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VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF SAN JOAQUIN BASIN WATER SUPPLY, ECOLOGICAL RESOURCES, AND RURAL ECONOMY DUE TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
Impact/Purpose:
This research project has two main objectives: (1) To assess the vulnerability of water supply, water demand, water quality, ecosystem health, and socioeconomic welfare within the San Joaquin River Basin as a function of climate variability and extreme weather events; (2) To provide guidance in the formulation of effective management strategies to mitigate the range of potential impacts due to climate variability and extreme weather.
Description:
This project is assessing the vulnerability of water supply, water demand, water quality, ecosystem health, and socioeconomic welfare within the San Joaquin River Basin as a function of climate variability and extreme weather events. It is being funded by the EPA Global Change Research Program through the EPA "Science to Achieve Results" (STAR) grants program. It is one of five grants awarded in response to the 1999 STAR Request for Assistance (RFA) entitled, "Integrated Assessment of the Positive and Negative Consequences on the United States of Climate Change and Climate Variability."