Robust Groundwater Sustainability Plans

This case study describes the application of a participatory decision-making process to develop a groundwater sustainability plan for Yolo County, California, testing various management strategies against climate and regulatory uncertainties.

• The Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District utilized a participatory process to define seven management strategies, which were then evaluated using a water resources model to account for uncertainties in land use, regulation, and climate.
• Analysis revealed that a 'business-as-usual' approach was the least likely to achieve sustainability goals. In contrast, a conjunctive use strategy involving periphery ponds storage and winter groundwater recharge met sustainability measures across various uncertainties, including hypothetical pumping curtailments.

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} }