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, 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, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Helen E Dahlke, University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Ahmad Abrishamchi and Amir Mirshahi, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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, 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
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
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
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, United States
Samuel J. Smidt1, Erin Marie King Haacker2, Anthony D Kendall3 and David W Hyndman3, (1)Michigan State University, Department of Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (2)Michigan State University, Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (3)Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, United States
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
Brian F Thomas, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and James S Famiglietti, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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
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, CA, United States, (2)Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, United States
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
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
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
Stephen Maples1, Graham E Fogg1 and Thomas Harter2, (1)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (2)University of California, Davis, CA, United States
Gengxin Ou, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States
Jason H Davison, 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, UT, United States
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
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
Justin Huntington, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, United States and Seshadri Rajagopal, Desert Research Institute Reno, Reno, NV, United States
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 (GEM) 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
Erin Marie King Haacker1, Samuel J. Smidt2, Anthony D Kendall3, Bruno Basso3 and David W Hyndman3, (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, United States
Kayla Ann Cotterman1, Anthony D Kendall2, Bruno Basso2 and David W Hyndman2, (1)Michigan State University, Geological Sciences, East Lansing, MI, United States, (2)Michigan State University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, East Lansing, United States
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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