Blog: Resistance is Futile: Inevitable Changes to Water Management in California
From the California WaterBlog by UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences, in a post by Jay Lund and Ellen Hanak:
“Water policy in California has always been about making and resisting change. The gold mining period, the growth of agriculture and cities, and today’s environmental priorities all led to fundamental changes in water and land management, law and regulation. …
“Additional changes are on the horizon, driven by large, long-term physical processes such as sea level rise, climate warming, land subsidence, depletion of groundwater and accumulations of salts and nitrate in groundwater. Other drivers include further introductions of invasive species and the continuing evolution of California’s economic structure and governing institutions. … Here is our list of 10 changes to come …“
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