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Water Issues in California

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Drought

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/15/us/california-water-usage-increase-drought-climate/index.html

https://www.kqed.org/science/1978994/punishing-bay-area-drought-prompts-calls-for-major-water-rethink

Water Management Resources

https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/sanfranciscobay/water_issues/programs/

https://www.ebmud.com/water/drought

https://www.ebmud.com/about-us/education-resources

US Farming & Drought

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/18/u-s-farmers-are-killing-their-own-crops-and-selling-cows-because-of-extreme-drought/

Drought causes CA farmers to struggle with crops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5fEZvaIMlU

Bay Area Estuary Health

Research and monitoring in Bay Area Estuary: https://sfbaynerr.sfsu.edu/node/11

San Francisco Estuary lesson plan ideas and materials: https://sfbaynerr.sfsu.edu/what-we-do/education/teacher-resources

San Francisco Estuary clean water monitoring, environmental informatics (EcoAtlas), Delta science and metrics: https://www.sfei.org/

General information/Scientific data on the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta Estuary: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/san-francisco-bay-and-sacramento-san-joaquin-delta-estuary’

Water Use in California

https://www.ppic.org/publication/water-use-in-california/

Delta Water Wars

Delta water wars explained: https://calmatters.org/commentary/my-turn/2020/05/whats-at-the-heart-of-californias-water-wars-delta-outflow-explained/

Fishing or Fresh Water? https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/California-s-water-wars-have-created-a-dilemma-15785397.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=content_acquisition&utm_content=pmax_endorsements&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhsmaBhCvARIsAIbEbH5aDy2ew_MtDJ-bDugRs4EymyxVhyOiB6Mk-paZtFouYllpiVy4UwEaAjM0EALw_wcB

Water diversion in CA (video): https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/california-water-will-thirsty-interests-divert-more-water

Restoration of Salt Ponds in the Bay Area

South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/

Salt Ponds and Restoration Efforts: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/media/restoring-salt-ponds-science-city-exploratorium

California Desalination Plants

Desalination and the drought in California: https://abc7news.com/california-drought-water-shortages-seawater-desalination-brackish/10900176/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/amid-historic-drought-california-expected-approve-140-mln-desalination-plant-2022-10-13/

Almond Farming and Water Use in the Central Valley

https://modernfarmer.com/2022/06/california-almonds-drought-and-sustainability/

Whale Deaths Pacific Coast Bay Area

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Gray-whale-numbers-plunge-almost-40-along-17494874.php

Sea Lion Heat Blob

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/05/new-marine-heat-wave-emerges-off-west-coast-similar-to-the-blob-from-five-years-ago/

https://www.kqed.org/science/1123047/the-blob-is-back-what-warm-ocean-mass-means-for-weather-wildlife

Sea Urchin Overpopulation and Removal in Northern CA

https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/Northern-California-kelp-forest-shows-signs-of-16375965.php

Alaskan Snow Crab Decimation and Warming Waters

https://time.com/6222956/alaska-snow-crab-disappearance/

Algae in Lake Merritt and Climate Change

https://www.audubon.org/news/deadly-algal-bloom-could-cause-food-shortage-bay-area-migrating-waterbirds

Water in Bay Area

https://www.ebmud.com/water/about-your-water

Water use in CA 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAMtRwWtijw

Engineering Solutions  

https://abc7news.com/bay-area-drought-status-northern-california-ca-update/11403831/

https://abc7news.com/floating-lab-in-the-bay-sf-lap-port-of-oakland-san-francisco-conservation-and-development-commission/6303298/

Water & Ecological Systems

https://ucrnrs.ucr.edu/news/2017/12/12/tracking-water-through-california-ecosystems

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