California Water Virtual Tour
Sponsored by: UC Agriculture and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the Center for Watershed Sciences
Organizers: Samuel Sandoval Solis Helen E. Dahlke Jay Lund Stuart Pettygrove Doug Parker
Participating Students: Vicki Lin Omar Tinoco
Videos of Themes and Hydrologic Regions Materials Water and Drought Online Seminar Series
There is no other state where water and economic development is so tight than California. Since the gold rush, water has been the engine that has promoted economic and social development in the state. Water is still a precious resource in California; however, by nature, the distribution of water and ecosystems across the state are highly variable, from glaciers in Mount Shasta and high snowfall in Northern California to almost no precipitation in the Mojave Desert in Southern California.
The California Water Virtual Tour is a compilation of 24 Stops (videos) explained by a series of Tourguides (Experts from UC Davis) describing the physical, legal and water management issues of the California Water Landscape. Each Stop provide a virtual tour using materials such as maps and/or videos built on google earth©.
Themes
Hydrology and Water Use in California. Samuel Sandoval. Prof. & Ext. Specialist Dept. Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Overview of Water in California
Jay Lund. Prof. & Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
Water Law (2014)
Virginia Cahill. Lecturer. Dept. Land Air and Water Resources, UC Davis. Updated (2020) Karrigan Bork. Prof. School of Law, UC Davis.
Water Economics
Richard Howitt. Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
Groundwater
Graham Fogg. Prof. Dept. Land, Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Hydropower
Sarah Yarnell, Researcher, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
Climate Change and Paleoclimatology
Lynn B. Ingram, Prof. Earth & Planetary Science and Geography, UC Berkeley
Rivers, Reservoir and Re-operation of Water Resources System
Natural Heritage Institute and The Nature Conservancy
Natural Hydrology of California and Functional Flows
Samuel Sandoval. Prof. CE Specialist. Dept. Land Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Atmospheric Rivers (WaterTalk Podcast)
Daniel Swain and Katerina Gonzalez
Current Drought (2013 - 2014)
Panel: Samuel Sandoval, Jay Lund, Jeff Mount and Richard Howitt
Hydrologic Regions
Central Valley Project (1949 - Historic Perspective)
Coronet Instructional Films ©, W. R. McConnell.
Sierra Nevada Rivers (Tuolumne)
Sarah Yarnell, Researcher, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
Sacramento Valley
Jay Lund. Prof. & Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
San Joaquin and Tulare Basins
Jay Lund. Prof. & Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
The Delta
Jay Lund. Prof. & Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
San Francisco - Bay Area
Jay Lund. Prof. & Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
Hetch Hetchy System
Science in the City. Exploratorium
Central Coast - Pajaro Valley
Samuel Sandoval. Prof. CE Specialist. Dept. Land Air and Water Resources, UC Davis
Southern California
Jay Lund. Prof. & Director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
South Lahontan
Inyo-Mono Integrated Regional Water Management Program
Colorado River
Josue Medellin Azuara. Researcher, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis
Lake Tahoe
Geoffrey Schladow. Professor & Director, Tahoe Environmental Research Center, UC Davis
Klamath River
Jeffrey Mount. Professor Emeritus UC Davis
These materials were recorded during a 2 day workshop on February 22-23, 2014, at the new ANR Offices. The tourguides gave a presentation on the topics mentioned. In addition, this workshop helped to develop networking among the participants, mostly from ANR. Originally, these tours were oriented to provide fundamental knowledge to new hires (Academic and Faculty) at the University of California. Fortunately, each tour was so well explained by the tourguides, that these materials can be used for a broad audience, such as: students, water resources practitioners, and the community in general.
Materials
Click here to download the list of recommended literature and handouts provided by the tour guides.
Contact Information
Dr. Samuel Sandoval Solis, Phone: 530-750-9722, email: samsandoval@ucdavis.edu
