California Central Valley Water Rights in a Changing Climate
<p class="p1">Climate change and resulting changes in hydrology are already altering—and are expected in the future to continue to alter—the timing and amount of water flowing through rivers and streams. As these changes occur, the historical reliability of existing water rights will...
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| description | <p class="p1">Climate change and resulting changes in hydrology are already altering—and are expected in the future to continue to alter—the timing and amount of water flowing through rivers and streams. As these changes occur, the historical reliability of existing water rights will change. This study evaluates future water rights reliability in the Sacramento–Feather–American river watersheds. Because adequate data are not available to conduct a comprehensive analysis of water rights reliability, a condition placed into certain water rights, known as Term 91, is used to model projected water rights curtailment actions. Comparing the frequency and length of the historical and simulated future water diversion curtailments provides a useful projection of water rights reliability and water scarcity in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta (Delta) watershed.</p> <p class="p1">Projections of future water rights curtailments show that water rights holders are likely to be curtailed much more frequently, and for significantly longer durations, as we move through the 21st century. Further, many more water rights holders will be affected by curtailment actions in the future. As curtailments last longer and become more common, more water users will have to access other supplies, such as groundwater or water transfers, or will have to fallow land or conserve water in other ways to meet their demands. These activities will likely ratchet up the potential for additional conflicts over water in the Delta watershed.</p><p> </p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-62912e87211d41d29d3b972e9d34406b2022-12-21T19:26:26ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science1546-23662015-06-01132ark:13030/qt25c7w914California Central Valley Water Rights in a Changing ClimateAndrew Mark Schwarz0California Department of Water Resources<p class="p1">Climate change and resulting changes in hydrology are already altering—and are expected in the future to continue to alter—the timing and amount of water flowing through rivers and streams. As these changes occur, the historical reliability of existing water rights will change. This study evaluates future water rights reliability in the Sacramento–Feather–American river watersheds. Because adequate data are not available to conduct a comprehensive analysis of water rights reliability, a condition placed into certain water rights, known as Term 91, is used to model projected water rights curtailment actions. Comparing the frequency and length of the historical and simulated future water diversion curtailments provides a useful projection of water rights reliability and water scarcity in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta (Delta) watershed.</p> <p class="p1">Projections of future water rights curtailments show that water rights holders are likely to be curtailed much more frequently, and for significantly longer durations, as we move through the 21st century. Further, many more water rights holders will be affected by curtailment actions in the future. As curtailments last longer and become more common, more water users will have to access other supplies, such as groundwater or water transfers, or will have to fallow land or conserve water in other ways to meet their demands. These activities will likely ratchet up the potential for additional conflicts over water in the Delta watershed.</p><p> </p>http://escholarship.org/uc/item/25c7w914water rights, climate change, Term 91, CalSim-II, Supplemental Project Water, diversions, diversion curtailments |
| spellingShingle | Andrew Mark Schwarz California Central Valley Water Rights in a Changing Climate San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science water rights, climate change, Term 91, CalSim-II, Supplemental Project Water, diversions, diversion curtailments |
| title | California Central Valley Water Rights in a Changing Climate |
| title_full | California Central Valley Water Rights in a Changing Climate |
| title_fullStr | California Central Valley Water Rights in a Changing Climate |
| title_full_unstemmed | California Central Valley Water Rights in a Changing Climate |
| title_short | California Central Valley Water Rights in a Changing Climate |
| title_sort | california central valley water rights in a changing climate |
| topic | water rights, climate change, Term 91, CalSim-II, Supplemental Project Water, diversions, diversion curtailments |
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