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How do floodplains benefit juvenile salmon? Who uses how much water in CA? Why is the Delta stressed out? What should we do with subsiding Delta islands? Where can we conserve more precious water resources? Check out the CaliforniaWaterBlog to find what our researchers have to say on these issues and more.

California’s water management system is deteriorating—on both economic and environmental fronts. Only a broad integrative approach will reverse the decline, according to a new book co-authored by experts from the Center for Watershed Sciences.

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The source, transportation, and fate of pollutants in water are influenced by many complex physical, chemical, and biological processes that vary through space and time. Understanding these processes is essential for predicting the environmental and human health impacts of pollution and water quality.

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  • Martin Burger
    Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture
  • William H. Casey
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Gary Cherr
    Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Toxicology | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Randy A. Dahlgren
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Jeannie L. Darby
    Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle
  • Hossein Farzin
    Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Policy, Economics | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance | Economics
  • William Fleenor
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Joan Florsheim
    Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | The Climate Past
  • Graham Fogg
    Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Effects on Water Resources
  • Peter G. Green
    Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Stressors on Plants | Stressors on Animals | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Air Quality
  • Mark E. Grismer
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Thomas Harter
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Jan W. Hopmans
    Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture
  • Michael Johnson
    Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Population, Community Ecology | Toxicology | Stressors on Animals | Deltas and Estuaries | Aquatic Health, Toxicology | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Food, Agriculture
  • Doug Mackay
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Miguel A. Marino
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Deanne Meyer
    Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Air Quality | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Education and Outreach
  • Toby O'Geen
    Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Ecosystems | Geospatial Analysis | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Sanjai Parikh
    Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle
  • James F. Quinn
    Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Invasive Species | Geospatial Analysis | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Water Policy
  • James R. Rustad
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Geoffrey Schladow
    Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Invasive Species | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | Effects on Water Resources | Education and Outreach
  • Kate M. Scow
    Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Soil Microbes | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
  • Swee Teh
    Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Toxicology | Disease | Stressors on Animals | Physiology and Nutrition | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Aquatic Health, Toxicology | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Wesley W. Wallender
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Thomas M. Young
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Bassam Younis
    Water & Watersheds | Rivers | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Minghua Zhang
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
  • Robert Zierenberg
    Water & Watersheds | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
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