Tag: irrigation
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Harvest Water Program Awarded $277.5 Million in Prop. 1 Funds
Multi-purpose Project Will Use Up to 50,000 Acre-feet of Recycled Water for Irrigation in South Sacramento County PRESS RELEASE Regional San’s new Biological Nutrient Removal facility uses bacteria to remove nearly all the ammonia from wastewater in the Sacramento region. Photo by Regional San. The California Water Commission on Wednesday awarded the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District…
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Sewage to sustenance: making reclaimed water ready for crops
A simple solution for cleaning out unhealthy chemicals Plant materials that would otherwise become trash may be the key to solving two big problems: diminishing freshwater supplies for farms and diminishing effectiveness of antibiotics. On average, agriculture accounts for 70% of global freshwater use. In California, which produces nearly half of all U.S.-grown fruits, nuts,…
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Pumping groundwater, redistribution has changed Earth’s spin
H2O IQ editor note: this article cites the scientific paper covered in our preceding post. According to a recent study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, humans have caused the Earth to tilt approximately 80 centimeters (31.5 inches) eastward between 1993 and 2010 by pumping and relocating large amounts of groundwater. The study explores…
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Drift of Earth’s Pole Confirms Groundwater Depletion as a Significant Contributor to Global Sea Level Rise 1993–2010
Photo above: Figure 1. Total groundwater storage change on land (a) and the associated sea level variation (b) for 1993–2010. Units are mm of water. First published: 15 June 2023 • https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103509H2O IQ editor note: this published scientific paper is cited by the following post in our lineup. Abstract Climate model estimates show significant groundwater…
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Stanford researchers create model to help farmers reduce water usage
Dried plants and parched ground are seen outside Stanford in this 2014 Daily file photo. (Photo: KATHERINE CARR/The Stanford Daily) Stanford researchers developed a new tool to optimize irrigation systems to help farmers reduce their water usage. Daniel Tartakovsky, professor of energy science and engineering, and Weiyu Li Ph.D. ’23 devised a method for ‘smart’…
