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2024 Woods Institute Strategic Plan
Stanford Woods Institute
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Sustainability | Conservation | Other | Sep 3, 2024

2022 Stanford Environmental Research Year in Review
Madison Pobis
Climate | Other | Conservation | Food Security | Freshwater | Natural Capital | Oceans | Public Health | Sustainability | Annual Reports | May 15, 2023

2022 Stanford Environmental Research Year in Review Peer-Reviewed Publications List
Madison Pobis
Climate | Other | Conservation | Food Security | Freshwater | Natural Capital | Oceans | Public Health | Sustainability | Annual Reports | May 14, 2023

2019-2020 Stanford Woods Annual Report
Woods Institute
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Annual Reports | Oct 20, 2022

Environmental Water Markets: Addressing Shortages With or Without Legal Reform
Philip Womble, Leon Szeptycki, Allen Townsend
Climate | Conservation | Freshwater | Sustainability | Research Brief | Oct 11, 2022

Optimizing Decentralized Water Recycling Systems
Meagan Mauter
Other | Freshwater | Sustainability | Research Brief | Nov 11, 2021

Drought Experts at Stanford
Freshwater | Tip Sheet | Aug 31, 2021

Local Decisions, Regional Impacts: Informing Sea-Level Rise Adaptation
Anne Guerry, Katie Arkema, Robert Griffin
Climate | Freshwater | Research Brief | Jul 11, 2021

One Water Management Strategy For Improving Sustainability
Richard Luthy, Bridget Gile
Freshwater | Research Brief | Mar 24, 2021

New Laws Reduce Barriers to Water Markets
Philip Womble, Michael Hanemann
Freshwater | Research Brief | Mar 8, 2021

2020 Stanford Environmental Research Review
Devon Ryan, Christine Black, Rob Jordan
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Sustainability | Other | Conservation | Other | Feb 22, 2021

New Coastal Water Quality Model Enables Better Beach Management
Alexandria Boehm, Ryan Searcy
Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Research Brief | Feb 1, 2021

Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Novel Sustainability Assessment of Desalination for Agriculture
Newsha Ajami, Gemma Smith
Freshwater | Research Brief | Oct 22, 2020

2019 - 2020 Annual Report
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Other | Annual Reports | Oct 15, 2020

2019-20 Annual Report
Woods Institute
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Conservation | Annual Reports | Oct 15, 2020

Desalinations Role in a Circular Water Economy
Meagan Mauter
Climate | Freshwater | Research Brief | Oct 5, 2020

Freshwater Experts at Stanford
Michelle Horton
Freshwater | Tip Sheet | Sep 10, 2020

Stanford Environmental Research 2019 Year in Review
Chris Field
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Conservation | Annual Reports | Apr 6, 2020

New Method to Improve Water Demand Management
Jose Bolorinos, Newsha Ajami, Ram Rajagopal
Freshwater | Research Brief | Apr 2, 2020

Stanford Experts: COVID-19, the Environment and Public Health
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Other | Tip Sheet | Mar 26, 2020

Environmental Engineers and Scientists Have Important Roles to Play in Stemming Outbreaks and Pandemics Caused by Enveloped Viruses
Krista Wigginton, Alexandria Boehm
Freshwater | Public Health | Published Work | Mar 24, 2020

2018 - 2019 Annual Report
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Other | Annual Reports | Mar 22, 2020

A New Technique for Modeling Land Subsidence Facilitates Better Groundwater Management
Rosemary Knight
Freshwater | Research Brief | Dec 18, 2019

Collaboration Meets Innovation: Environmental Venture Projects and Realizing Environmental Innovation Program
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Other | Fact Sheet | Sep 12, 2019

Innovative Ideas to Finance Resiliency in the Water Sector
Newsha Ajami, Kim Quesnel
Freshwater | Research Brief | Jul 8, 2019

AquaCharge: A Design Tool for Balancing Groundwater Management Trade-Offs
Jonathan Bradshaw, Richard Luthy
Freshwater | Research Brief | Nov 6, 2018

2017 - 2018 Annual Report
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Annual Reports | Nov 1, 2018

California Water: Quantity, Quality and Public Health
Rosemary Knight, Scott Fendorf, Ryan Smith
Freshwater | Research Brief | Oct 4, 2018

Hydraulic Fracturing Near Domestic Wells
Scott Jasechko, Debra Perrone
Freshwater | Research Brief | Nov 26, 2017

2016 - 2017 Annual Report
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Other | Annual Reports | Nov 5, 2017

Californias New Landscape for Groundwater Governance
Esther Conrad, Beatrice Gordon, Tara Moran, William Blomquist, Janet Martinez
Freshwater | Research Brief | Oct 18, 2017

Groundwater Wells in the Western United States
Debra Perrone, Scott Jasechko
Freshwater | Research Brief | Sep 27, 2017

Out of sight but not out of mind The growing role of water conservation in California
Patricia Gonzales, Newsha Ajami
Freshwater | Research Brief | Sep 14, 2017

Colorado River Basin Environmental Water Transfers Scorecard
Leon Szeptycki, David Pilz
Freshwater | Other | Mar 27, 2017

Comparing Local Groundwater Withdrawal Permitting Laws in the Southwest and California
Rebecca Nelson, Debra Perrone
Freshwater | Research Brief | Dec 1, 2016

Projecting Forward: A Framework for Groundwater Model Development Under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Tara Moran
Freshwater | Workshop Report | Nov 29, 2016

2015 - 2016 Annual Report
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Annual Reports | Oct 19, 2016

Brief: New Assessment Tools for Water Vulnerability
Barton "Buzz" Thompson
Freshwater | Research Brief | Oct 2, 2016

Brief: Using Satellite Data to Monitor Groundwater Levels
Rosemary Knight
Freshwater | Research Brief | Sep 26, 2016

Brief: Benefits and Economic Costs of Managed Aquifer Recharge in California
Debra Perrone, Melissa M. Rohde
Freshwater | Research Brief | Jul 20, 2016

From the Ground Down: Understanding Local Groundwater Data Collection and Sharing Practices in California
Tara Moran, Amanda Cravens, Janet Martinez, Leon Szeptycki
Freshwater | Other | Jun 28, 2016

Brief: Fulfilling the Promise of California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Tara Moran
Freshwater | Research Brief | Jun 28, 2016

Brief: Expanding Californias Water Resources with Deep Groundwater
Robert Jackson, Mary Kang
Freshwater | Research Brief | Jun 15, 2016

Brief: Renewing Investment in Our Water System
Newsha Ajami, Kim Quesnel, Barton "Buzz" Thompson
Freshwater | Research Brief | Mar 19, 2016

Brief: Overcoming Fragmentation in the Water Sector to Promote Water Innovation
Newsha Ajami, Barton "Buzz" Thompson
Freshwater | Research Brief | Mar 19, 2016

Brief: The Path to Water Innovation
Newsha Ajami, Barton "Buzz" Thompson
Freshwater | Research Brief | Mar 17, 2016

Brief: Executive Summary: Ecosystems of California
Harold Mooney, Erika Zavaleta
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Oceans | Conservation | Research Brief | Feb 11, 2016

Tapping Into Alternative Ways to Fund Innovative and Multi-Purpose Water Projects: A Financing Framework from the Electricity Sector
Kim Quesnel, Newsha Ajami, Noemi Wyss
Freshwater | Other | Feb 1, 2016

Codiga Resource Recovery Center Factsheet
Craig Criddle, Sebastien Tillmans
Freshwater | Fact Sheet | Jan 25, 2016

Brief: Better Sanitation without Subsidies: New Research Shows Childhood Stunting Diminishes With Community-Led Promotion of Latrines
Amy Pickering, Maria Laura Alzua, Carolina Lopez, Habiba Djebbari, Massa Coulibaly, Nicolas Osbert
Freshwater | Public Health | Research Brief | Oct 28, 2015

Brief: Addressing Sanitation Services in Dense Urban Slums: A Container-Based Model
Sebastien Tilmans, Kory Russel
Freshwater | Public Health | Research Brief | Oct 22, 2015

2014 - 2015 Annual Report
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Annual Reports | Sep 9, 2015

Environmental Water Rights Transfers: A Review of State Laws
Leon Szeptycki, Julia Forgie, Elizabeth Hook, Kori Lorick, Philip Womble
Freshwater | Other | Aug 30, 2015

The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014: Challenges and Opportunities for Implementation
Tara Moran, Dan Wendell
Freshwater | Workshop Report | Aug 4, 2015

Brief: Depth Matters: Fracking and Drinking Water Contamination
Robert Jackson
Freshwater | Research Brief | Jul 23, 2015

Brief: Water Security and Development: Assessing Groundwater Management Strategies
Steven Gorelick
Freshwater | Sustainability | Research Brief | Jul 8, 2015

Californias Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014: Recommendations for Preventing and Resolving Groundwater Conflicts
Tara Moran, Amanda Cravens
Freshwater | Workshop Report | Mar 31, 2015

Brief: California Drought and Climate Change Linked but Rain Isnt the Only Factor
Noah Diffenbaugh, Daniel Swain, Danielle Touma
Climate | Freshwater | Research Brief | Mar 2, 2015

Funding Water in Times of Financial Uncertainty
Kim Quesnel, Newsha Ajami
Freshwater | Other | Feb 17, 2015

Water Governance and Climate Change: Drought in California as a Lens on Our Climate Future
Jacqueline Peel, Janny Choy
Climate | Freshwater | Workshop Report | Dec 8, 2014

Shopping for Water: How the Market Can Mitigate Water Shortages in the American West
Peter W. Culp, Robert Glennon, Gary Libecap
Freshwater | Workshop Report | Oct 19, 2014

Thirsty for Information: Nine Economic Facts about Water in the United States
Hamilton Project Staff
Freshwater | Workshop Report | Oct 19, 2014

The Path to Water Innovation
Barton "Buzz" Thompson, Newsha Ajami, David G. Victor
Freshwater | Sustainability | Workshop Report | Oct 19, 2014

Brief: Storing Water in California: What Can $2.7 Billion Buy Us?
Debra Perrone, Melissa Rohde
Freshwater | Research Brief | Sep 30, 2014

Static Electricity Powered Copper Oxide Nanowire Microbicidal Electroporation for Water Disinfection
Chong Liu, Xing Xie, Wenting Zhao, Jie Yao, Desheng Kong, Alexandria Boehm, Yi Cui
Freshwater | Public Health | Published Work | Sep 22, 2014

Understanding California's Groundwater
Leon Szeptycki, Janny Choy, Tara Moran, Geoff McGhee, Rebecca Nelson, Melissa Rohde, Justin Maynard, Carolina Sanchez, Paul Van Slembrouck, Michael Porath, Jeremy Carlson
Freshwater | Other | Jul 30, 2014

2013 - 2014 Annual Report
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Other | Annual Reports | Jun 25, 2014

Stanford Woods Institute 10 Year Retrospective
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Other | Sustainability | Other | Other | May 1, 2014

Before the Well Runs Dry: Improving the Linkage Between Groundwater and Land Use Planning
Janny Choy
Freshwater | Workshop Report | Mar 31, 2014

New Solutions for Global Control of Parasitic Infections: The Case of Schistosomiasis
Michael Hsieh, Giulio De Leo, Susanne Sokolow
Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Public Health | Conservation | Other | Nov 20, 2013

Water and Energy Nexus: A Literature Review
Rebecca Nelson, Water in the West
Freshwater | Other | Other | Aug 31, 2013

Release of Arsenic to Deep Groundwater in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, Linked to Pumping-Induced Land Subsidence
Laura Erban, Steven Gorelick, Howard Zebker, Scott Fendorf
Freshwater | Published Work | Aug 4, 2013

Stress Relief: Prescriptions for a Healthier Delta Ecosystem
Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, John Durand, William Fleenor, Brian Gray, Josu Medelln-Azuara, Jeffrey Mount, Peter Moyle, Caitrin Phillips, Barton "Buzz" Thompson
Freshwater | Other | Mar 31, 2013

Nitrogen Removal with Energy Recovery Through N2O Decomposition
Yaniv D. Scherson, George F. Wells, Sung-Geun Woo, Jangho Lee, Joonhong Park, Brian J. Cantwell, Craig Criddle
Freshwater | Published Work | Nov 5, 2012

Instituting Integration: Findings of the Comparative Groundwater Law & Policy Programs Workshop 1
Rebecca Nelson
Freshwater | Workshop Report | Apr 30, 2012

Fine-scale bacterial community dynamics and the taxa-time relationship within a full-scale activated sludge bioreactor
Wells GF, Park HD, Eggleston B, Christopher Francis, Craig Criddle
Freshwater | Published Work | Aug 15, 2011

Measuring Performance of Water Systems in California
Thomas Mercer, Jon Christensen
Freshwater | Workshop Report | Mar 31, 2011

Uncommon Innovation: Developments in Groundwater Management Planning in California
Rebecca Nelson
Freshwater | Workshop Report | Feb 28, 2011

Challenges for Non-potable Water Reuse in Northern California
Richard Luthy, Heather Bischel
Sustainability | Natural Capital | Freshwater | Other | Oct 6, 2010

Brief: Integrated Regional Management: Solving the Groundwater Challenge
Barton "Buzz" Thompson, Rebecca Nelson
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Research Brief | Sep 30, 2010

Combined niche and neutral effects in a microbial wastewater treatment community
Christopher Francis, Irina Dana Ofieru, Mary Lunn, Thomas P. Curtis, George F. Wells, Craig Criddle, Christopher Francis, William T. Sloan
Freshwater | Published Work | Aug 11, 2010

Optimized plan of centralized and decentralized wastewater reuse systems for housing development in the urban area of Xi'an, China
X. C. Wang, R. Chen, Q. H. Zhang, K. Li
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Other | May 20, 2010

The State of the Water Industry: Challenges and Opportunities in the World Water Market
Steve Maxwell
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Other | May 20, 2010

Water and Energy: Leveraging Voluntary Programs to Save Both Water and Energy
US EPA
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Other | May 20, 2010

From Watts to Water: Climate Change Response through Saving Water, Saving Energy and Reducing Air Pollution
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Other | May 20, 2010

BACWA Resolution Regarding Groundwater as a Resource in the San Francisco Bay Area
the Bay Area Clean Water Agencies
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Conservation | Other | May 20, 2010

U.S. EPA - The Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis
US EPA
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Other | May 20, 2010

Removal of carbon and nutrients from domestic wastewater using a low investment, integrated treatment concept
Sunny Aiyuka, Joyce Amoakoa, Lutgarde Raskinb, Adrianus van Haandelc
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Other | May 20, 2010

Brief: Wastewater as a Valuable Resource
Craig Criddle, Christopher Francis, Frank Wolak, Yi Cui, Brian Cantwell
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Research Brief | Apr 30, 2010

Brief: Water, Health and Development: Challenges and Solutions in the Non-networked World
Jennifer Davis, Alexandria Boehm
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Research Brief | Apr 30, 2010

Brief: Developing Strategies to Promote the Viability of Long-term Freshwater Supplies for People and Ecosystems
Steven Gorelick
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Research Brief | Apr 30, 2010

Brief: Rivers, Sediments and Dams
David Freyberg
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Research Brief | Apr 30, 2010

Freshwater Initiative Overview
Freshwater | Other | Mar 15, 2010

Woods Institute for the Environment 5 Year Report
Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Climate | Natural Capital | Food Security | Freshwater | Oceans | Public Health | Sustainability | Annual Reports | Oct 20, 2009

5th Anniversary Symposium: Jenna Davis
Jennifer Davis
Freshwater | Public Health | Other | Oct 20, 2009

5th Anniversary Symposium: Craig Criddle
Craig Criddle
Freshwater | Public Health | Other | Oct 20, 2009

Environmental Venture Projects Forum: Drinking Water in the Developing World
Scott Fendorf
Freshwater | Public Health | Other | Oct 6, 2009

The State of African Cities 2008: A Framework for Addressing Urban Challenges in Africa
United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Sustainability | Conservation | Other | Jul 1, 2009

Program on Water, Health and Development Research Plan
Program on Water, Health and Development
Natural Capital | Freshwater | Conservation | Other | Jul 1, 2009

Ammonia-oxidizing communities in a highly aerated full-scale activated sludge bioreactor: betaproteobacterial dynamics and low relative abundance of Crenarchaea
Craig Criddle, Christopher Francis
Freshwater | Published Work | Jun 3, 2009

Option Contracts In Practice: Contractual and Institutional Design For California Water Transfers
David Freyberg, James Sweeney, Barton "Buzz" Thompson, Claire D. Tomkins, Thomas A. Weber
Sustainability | Natural Capital | Freshwater | Other | Sep 30, 2008

Managing Water Supply Uncertainty: Option Contracts and Short-Term Water Transfers in California
David Freyberg, James Sweeney, Barton "Buzz" Thompson, Claire D. Tomkins, Thomas A. Weber
Sustainability | Natural Capital | Freshwater | Other | Aug 31, 2008

Sources of Nutrients and Fecal Indicator Bacteria to Nearshore Waters on the North Shore of Kaua`i (Hawai`i, USA)
Alexandria Boehm, Adina Paytan, Karen Knee, Blythe Layton, Joseph Street
Freshwater | Oceans | Published Work | Apr 30, 2008

Occurrence of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Wastewater Treatment Plant Bioreactors
Hee-Deung Park, George F. Wells, Hyokwan Bae, Craig Criddle, Christopher Francis
Freshwater | Other | Published Work | Jul 31, 2006