The Nature Conservancy (TNC), one of GRIPP’s partners, has recently published a guidance document for identifying and considering groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs) when preparing groundwater sustainability plans under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The guidance provides a systematic 5-step approach to identify GDEs, determine whether potential effects on GDEs…
Rain and roads typically don’t get along. More often than not, roads act as drains or dikes, creating flood hazards and interfering with natural runoff and recharge patterns, increasingly at the expense of farming and livelihoods. A GRIPP Partner, MetaMeta has been working on a new project and concept to…
Spate irrigation is one type of flood-based livelihood systems where short duration predictable floods are diverted, distributed and managed from seasonal or ephemeral rivers (sometimes called wadis). The region of present-day Yemen is generally considered the first in the world to practice flood-based farming, dating back thousands of years. The…
As the largest reservoir of freshwater on Earth, groundwater provides a valuable store of natural capital. How groundwater is accessed by individual users and how it is allocated among competing uses will determine the benefits that individuals, firms, farmers and society as a whole reap from the resource – today…
The International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), a key Core Partner in the GRIPP Platform, recorded a number of achievements in 2017 that overall helps advance the GRIPP Mission. At the end of 2017, its membership once again exceeded 4100, with members in 133 countries and 46 national chapters. IAH has…
