Climate Change Risk Faced by the California Central Valley Water Resource System

Authors

California Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Published

2018

Description

This study, undertaken for California's 4th Climate Change Assessment, presents a methodology that improves on previous approaches of assessing the impact of climate change on water resource management. The authors reveal fundamental climate change risks and specific vulnerabilities of one of the State's key water resource systems — the integrated California Central Valley System (CCVS). By using a bottom-up decision scaling approach and evaluating a comprehensive range of data on climate variability and river flows, the study provides projecitons and discussion of specific and critical future performance metrics for CCVS in the year 2050.

Climate Impact Tags

Drought Extreme heat Extreme storms Temperature

Adaptation Planning Guide Phases

Phase 2: Assess Vulnerability

Resource Type Tags

Assessment Scientific study

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Extent: Butte County, Colusa County, Fresno County, Glenn County, Kern County, Kings County, Madera County, Merced County, Placer County, Sacramento County, San Joaquin County, Shasta County, Solano County, Stanislaus County, Sutter County, Tehama County, Tulare County, Yolo County, Yuba County

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