for Water & Electricity Utilities and their Partners