Robust Groundwater Sustainability Plans

The document details a participatory approach to groundwater management in Yolo County, California, where stakeholders defined sustainability objectives and evaluated seven management strategies against uncertainties. The process identified that a 'business-as-usual' approach was unlikely to succeed, while a conjunctive use strategy involving winter recharge and storage ponds proved effective under various climate and regulatory scenarios.

• A 'business-as-usual' management strategy was identified as the least likely option to achieve the defined sustainability objectives for the local groundwater basin.
• A conjunctive use strategy—incorporating periphery ponds storage and winter groundwater recharge—was found to meet sustainability measures across multiple uncertainties, including hypothetical pumping curtailments.
• The use of a participatory process involving stakeholders and interactive graphics helped create a shared understanding of local groundwater vulnerabilities and provided a method for evaluating strategies to address them.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2018). Robust Groundwater Sustainability Plans. https://www.sei.org/publications/robust-groundwater-sustainability-plans/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Robust Groundwater Sustainability Plans. 2018. https://www.sei.org/publications/robust-groundwater-sustainability-plans/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2018robust, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Robust Groundwater Sustainability Plans}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/robust-groundwater-sustainability-plans/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }