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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251119T114500
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URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/w3-seminar-balancing-enviro
 nmental-flows-with-consumptive-uses-in-a-water-scarce-environment/
SUMMARY:W3 Seminar - Balancing environmental flows with consumptive uses in
  a water scarce environment
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: \nEric Stein\, Ph.D.\, Department Head\, Biology Depar
 tment\, Southern California Coastal Water Research Project\n\nTitle: \nBal
 ancing environmental flows with consumptive uses in a water scarce environ
 ment: Ecohydrology tools from California\n\nAbstract: \nImplementation of 
 comprehensive environmental flow programs for freshwater ecosystems has ne
 ver been more urgent. Globally\, human population growth and activities ar
 e placing increasing pressure on freshwater resources\, leading to competi
 tion for ever scarcer water and overallocation. Coupled with climate chang
 e and increased incidences of drought and flooding\, these shifting patter
 ns of water use\, and allocation have severely impacted flow magnitudes\, 
 durations\, and timing in rivers around the and caused widespread degradat
 ion of aquatic biodiversity and ecosystem conditions. Integrated assessmen
 t tools can help develop flow allocation programs that aim to balance ecol
 ogical and human resource needs. The California Environmental Flows Framew
 ork (CEFF) is a collaboratively developed approach to establish environmen
 tal flow recommendations at regional scales. CEFF uses a functional flows 
 approach\, which focuses on protecting a broad suite of ecological\, geomo
 rphic\, and biogeochemical functions instead of specific species or habita
 ts\, and can be applied consistently across diverse stream types and spati
 al scales. CEFF includes a process for considering non-ecological flow nee
 ds to produce a final set of environmental flow recommendations that aim t
 o balance water needs of all desired uses. CEFF was developed via a broad 
 inclusive process that included technical experts across multiple discipli
 nes\, representatives from federal and state agencies\, and stakeholders a
 nd potential end-users from across the state. The resulting framework is t
 herefore not associated with any single agency or regulatory program but c
 an be applied under different contexts\, mandates and end-user priorities.
  Although developed for California the approach can be readily transferred
  to other regions to inform development of environmental flow programs.
CATEGORIES:Seminars
LOCATION:Phelps Lab Room 101\, 1953 Museum Road\, Gainesville\, FL\, 32611\
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