Chen, Wei-Hsiang Haunschild, Kristine Jay Lund William Fleenor
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Sea level rise and the failure of subsided western islands are likely future conditions for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This study explores the current and long-term effects of changes in the Delta\textquoterights water quality on drinking treatment costs for alternative disinfection and additional disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursor remov...
Null, Sarah E
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
This paper presents insights from interviews with over 100 California water policy experts, who answered open-ended questions regarding California\textquoterights long-term water policy challengesand potential solutions. Interviews were conducted in the spring and summer of 2010, and interviewees were selected from a range of sectors and regions wi...
Ann Willis Jay Lund Townsley, Edwin Faber, Beth
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Tanaka, Stacy Connell-Buck, Christina Madani, Kaveh Josué Medellín-Azuara Jay Lund Hanak, Ellen
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Schaefer, Minta M. Doyle, Laura A. William Fleenor Johnson, Michael L.
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) are found in surface waters worldwide. Wastewater treatment plant effluent is a major source of these contaminants. The Sacramento\textendashSan Joaquin Delta (Delta) is a unique aquatic ecosystem, a source of drinking water for over 25 million Californians, and a primary source of water for Centra...
William Bennett
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
The delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) is a small and relatively obscure fish that has recently risen to become a major focus of environmental concern in California. It was formally abundant in the low-salinity and freshwater habitats of the northeastern San Francisco Estuary, but is now listed as threatened under the Federal and California Sta...
Jeffrey Mount Twiss, Robert
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Anthropogenic accommodation space, or that space in the Delta that lies below sea level and is filled neither with sediment nor water, serves as a useful measure of the regional consequences of Delta subsidence and sea level rise. Microbial oxidation and compaction of organic-rich soils due to farming activity is the primary cause of Delta subsiden...
Nelson, Timothy Chou, Heidi Zikalala, Prudentia Jay Lund Rui Hui Josué Medellín-Azuara
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Surface water and groundwater management are often tightly linked, even when linkage is not intended or expected. This link is especially common in semi-arid regions, such as California. This paper summarizes a modeling study on the effects of ending long-term overdraft in Californias Central Valley, the states largest aquifer system. The study foc...
Peter Moyle Baxter, Randall D Sommer, Ted Foin, Ted C Matern, Scott A
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
The Sacramento splittail (Pogonichthys macrolepidotus) is a cyprinid fish endemic to the Central Valley of California with a range that centers on the San Francisco Estuary. It is a state Species of Special Concern and was only recently (2003) delisted as a threatened species by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Splittail live 7-9 years, tolerat...
Peter Moyle Amber Manfree Fiedler, Peggy L
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San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
Suisun Marsh is the largest tidal wetland in the San Francisco Estuary that has been subject to 6000 years of constant change, which is accelerating. Decisions made today will have major effects on its value as habitat for native biota in the future.
