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  • Water Supply Planning in the Face of Drought and Ecosystem Flows: Examining the Impact of the Bay-Delta Plan on Bay Area Water Supply. Environmental science & technology Gile, B. C., Sherris, A. R., Holmes, R. T., Fendorf, S., Luthy, R. G. 2024

    Abstract

    In California, recent Bay-Delta Plan legislation attempts to balance water supply and ecosystem protection by requiring 40% of the flow to remain in-stream in the Tuolumne River from February through June. Serious questions remain about what this means for the Bay Area water supply, especially during drought. Our work develops a new approach to analyze how in-stream flow policy coupled with climate change could impact regional water supply over the coming decades. Results show that the new in-stream flow demand would exceed urban water deliveries in a typical year. In wet years, water supply performance is minimally impacted, but in drought, the policy can lead to less water in storage, delayed reservoir recovery, and increased time at critically low storage. Storage impact exceeding 50 000 acre-feet (60 million m3) is anticipated with at least 18% frequency, demonstrating that, climate uncertainty notwithstanding, this impact must be planned for and managed to ensure a reliable future water supply.

    View details for DOI 10.1021/acs.est.3c07398

    View details for PubMedID 38390867

  • Moving Toward Dynamic and Data-Driven GSI Maintenance JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE WATER IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Wadzuk, B., Gile, B., Smith, V., Ebrahimian, A., Strauss, M., Traver, R. 2021; 7 (4)
  • Call for a Dynamic Approach to GSI Maintenance JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE WATER IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Wadzuk, B., Gile, B., Smith, V., Ebrahimian, A., Traver, R. 2021; 7 (2)
  • Integrated Water Management at the Peri-Urban Interface: A Case Study of Monterey, California WATER Gile, B. C., Sciuto, P. A., Ashoori, N., Luthy, R. G. 2020; 12 (12)

    View details for DOI 10.3390/w12123585

    View details for Web of Science ID 000603508500001

  • Short- and long-term hydrologic controls on smouldering fire in wetland soils INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WILDLAND FIRE Schulte, M. L., McLaughlin, D. L., Wurster, F. C., Varner, J., Stewart, R. D., Aust, W., Jones, C., Gile, B. 2019; 28 (3): 177–86

    View details for DOI 10.1071/WF18086

    View details for Web of Science ID 000465313900001