The Sacramento Water Allocation Model, known as SacWAM, mimics one of the most complex water systems in the US.
California
SEI research helps municipalities and stakeholders in California find innovative, negotiated solutions to the interlinked challenges of climate-related water shortages and competing demands on limited water resources. Most of this work takes place through the SEI US office in Davis, CA.
Policy-makers can now model the effect of management options on the availability of habitat and the viability of aquatic species.
RDS helps stakeholders create a shared mental model of available opportunities and potential trade-offs for various objectives.
SEI's Charles Young and Stantec's Andy Draper won for their work on an unprecedented water model of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Join this timely webinar for a view into what could be the "next big step" in climate policy at this critical juncture in the UN climate negotiations.
As the UN climate negotiations approach, a paper in Nature Climate Change highlights a growing movement by governments to leave oil resources “in the ground”.
This paper finds that California could reduce global emissions substantially if it joined a growing list of governments that limit oil production.
SEI hosted a panel at the high-profile Global Climate Action Summit where policy-makers called for more action on oil supply.
As debate continues over limiting oil production, SEI scientists Peter Erickson and Michael Lazarus weigh in on the finer points.
The authors explore early classical writing from Plato and Aristotle to find a new approach to water resource planning and decision-making.
This article describes the development of a groundwater sustainability plan for California's Yolo County, using a participatory decision-making process.
California has numerous options to limit oil production and send a timely and important signal on climate, according to a new analysis.
This brief examines how California could limit the production of its principal energy production and the resulting implications for global GHG emissions.
SEI worked with the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to produce a Stormwater Resources Plan.
SEI is designing water allocation models that explicitly represent every water right and assess the impact of in-stream flow requirements on water users.