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How Satellites Can Monitor California’s Underground Water
Mentions groundbreaking use of satellite data by Woods Senior Fellow Rosemary Knight (Geophysics) and Jessica Reeves, a former Stanford postdoctoral scholar
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Drying Up: The Race to Save California From Drought
Quotes Newsha Ajami, director of urban water policy at Water in the West, on the cost of desalination and cites Stanford research on technological innovation in the water sector.
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'New Normal’: Scientists Predict Less Rain From Here on Out
The SF Chronicle goes behind the scenes with Senior Fellow Noah Diffenbaugh (Environmental Earth System Science) and his eclectic climate team at Stanford, including 25-year-old Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leadership Program fellow, who runs one of the nation’s most popular weather blogs.
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Star Wars' Moisture Farming Tech Won't Save California
Woods Co-Director and Senior Fellow Buzz Thompson states that while technology is part of the solution, moisture farming is not a viable solution on the large scale at this time.
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Redistribute California's Water? Not Without a Fight
Leon Szeptycki, Woods professor of the practice and executive director of the Water in the West program, discusses how California's senior water rights system is not effective when responding to drought.
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California Drought Gives 'Toilet to Tap' a New Level of Attention
Quotes Janny Choy, Research Analyst with the Water in the West program, on the practicality of expanding recycled water programs in drought-stricken Californian cities.
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Water Officials Uncertain About Just How Tough to Get With Users
Newsha Ajami, director of urban water policy at Water in the West, states that adopting tiered pricing and levying fines for water waste are probably the fastest ways of changing behavior.
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To Fix Water Crisis, Brazil Turns to Big Projects
Newsha Ajami, director of urban water policy at Water in the West, states that massive infrastructure solutions should be a last resort.
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How California Can Survive the Drought
Leon Szeptycki, Woods professor of the practice and executive director of the Water in the West program, explains maintaining California's groundwater reserves is the key to surviving dry times ahead
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No, California Won’t Run Out of Water in a Year
Leon Szeptycki, Woods professor of the practice and executive director of the Water in the West program, discusses California's water supply
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Population Growth Could Stymie California Water Conservation Efforts
Newsha Ajami, director of urban water policy at Water in the West, discusses California water use projections
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State’s population growth expected to outstrip water conservation in coming years
Senior Research Scientist Newsha Ajami (Water in the West) / Director of Urban Water Policy in the Water in the West program notes that we already struggle to manage the scarce water that we have now, and fail to use lessons from past droughts to inform future water management practices.
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Taps Start to Run Dry in Brazil’s Largest City
Senior Research Scientist Newsha Ajami (Water in the West) / Director of Urban Water Policy in the Water in the West program states that decision makers should have taken aggressive measures to reduce consumption and leakage months ago, rather than pursuing megaprojects to address the problem.
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Counting gallons: How much water do you use?
Senior Research Scientist Newsha Ajami (Water in the West) / Director of Urban Water Policy in the Water in the West program discusses how water in the United States is underpriced.
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Fracking Researchers Under Pressure
Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (Earth Sciences) discusses his career studying the politically charged subject of "fracking."
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Restoring Threatened Mussels To Freshwater Could Cut E. Coli Contamination
Cites research findings by Senior Woods Fellow Alexandria Boehm (Engineering), Senior Woods Fellow Richard Luthy (Engineering), and Niveen Ismail, a Stanford graduate student in environmental engineering, that mussels can remove contaminants such as Escherichia coli from freshwater.
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Bill Gates Raises A Glass To (And Of) Water Made From Poop
Senior Fellow Dick Luthy (Engineering) discusses how the Janicki Omniprocessor, a new machine that can quickly turn human waste into clean drinking water, is a good start for what needs to be done in the future as fresh water and energy becomes scarce.
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These two states had the same basic information about fracking. They made very different decisions
Senior Fellow Rob Jackson (Environmental Earth System Science) discusses factors that may have influenced decisions about banning fracking.
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California drought: Storm gives bump to state water supplies
Stanford doctoral student Daniel Swain (Environmental Earth System Science), a 2013 Rising Environmental Leadership Program participant, explains that the drought-sparking system over the Pacific Ocean (which he coined the "Ridiculously Resilient Ridge") has all but vanished, allowing for early season storms in California.
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How California’s Water Rights Make It Tough to Manage Drought
Woods Co-Director and Senior Fellow Buzz Thompson discusses the intricacies of California water rights.
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