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.
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.
When people see information in graphic form instead of just talking about it or reading numbers, they can recognise patterns.
By following the example of pioneers such as Norway and California, governments could help EVs rise from their tiny niche to market dominance by 2030.
A team led by SEI worked with water managers in California's Yolo County to prepare for implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).
21 of California’s groundwater basins and sub-basins are critically overdrafted. We must break entrenched positions and find sustainable solutions.
SEI adapted WEAP to assess the needs of chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the Santa Clara Valley Water District.