US Water Program

Developing a regional agricultural nonpoint salinity pollution management framework: application to the San Joaquin River, California

Other publication / This paper simulates policy and climate scenarios in California to inform salinity pollution management while keeping farmers in business.

Institutions and the economic efficiency of managed aquifer recharge as a mitigation strategy against drought impacts on irrigated agriculture in California

Journal article / This study analyses how managed aquifer recharge might affect irrigated agriculture in California's Kings Groundwater Basin during drought.

Assessing Reservoir Re-Operations to Improve Aquatic Habitat

Past event / Two SEI scientists will present a case study on how they used WEAP to improve habitat conditions for local Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in California.

Narratives from the Campoalegre watershed, where opportunity is scarce

Feature / Rural communities in Colombia's Campoalegre watershed struggle to meet basic needs. SEI researchers aim to connect them to policymakers to improve their lives.

World Water Day 2022

Feature / SEI is observing World Water Day 2022, with the agenda "Groundwater: Making the Invisible Visible", through the following events, perspectives and features.

Water Stories Podcast

Feature / SEI experts break down complex topics, from water management in California to how fires affect Bolivia's water balance, in this podcast series.

Can remote data connect us to the land? A landscape analysis for braiding satellite-based information and Indigenous knowledge in California

Project / A NASA-funded project explores whether satellite imagery can help Indigenous tribes in California conserve land and water in ways that meet their needs.

Chiquitania rural water supply: Considering decentralized water infrastructure and land use change in hydrologic analysis

SEI brief / Urban and agricultural growth in Bolivian dry forests are putting pressure on groundwater and surface water supply. SEI research seeks to quantify the problem.

Podcast: Gender, poverty affect irrigation water access in Cambodia

Feature / SEI Senior Scientist Laura Forni explains why gender and income inform inequities in access to irrigation water in a rural Cambodian watershed.