Jake Gifford

An agent-based model of agricultural water market structure and function An agent-based model (ABM) is developed to simulate the function of lease markets for surface water irrigation rights operating at the watershed scale…

Excited to have published our new water market ABM paper!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I made a quick map of irrigation and public water usage in Washington State at the HUC-12 level.
#EconSky #hydrology

And here's level data through Dec 2024. The trend component kept falling through Nov 2022, then recovered substantially into 2023-2024. SWE in the basin is currently 83% of Dec 9 median.

waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/10010000/
nwcc-apps.sc.egov.usda.gov

Great Salt Lake (GEE Landsat; 1985-2021). Largest endorheic lake in W. Hemisphere. The lake inflows are over-appropriated for diversion rights—reducing wetted area/ecosystem services production, and exposing toxic particulates. Check out ongoing conservation work:
fogsl.org
greatsaltlake.utah.gov

Biden administration outlines options for addressing Colorado River water shortages Federal officials release a proposal outlining options for new, long-term rules for managing chronic water shortages from the overtapped Colorado River.

The Biden administration is outlining options for the Colorado River as talks among the states are stalled. The impasse is raising concerns that the dispute could become a legal battle. "If this issue goes to the courts, the health of the river is going to suffer." www.latimes.com/environment/...

Time for the @bsky.app community to see one of my favorite visualizations of climate change...

"Shifting Distribution of Land Temperature Anomalies" by svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5211/ ⚒️🧪