Agricultural managed aquifer recharge (Ag-MAR)—a method for sustainable groundwater management: A review

E Levintal, ML Kniffin, Y Ganot, N Marwaha… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
More than two billion people and 40% of global agricultural production depend upon
unsustainable groundwater extraction. Managed aquifer recharge (MAR), the practice of …

Can managed aquifer recharge mitigate the groundwater overdraft in California's central valley?

S Alam, M Gebremichael, R Li, J Dozier… - Water Resources …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater plays a critical role in sustaining agriculture in California's Central Valley (CV).
However, groundwater storage in the CV has been declining by around 3 km3/year over the …

Shaping land use change and ecosystem restoration in a water-stressed agricultural landscape to achieve multiple benefits

BP Bryant, TR Kelsey, AL Vogl, SA Wolny… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Irrigated agriculture has grown rapidly over the last 50 years, helping food production keep
pace with population growth, but also leading to significant habitat and biodiversity loss …

Satellite-based monitoring of groundwater depletion in California's Central Valley

DW Vasco, TG Farr, P Jeanne, C Doughty, P Nico - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Range change data, obtained from Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites, form the basis for
estimates of aquifer volume change in California's Central Valley. The estimation algorithm …

Identifying agricultural managed aquifer recharge locations to benefit drinking water supply in rural communities

N Marwaha, G Kourakos, E Levintal… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The southern Central Valley of California is one of the most productive agricultural
regions in the world. Yet, decades of groundwater use beyond sustainable yield have left …

Resilient California water portfolios require infrastructure investment partnerships that are viable for all partners

AL Hamilton, HB Zeff, GW Characklis, PM Reed - Earth's Future, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Water scarcity is a growing problem around the world, and regions such as California are
working to develop diversified, interconnected, flexible, and resilient water supply portfolios …

Bias correction of hydrologic projections strongly impacts inferred climate vulnerabilities in institutionally complex water systems

K Malek, P Reed, H Zeff, A Hamilton… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
Water-resources planners use regional water management models (WMMs) to identify
vulnerabilities to climate change. Frequently, dynamically downscaled climate inputs are …

Institutions and the economic efficiency of managed aquifer recharge as a mitigation strategy against drought impacts on irrigated agriculture in California

A Reznik, A Dinar, S Bresney, L Forni… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Managed aquifer recharge (or intentional recharge) is a purposeful human intervention
designed to supplement natural enrichment processes of groundwater aquifers by various …

Maximizing on-farm groundwater recharge with surface reservoir releases: a planning approach and case study in California, USA

RM Gailey, GE Fogg, JR Lund… - Hydrogeology …, 2019 - escholarship.org
A hydro-economic approach for planning on-farm managed aquifer recharge is developed
and demonstrated for two contiguous sub-basins in California's Central Valley, USA. The …

The irrigation efficiency trap: rational farm-scale decisions can lead to poor hydrologic outcomes at the basin scale

CN Morrisett, RW Van Kirk, LO Bernier… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Agricultural irrigation practices have changed through time as technology has enabled more
efficient conveyance and application. In some agricultural regions, irrigation can contribute …