Water Resources & Policy

Assessing changes in water supply and demand that lead to vulnerability in water availability for eastern Washington.

Statewide effort to strengthen Washington agriculture’s resilience to climate risks through research, engagement, and action.

Integrating forecasting, remote sensing, and smart markets to improve water allocation and drought resilience in western agriculture.

Reliable long-term forecast assessing Columbia River Basin water supply and demand trends to guide Washington’s planning, resilience, and policy.

StoryMap and briefs synthesize wildfire vulnerability science for the Pacific Northwest to support community resilience.

Synthesizes expected climate impacts on Washington crops, livestock, aquaculture, and agricultural communities.

Examines how water law and technology evolve together to shape water management, efficiency, and allocation.

Listening sessions with regional stakeholders shaped research on water forecasting, consumptive use estimation, and water markets.

Agent-based modeling simulates irrigation water trading under drought to evaluate efficient agricultural water market designs.

Interactive water trading simulation helps stakeholders understand market structures, trade incentives, and economic outcomes of water allocation deci

Smart market incentives can encourage water trades that reduce environmental impacts while maintaining efficient water allocation.

Open-source smart market algorithm reduces water trading costs and improves allocation under regulatory constraints.

Field-level economic modeling framework evaluates water trading policies and environmental outcomes under water scarcity.

Statewide analysis quantifies water right forfeiture under Washington’s prior appropriation doctrine.

Statewide analysis quantifies water right forfeiture under Washington’s prior appropriation doctrine.

Agent-based modeling evaluates water markets and streamflow augmentation in Washington’s Touchet River Basin.

Examines whether psychological factors influence agricultural water leasing and selling decisions in Washington.

Survey research examining how nonmonetary benefits influence irrigation, farming, and water market decisions.

Satellite-integrated crop modeling improves field-scale evapotranspiration and irrigation demand estimates in Washington.

Integrating crop models and NDVI improves field-scale evapotranspiration estimates for irrigation management.

New tools improve crop water requirement estimates, drone ET mapping, and irrigation efficiency analysis statewide.

Strong ENSO signals in select basins increase seasonal drought forecast accuracy and economic value.

Research highlight summarizing innovations in forecasting, remote sensing, and smart water markets in the Columbia River Basin.

Assessment of seasonal forecast accuracy for fertilizer and drought management decisions in the Pacific Northwest.

Climate-driven streamflow changes threaten salmon habitat, requiring adaptive water policies to balance ecological and human water needs.