H21B:
Drought, Groundwater Management, and Long-Term Groundwater Sustainability in the Western United States: Assessment, Monitoring, Modeling, Planning, Management, and Policy II Posters


Session ID#: 9147

Session Description:
Much of the Western United States has been in a long-term drought or series of multi-year droughts throughout the past two decades, a period that has also experienced significant shifts in urban, industrial, and agricultural water uses leading to unprecedented pressures on groundwater resources. This session examines drought impacts on groundwater resources, groundwater management, regional and state policy responses and implementation in the Western U.S., including implementation of the new Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of California. We invite studies that showcase innovative approaches to groundwater basin assessment, monitoring, modeling, and management under climate uncertainty, drought, and a changing water infrastructure landscape in the semi-arid Western US; analyze policy responses, effectiveness of management measures; evaluate best management practices for groundwater management agencies; define operational sustainability criteria for groundwater basins; and review roles of data collection, monitoring, and modeling/assessment.
Primary Convener:  Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
Conveners:  Helen E Dahlke1, Bridget R Scanlon2 and Samuel Sandoval Solis1, (1)University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States(2)University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, United States
Chairs:  Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis, CA, United States and Helen E Dahlke, University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Helen E Dahlke, University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
Index Terms:

1812 Drought [HYDROLOGY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1873 Uncertainty assessment [HYDROLOGY]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Monitoring Rainfall by Combining Ground-based Observed Precipitation and PERSIANN Satellite Product (Case Study Area: Lake Urmia Basin) (86619)
Ahmad Abrishamchi and Amir Mirshahi, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Assessing Drought Impacts on Water Storage using GRACE Satellites and Regional Groundwater Modeling in the Central Valley of California (73595)
Zizhan Zhang1,2, Himanshu Save3,4, Claudia C Faunt5, Bridget R Scanlon1 and Michael D Dettinger6, (1)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)Institute of geodesy and geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China, (3)The University of Texas at Austin, Center for Space Research, Austin, TX, United States, (4)Center for Space Research, Austin, United States, (5)USGS California Water Science Center San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States, (6)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), La Jolla, United States
Experimental Floods in a Time of Drought: The 2014 Pulse Flow in the Lower Colorado River, Arizona, USA, and Mexico (85538)
Jeff Kennedy, USGS Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson, AZ, United States, Jorge Ramirez-Hernandez, Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Instituto de Ingenieria, Mexicali, Mexico and Jorge Ramirez, Universidad Autonoma Baja California, Mexicali, Mexico
Regional Analysis of Stormwater Runoff for the Placement of Managed Aquifer Recharge Sites in Santa Cruz and Northern Monterey Counties, California (83899)
Kyle Stoddard Young, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States, Sarah Beganskas, University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, Santa Cruz, CA, United States and Andrew T Fisher, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Historic, Current, and Future Availability of Surface Water for Agricultural Groundwater Banking in the Central Valley, California (73750)
Tiffany Noel Kocis, University of California Davis, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States and Helen E Dahlke, University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
Simulating Groundwater Recharge Across the Southern High Plains (65682)
Samuel J. Smidt, Michigan State University, Department of Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, Erin Marie King Haacker, Michigan State University, Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, Anthony D Kendall, Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States and David W Hyndman, Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, United States
Ephemeral-streamflow Induced Focused Recharge in the Desert Southwest (US) (69927)
James E Constantz, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States and David A Stonestrom, USGS National Research Program, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Identifying Groundwater Recharge in Arid Regions (70915)
Brian F Thomas, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and James S Famiglietti, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
Using a Geographic Information System to Assess Site Suitability for Managed Aquifer Recharge using Stormwater Capture (64027)
E. K. Teo1, Ryan Ellis Harmon1, Sarah Beganskas2, Kyle Stoddard Young3, Andrew T Fisher1, Walker Blackburn Weir4 and Sacha Lozano1, (1)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (2)University of California Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, Santa Cruz, CA, United States, (3)University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States, (4)University of California, Santa Cruz, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Geospatially Analyzed Groundwater Residence Time as a Tool for Sustainable Groundwater Management (60579)
Jean E Moran1, Ate Visser2, Michael J Singleton2, Darren Hillegonds2 and Bradley K Esser2, (1)California State University East Bay, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Hayward, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
Mean Transit Time as a Predictor of Groundwater Discharge Response in the Upper Colorado River Basin (79941)
John E Solder1, Victor Michael Heilweil2, Bernard Jan Stolp2 and David Susong2, (1)USGS Utah Water Science Center, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, (2)USGS Utah Water Science Center, SLC, UT, United States
A New Approach for Assessing Aquifer Sustainability and the Impact of Proposed Management Actions (64652)
James J Butler Jr1, Donald O Whittemore2 and Blake B Wilson2, (1)University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, United States, (2)University of Kansas, Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS, United States
Drinking Water Quality Criterion - Based site Selection of Aquifer Storage and Recovery Scheme in Chou-Shui River Alluvial Fan (68917)
Huai-EN Huang, Institute of Geophysics National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan, Ching-ping Liang, National Formosa University, Hu-Wei, Taiwan, Cheng-Shin Jang, Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan and Jui-Sheng Chen, NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Applied Geology, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Estimation of Distributed Groundwater Pumping Rates in Yolo County,CA—Intercomparison of Two Modeling Frameworks (68075)
Stephen Maples, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, Graham E Fogg, University of California Davis, Davis, United States and Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
A MODFLOW Package to Linearize Stream Depletion Analysis (69662)
Gengxin Ou, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
Integrated Hydrosystem Modeling of the California Basin (74835)
Dr. Jason H Davison, PhD, Catholic University of America, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington, DC, United States, Hyoun-Tae Hwang, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Edward A Sudicky, University of Waterloo, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Waterloo, ON, Canada, Derek Vincent Mallia, University of Utah, Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, UT, United States and John C Lin, University of Utah, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Salt Lake City, United States
Toward Improved Simulation of Operations in Integrated Hydrologic Modeling (86640)
Eric D Morway, United States Geological Survey, Nevada Water Science Center, Carson City, United States, Richard G Niswonger, USGS Water Resources Mission Area, Menlo Park, United States and Enrique Triana, MWH Global, Inc., Fort Collins, CO, United States
Predicted Impacts of Conjunctive Water Management Scenarios on Late Summer Streamflow in an Agricultural Groundwater Basin with Limited Storage, Scott Valley, CA. (84831)
Douglas Germond Tolley III, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, Laura Foglia, Darmstadt University of Technology, Darmstadt, Germany and Thomas Harter, University of California, Davis, CA, United States
The interplay of snow, surface water, and groundwater reservoirs for integrated water resources management (85361)
Justin Huntington, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States and Seshadri Rajagopal, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States
Management of Reclaimed Produced Water in California Enhanced with the Expanded U.S. Geological Survey Produced Waters Geochemical Database (70703)
Kathleen Dallas Gans1, Madalyn S Blondes2, Yousif K Kharaka1, Mark E Reidy3, Christopher H Conaway4, James Joseph Thordsen5, Elisabeth L Rowan3 and Mark Engle6, (1)U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Reston, United States, (3)U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (5)USGS Western Regional Offices Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (6)University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States
Effects of the Conservation Reserve Program on Hydrologic Processes in the Southern High Plains (69297)
Erin Marie King Haacker1, Samuel J. Smidt2, Anthony D Kendall3, Bruno Basso3 and David W Hyndman4, (1)Michigan State University, Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (2)University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, (3)Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (4)Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, United States
Climate Change Impacts of Irrigation on the Central High Plains (82785)
Kayla Ann Cotterman1, Anthony D Kendall2, Bruno Basso2 and David W Hyndman3, (1)Michigan State University, Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (2)Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (3)Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, United States
How Might Recharge Change Under Projected Climate Change in Western US? (65582)
Rewati Niraula1, Thomas Meixner2, Matthew Rodell3, Hoori Ajami4, David J Gochis5 and Christopher L Castro2, (1)Lynker Technologies, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)NASA GSFC HSL, Greenbelt, United States, (4)University of California Riverside, Environmental Sciences, Riverside, CA, United States, (5)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States

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