PPT-California Drought Impacts: Case Studies on Water Use

Dr Peter Gleick Pacific Institute Oakland California August 2015 Conclusions The severe drought in California is having widespread impacts We are just beginning to understand the full nature of these impacts. Taking on Mother Nature and More”. Jack Hawks. NARUC Committee on Water. July 15, 2014. Dallas, TX. California Update. Hollywood and Maximum Contaminant Levels (water quality regulatory standard). A New Hexavalent Chromium MCL, Effective July 1st . Guido Franco. Team Lead for Climate Change and Environmental Research. Sonya Ziaja . Research Lead for Energy Water Climate Nexus. Joint Agency Workshop on California’s Drought Responses. Sacramento, California . Revision of disaster hotspot case studies. Revision of climate change case studies. World at risk . Core case studies. You will need to know these four core case studies. You will be expected to know other examples and case studies to support your answers. Silva et al (June 2015). Kimberly Duong. April 6, 2016. Background . Impacts of extreme events (such as drought) vary with climate change, but also management and governance. Authors use . Ostrom. *’s framework for analyzing social-ecological systems, which describe interactions between resource systems, governance systems, and resource users. Tonya . Haigh. National Drought Mitigation . Center. November 7, 2014. National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS). Evaluation Purpose. Process evaluation or monitoring. involves asking whether the program is reaching stakeholders, whether delivery of services is consistent with proposed activities, and what resources have been expended.. PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WATER AND SANITATION. 01 MARCH 2017. 1. 1. PRESENTATION LAYOUT. Purpose. Background. The approach to address drought conditions. Key intervention measures by national government. Presentation. 18 February 2016. . National Joint Drought Coordinating Committee (NJDCC). Sectoral. Department. Action. Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). Reported. increase in dam levels from 54.7% to 55.1% . and . Social Vulnerability. Dr. Peter Gleick. Pacific Institute, Oakland, California. California Temperature and Precipitation Anomalies (1895-2014) . (36-month periods). Source: Mann and Gleick, 2015, PNAS. NOAA/NCDC . Intro to . Arcgis. , University of . texas. at . austin. November 29, 2016. California- Background. Most Populous State in the United States. Today: about 39 million people. Host of a large amount of water intensive agriculture. VISIT P PARTMENT’S WEBSITE F OR MORE INFO: http://ped.palatribe.com CLIMATE CHANGE PREPA REDNESS DROUGHT & PALA FOOD GROWS WHERE THE WATER FLOWS DROUGHT : A prolonged period of abnormally low ra State Water Resources Control Board DIVISION OF WATER RIGHTS PO Box 2000 Sacramento CA 95812-2000 Info 916 341-5300 FAX 916 341-5400 Web http//wwwwaterboardscagov/waterrights RichSatkowskiwaterboardsc Both the House and Senate worked towards authorizing legislation to respond to the crisis resulting from the California drought including The House approved Rep Valadao146s drought legislation the Wes University of East Anglia, UK. Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research (OCCR), . University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. Historical climatology and hydrology. EGU, 4 May 2020. Impacts of spring-summer droughts . The Hard Truth about South Texas Climate. Drought Definition – In the Eye of the Beholder. 3. What Makes Drought Unique as a Geohazard. 4. Specific Drought Risks. 5. Coping with Drought. 1. The Hard Truth about South Texas Climate.