Tag: Western Water

Progress Report: Subsidence in the Central Valley, California

Progress Report: Subsidence in the Central Valley, California Tom G Farr, Cathleen Jones, Zhen Liu Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Executive summary Subsidence caused by groundwater pumping in the Central Valley has been a problem for decades. Over…

Western Water – Resources

Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study – WWW site Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study – Executive Summary (2012) Report predicting that the demand on the river will exceed capacity by 100% by 2050. Chasing Water…

Drought in the Western United States

McGuire, V.L., 2014, Water-level changes and change in water in storage in the High Plains aquifer, predevelopment to 2013 and 2011–13: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5218, 14 p., http://dx.doi. org/10.3133/sir20145218. Abstract The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.8 million…