Solutions of the Center
Solution spaces for advancements and public impact
Solution Spaces
The Center for Hydrologic Innovations develops partnerships to tackle water resources challenges. In collaboration with our partners, the following solutions spaces have been developed since 2020 and serve as examples of our innovative approach. We seek to expand these partnership networks and create new areas for hydrologic innovations and impact.
Forest Health and Water Resilience
We partner with water agencies, utilities, non-governmental organizations, and technology companies to quantify hydrologic services provided by forested landscapes in the western U.S.
Climate Change and Water Supply
We collaborate with western U.S. water managers, and infrastructure agencies to provide short and long-range scenarios on the impact of climate change to hydrologic conditions and supplies.
Urban Water and Green Infrastructure
We work with municipal agencies, park managers, and private developers to develop water conservation and green infrastructure programs that alleviate flooding and drought impacts.
Streamflow Presence and Flood Hazards
We develop techniques that help environmental regulators and water districts to determine the presence of streamflow in rivers and quantify flooding hazards in the western U.S.
Solar Energy and Water Infrastructure
We partner with western U.S. utilities and irrigation districts to assess the water savings potential of placing renewable solar energy projects along with existing water infrastructure.
Runoff Potential and Managed Recharge
We collaborate with federal and state water agencies to develop new methods for estimating runoff and develop manage recharge projects to aquifer systems in mountain and urban settings.
Irrigated Crops and Water Use Changes
We develop techniques that help irrigation districts and water regulators to determine changes agricultural activities such as fallowing and crop rotations in the western U.S. in relation to drought mitigation.
Urban Climate and Trace Gas Emissions
We apply techniques to measure greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas and combine these with climatological variables and land cover maps to quantify sources and sinks of trace gases.
Droughts and Hydrologic Impacts
We work with county and state agencies, and private sector partners to develop and apply techniques for detecting droughts and quantifying their cascading impacts to hydrologic systems.