Central Coast

The Central Coast region extends from southern San Mateo County down to Santa Barbara in the south and includes redwood forests, foggy coastal terraces, chapparal-covered hills, green valley floors, and semi-arid grasslands. Agriculture and viticulture thrive here with the temperate climate, rich soils, and moderate rainfall, and is central to the economy of this region. The Central Coast region is the most groundwater-dependent region in the state with groundwater being used to meet approximately 80% of agricultural, municipal, and domestic water demands.

2022 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Summary Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | November 22nd, 2022

Summary

This summary report contains projected water shortage information at the urban water supplier level as well as regional and statewide analyses of water supply conditions

2022 Drinking Water Needs Assessment

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | April 30th, 2022

Summary

The Needs Assessment is comprised of Risk, Affordability, and Cost Assessment components. Enhancement of the 2022 Needs Assessment consisted of internal workgroup recomme

2023 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Summary Report

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) | September 30th, 2023

Summary

This annual report summarizes the Department of Water Resources’ (DWR’s) review of Urban Water Suppliers’ Annual Water Shortage Assessment Reports (Annual Shortage

2023 Drinking Water Needs Assessment

California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) | April 30th, 2023

Summary

The Needs Assessment is comprised of four core components: the Failing Water System List (Failing list), the Risk Assessment, the Cost Assessment, and the Affordability A

2023 Water Resilience Portfolio Progress Report

California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) | October 31st, 2023

Summary

21st century California drought risk linked to model fidelity of the El Niño teleconnection

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | September 3rd, 2018

Summary

Greenhouse gas-induced climate change is expected to lead to negative hydrological impacts for southwestern North America, including California (CA). This includes a decr

A 20,000-year record of ocean circulation and climate change from the Santa Barbara basin

Nature Portfolio (Springer Nature) | October 12th, 1995

Summary

MUCH of the evidence for climate-driven fluctuations in ocean circulation during the past 20,000 years has come from studies of the North Atlantic region. The extent to w

A 440-Year Reconstruction of Heavy Precipitation in California from Blue Oak Tree Rings

American Meteorological Society (AMS) | January 10th, 2023

Summary

The variability of water year precipitation and selected blue oak tree-ring chronologies in California are both dominated by heavy precipitation delivered during just a f

A freshwater conservation blueprint for California: prioritizing watersheds for freshwater biodiversity

Society for Freshwater Science | April 18th, 2018

Summary

Conservation scientists have adapted conservation planning principles designed for protection of habi- tats ranging from terrestrial to freshwater ecosystems. We

A global spatial analysis reveals where marine aquaculture can benefit nature and people

PLOS | October 9th, 2019

Summary

Aquaculture of bivalve shellfish and seaweed represents a global opportunity to simultaneously advance coastal ecosystem recovery and provide substantive benefits to hum

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