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Searching in a library catalog requires looking for broader topics such as stream flow modelling or aquifer recharge rather than the more specific AI models stream flow forecasting or California aquifers artificial recharge.
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Date: 2004
These are federal and international sources of information. See California Water Resources for state and regional information.
Comprehensive reference guide with complete definitions of terms in hydrogeology and other fields closely related to water practice.
Glossary of water-related terms from the California Department of Water Resources.
The Water Resources Collections & Archives (WRCA) acquires, preserves, and provides access to materials that document water-related issues throughout the United States and beyond, with a particular emphasis on issues affecting the state of California. The physical archives are located at UC Riverside.
Water-related terms compiled from a number of sources by the US Geological Survey (USGS).
These are federal and international sources of information. See California Water Resources for state and regional information.
Global database of river discharge data from the Global Runoff Data Center which is an International data center operating under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Describes the ground-water resources of regional areas that collectively cover the 50 States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The National Water Model (NWM) is a hydrologic model that simulates observed and forecast streamflow for the continental United States.
Data for watersheds from the EPA searchable by geographic location.
Visualize water flow through major streams in the United States by tracing them upstream to their source or downstream to where they empty.
Data tables from The World’s Water series published by the Pacific Institute.
Water resources is one of seven science mission areas of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS works with partners to monitor, assess, conduct targeted research, and deliver information on a wide range of water resources and conditions including streamflow, groundwater, water quality, and wateruse and availability.
From the EPA’s Office of Water. Includes informative articles, educational resources, grant information, and regulatory reports.
AQUASTAT is “FAO’s global information system on water resources and agricultural water management. It collects, analyses and provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country from 1960. AQUASTAT draws on national capacities and expertise with an emphasis on Africa, the Near East, countries of the former Soviet Union, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. AQUASTAT plays a key role in the monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal 6 that sets out to ‘ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all’, and in particular indicators of target 6.4 on water stress and water use efficiency.”
The Water Education Foundation’s online water encyclopedia contains vetted information about the places, people and topics key to water in the West.
Provides access to statewide and county land use survey data sets for the past 30 years.
The CDEC operates an extensive hydrologic data collection network including snow reporting gages and and precipitation and river stage sensors for flood forecasting.
DWR manages California’s water resources, systems, and infrastructure, including the State Water Project (SWP).
Informative blog on California water topics from the UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences.
The California Water Plan is the State government’s strategic plan for managing and developing water resources statewide.
California water data from the US Geological Survey.
This tour is a compilation of videos describing the physical, legal and water management issues in the California water landscape. From the UC Davis Cooperative Extension Water Management website.
Tool from the Department of Water Resources that shows disadvantaged communities through out the state.
From the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
California water news
The Public Policy Institute of California’s Water Policy Center which focuses on three critical challenges to California water: water supplies, healthy and resilient ecosystems, and droughts and floods.
California water & drought related news from the Sacramento Bee newspaper.
Data from monitoring stations throughout the state of California.