H116
Promoting Water Resilience in the Western U.S. Through Measurement, Management, and Markets Approaches
Session ID#: 252540
Session Description:
The American West faces intensifying, multifactorial water challenges. This session explores innovative research on water measurement approaches, adaptive water management opportunities, and the role of water markets to enhance water resilience for agriculture and ecosystems in a changing environment. We welcome multi- and interdisciplinary contributions that combine hydrology, agroecosystem, water resources management, economics, and policy, including studies leveraging remote sensing, ag-tech, modeling, field studies, and/or institutional innovations to address regional water sustainability. The session aims to foster dialogue across scientific, practitioner, and policy communities to address complex water issues in an era of changing environmental and regulatory landscapes.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Index Terms:
0402 Agricultural systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1655 Water cycles [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1880 Water management [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener: Lauren Parker, University of California Merced, Merced, United States
Conveners: Sarah E Null, Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States, Josue Medellin-Azuara, University of California, Merced, Water Systems Management Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, United States and Alexander Fernald, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA, Las Cruces, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Kira Waldman, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
Advancing adaptive decision-making to support an Environmental Water Manager’s ability to enhance the ecological resilience of Western U.S. river systems (1861225)
Zachary Brodeur1, Sai Veena Sunkara2, Gopal Penny3 and Patrick M Reed2, (1)Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States, (2)Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ithaca, NY, United States, (3)Environmental Defense Fund, Sacramento, United States
Impact Assessment of California Agri-Environmental Programs: Limited Reductions in Consumptive Water Use and Crop Productivity Tradeoffs (1868442)
Corisa Wong1, Wyatt Sklarin2, Meagan Mauter2 and David B Lobell3, (1)Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford, CA, United States, (2)Stanford University, Stanford, United States, (3)Stanford University, Department of Earth System Science & Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford, United States
Stakeholder-Informed Land Repurposing for Groundwater Sustainability: Evaluating Agricultural, Economic, and Environmental Trade-offs in Overdrafted Subbasins of California's San Joaquin Valley (1869064)
Thomas C Harmon, University of California Merced, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Merced, CA, United States, Yelenka Nuñez Bolaño, University of California Merced, Environmental Systems Program, Merced, CA, United States, Humberto Flores Landeros, University of California Merced, Environmental Systems Graduate Program, Merced, United States, Jorge Andres Morande, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States, Josue Medellin-Azuara, University of California, Merced, Water Systems Management Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, United States and Everardo Trujillo, University of California Merced, Environmental Systems Program, Merced, United States
Water Management Strategies and Yield Response in Pecan Orchards: A Comparative Analysis of Irrigation Systems (1893468)
Jorge Preciado, New Mexico State University Main Campus, NMWRRI, Las Cruces, NM, United States, Salim Bawazir, Department of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA, Las Cruces, United States, Alexander Fernald, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA, Las Cruces, United States and Richard Heerema, New Mexico State University Main Campus, Plant and Environmental Sciences, Las Cruces, United States
Advancing Utah’s Secure Water Future: Irrigation Organizations and Water Market Uptake (1901657)
Britta L Schumacher1, Matt Yost1, Jessica Schad2, Burdette Barker3 and Sarah E Null4, (1)Utah State University, Plants, Soils & Climate, Logan, United States, (2)Utah State University, School of Social Sciences, Logan, United States, (3)Utah State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Logan, United States, (4)Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States
Water markets, curtailment, and the Colorado River Compact (Invited) (1904801)
Philip James Womble, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, Seattle, United States, Steven M. Gorelick, Stanford Univ, Stanford, United States, Barton Thompson, Stanford University, Stanford, United States and Juan Sebastian Hernandez Suarez, Stanford University, Earth System Science, Stanford, United States
Ecological Benefits of Water Markets (1917103)
Gabriela T Sancho-Juarez, Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States and Sarah E Null, Utah State University, Department of Watershed Sciences, Logan, UT, United States
Agricultural Land Use Optimization with Water Constraints in Tule and Kaweah Sub-Basin, California; Cache Valley, Utah and Mesilla Valley, New Mexico (1918597)
Lisa Wu, University of California Merced, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, United States, Josue Medellin-Azuara, University of California, Merced, Water Systems Management Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, United States and Water Systems Management Lab
Parametric Financial Risk Mitigation for Water Districts Facing Hydrologic Variability (1922169)
Dan Li, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, Harrison B Zeff, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Chapel Hill, United States and Gregory W Characklis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, Chapel Hill, United States
Agricultural Non-Consumptive Water Use Estimation and Water Management Performance Assessment Through a Remote Sensing-Based Water Balance Under Different Climate Conditions Across Utah Irrigation Canal Companies (1928572)
Katherine Osorio-Diaz1, Alfonso F Torres-Rua1, Aaron Austin2, Justine Jedlicka3, Craig Miller4, Mahmud Aveek5 and Josh Zimmerman6, (1)Utah State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Logan, United States, (2)GIS Manager, Data and Innovation Section, Utah DNR/Division of Water Resources, Salt Lake City, United States, (3)GIS Analyst, Data and Innovation Section, Utah DNR/Division of Water Resources, Salt Lake City, United States, (4)Engineer III, Analytics and Outreach Section, Utah DNR/Division of Water Resources, Salt Lake City, United States, (5)Engineer, Hydrology and Modeling Section, Utah DNR/Division of Water Resources, Salt Lake City, United States, (6)Conservation Coordinator, Water Conservation Section, Utah DNR/Division of Water Resources, Salt Lake City, United States
Evaluation of Economic Benefits from Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) Strategies in California’s San Joaquin Valley: The Tule and Kaweah Sub-Basins Case Study (1929074)
Everardo Trujillo, University of California Merced, Environmental Systems Program, Merced, United States, Jorge Andres Morande, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, United States, Josue Medellin-Azuara, University of California, Merced, Water Systems Management Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, United States and Thomas C Harmon, Univ California Merced, Merced, United States
Agricultural Water Conservation Solutions for the Great Salt Lake Basin (1931988)
Masoumeh Hashemi, Utah State University, Plant, Soil & climate, Logan, United States, Matt Yost, Utah State University, Plants, Soils & Climate, Logan, United States, Scott Morrison Sr, Client Account Manager, at Jacobs, Great Salt Lake city, United States, Burdette Barker, Utah State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Logan, United States, Leila Ahmadi, Utah Division of Water Resources, Salt Lake City, United States, Drew Stock Stock, Jacobs, Salt lake City, United States, David Mitchell sr, M.CUBED, Oakland, United States and Laura Vernon, Utah Division of water resources, Great Salt Lake city, United States
Integrating Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations and Fallowing Payments for Improved Drought Management in the Colorado River Basin (1971329)
Julianne Quinn1, Samarth Singh2, Swatantra Kumar Sharma3, Kaitlynn Hietpas4, Mesfin Mergia Mekonnen3, Paul Block5, Peter Debaere6 and Brian D Richter7, (1)University of Virginia, Engineering Systems and Environment, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (2)University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States, (3)University of Alabama, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Tuscaloosa, United States, (4)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Madison, WI, United States, (5)University of Wisconsin Madison, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Madison, United States, (6)University of Virginia, Charlottesville, United States, (7)The Nature Conservency, Crozet, United States
Estimating Resilience Benefits from Regional Green Infrastructure Scenarios for Local Water Systems in the Sacramento Valley, California, USA (1974065)
Claire Kouba, Yale University, School of Environment, New Haven, United States and Yara Pasner, University of California Davis, Land, Air and Water Resources, Davis, CA, United States
Assessing Disparities in Water Reliability and Economic Impact for California’s Water Users over the 21st Century (1982054)
Armen Konialian, University of California Los Angeles, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, United States, Alvar Escriva-Bou, University of California Davis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Davis, CA, United States, Josue Medellin-Azuara, University of California, Merced, Water Systems Management Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, United States, Kristin Dobbin, University of California Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy & Management, Berkeley, United States and Yu Cai, University of California Merced, Water Systems Management Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Merced, United States
The Cost of Climate-driven Water Scarcity for Irrigated Agriculture (1985958)
Shahin Bahramu, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Bryan, Texas, UNITED STATES, Mani Rouhi Rad, Texas A&M University College Station, Department of Agricultural Economics, College Station, United States, R Aaron Hrozencik, USDA Economic Research Service, Kansas City, United States, Gabriela Perez-Queseda, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, United States and Rudy Nayga, Texas A&M University, College Station, United States
Evaluating the Effect of Winter Cover Crops on Soil Water Dynamics in a Pistachio Orchard in California’s Central Valley (1997196)
Charlie Chen, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, Matthew Roby, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Sustainable Agricultural Water Systems Research Unit, Davis, United States, Anish Sapkota, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, University of California, Davis, United States and Isaya Kisekka, University of California Davis, Land Air and Water Resource/ Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Davis, United States
Water Rights Policy Implications on Agricultural Resilience in a Warming Western United States (1997481)
Yonas Demissie, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Pullman, WA, United States, Meklit Melesse, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Richland, WA, United States, Evalena Dalsbo, Washington State University, Environmental and Ecosystem Sciences, Richland, United States and Aliyana Mercedes Avalos, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Richland, United States
Prioritizing floodplain reconnection in the Pacific Northwest to support municipal drinking water management post-wildfire (2002536)
Emily Smoot1, Rebecca L Flitcroft2, Mary Santelmann1, Tanya Shukla1, Desiree D Tullos3 and Stephen Lancaster1, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States, (2)PNW Research Station, Seattle, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
