Salinity/Drainage Program - Funded Research Projects

Each year, the Salinity/Drainage Program reviews research proposals received. Research proposals selected for funding must be both scientifically solid and relevant to the mission of the program. Executive summaries for funded projects can be found under each of the following years (listed in reverse chronological order):   20072006200520042003200220012000 

Funded 2007-2008

... by the Salinity/Drainage Program:
Application of Redox Mediators to Accelerate Removal of Selenium from Agricultural Drainage Water (pdf)
Christopher Amrhein, Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside
Yiqiang Zhang, Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside

Prototyping and testing of a Lagrangian sensor network for distributed monitoring in the San Joaquin - Sacramento Delta (pdf)
Alexandre Bayen, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

Mechanisms of Boron Toxicity in Crop Plants (pdf)
Patrick Brown, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis

Assessment of seawater intrusion potential from sea level rise in coastal aquifers of California (pdf)
Hugo A. Loáiciga, Department of Geography, UC Santa Barbara

... by the Prosser Trust:
Coupling automated overhead, low-pressure irrigation systems with conservation tillage: A new irrigation, crop and drainage management paradigm for the Central San Joaquin Valley? (pdf)
Jeff Mitchell, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Wes Wallendar, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis

Funded 2006-2007

... by the Salinity/Drainage Program:
Impact of Climate Change on Irrigation Water Availability, Crop Water Requirements and Soil Salinity in the San Joaquin Valley, CA (pdf)
Jan W. Hopmans, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
Edwin P. Maurer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Santa Clara University
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Can Forages be used to Manage Retired Farmland and for Saline Drainage Water Management? (pdf)
Stephen Kaffka, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
Stephen Grattan, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
Dennis Corwin, USDA-ARS Salinity Laboratory
-->Annual Report 2006-2007: Bermuda Grass Yield and Quality in Response to Different Salinity and N, Se, Mo and B Rates in West San Joaquin Valley (pdf)

Impacts of Seasonal Wetland Delayed Drawdown under Real-time Salinity Management on Algal Biomass and Other Water Quality Contaminants of Concern for the San Joaquin River (pdf)
Nigel Quinn, UC Merced
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

... by the Prosser Trust:
Using Regulated Deficit Irrigation to Increase Almond Production and Water Productivity (pdf)
David A. Goldhamer, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Reducing Water Use in Navel Orange Production with Partial Root Zone Drying - Comparison with Conventional Irrigation at the Same Reduced Irrigation Rates (pdf)
Carol J. Lovatt, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, UC Riverside
Ben A. Faber, UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Toward Improved Irrigation Efficiency through Real-time Assimilation of Multi-spectral Satellite Remote Sensing Data into Crop Models (pdf)
Steven A. Margulis, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Los Angeles
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Large-Scale Utilization of Saline Groundwater for Development and Irrigation of Pistachios Interplanted with Cotton (Phase II) (pdf)
Blake Sanden, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern County
Louise Ferguson, UC Cooperative Extension, Davis
Craig Kallsen, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern County
Bob Hutmacher, UC Cooperative Extension, Shafter Field Station
Brian Marsh, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern County
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Funded 2005-2006

... by the Salinity/Drainage Program:
Bioaccumulation and Biotransformations of Organic Material-Borne Selenium in Mosquitofish (pdf)
William T. Frankenberger, Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside
Yiqiang Zhang, Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)
-->Technical Completion Report #SD-006

Implementation of Wetland Adaptive Water Quality Management Strategies under Real-Time Salinity TMDLs (pdf)
Tom Harmon, UC Merced
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Salt Dynamics in Non-Riparian, Freshwater Wetlands (pdf)
Mark T. Stacey, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)
-->Technical Completion Report #SD-008

Sustainable Eco-systems under Land Retirement (pdf)
Wesley W. Wallender, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

... by the Prosser Trust:
Irrigation Management Improvements for San Joaquin Valley Pima Cotton Systems (pdf)
Daniel S. Munk, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County
Bob Hutmacher, UC Cooperative Extension, Shafter Field Station
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)

Funded 2004-2005

... by the Salinity/Drainage Program:
Membrane Desalination of Agricultural Drainage Water: Water Recovery Enhancement and Brine Minimization (pdf)
Yoram Cohen, Department of Chemical Engineering, UCLA
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf)
-->Technical Completion Report #SD-001

Attenuating Selenium Loads and Ecotoxic Risk in Hypersaline Drainage Systems by Combining Picoplankton Volatilization of Selenium and Macroinvertebrate Harvest (pdf)
Teresa Fan, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
Richard Higashi, Center for Health and Environment, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)

Construction of a Bioreactor for On-site Bioremediation of Selenium Oxyanions in Agricultural Drainage Water (pdf)
William Frankenberger, Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)

Continued Investigation into the Interactions of Saline Drainage Water on Crop Tolerance to Boron (pdf)
Steve Grattan, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
Catherine Grieve, USDA-ARS Salinity Laboratory
Jim Poss, USDA-ARS Salinity Laboratory
Don Suarez, USDA-ARS Salinity Laboratory
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)

Mechanisms of Arsenic Accumulation and Biogeochemistry in Evaporation Ponds (pdf)
Kenneth Tanji, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
Suduan Gao, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)

... by the Prosser Trust:
Regulated Deficit Irrigation of Alfalfa (pdf)
Blaine Hanson, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
Dan Putnum, Department of Agronomy and Range Science, UC Davis
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)

Large-Scale Utilization of Saline Groundwater for Development and Irrigation of Pistachios Interplanted with Cotton (pdf)
Blake Sanden, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern County
Louise Ferguson, UC Cooperative Extension, Davis
Craig Kallsen, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern County
Bob Hutmacher, UC Cooperative Extension, Shafter Field Station
Brian Marsh, UC Cooperative Extension, Kern County
-->Annual Report 2004-2005 (pdf)
-->Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf)


Funded 2003-2004
No new projects were approved for funding in 2003-2004.

Funded 2002-2003

Interaction of Se Biogeochemistry With Foodchain Disruption in Full-Scale Evaporation Basins
Teresa W-M Fan, Dept. of Land, Air, & Water Resources, UC Davis

Selenium Removal from Agricultural Drainage Water by Selenate- Reducing Bacteria
William T. Frankenberger, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside
Yiquiang Zhang, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside

Does Saline Drainage Water Affect Crop Tolerance to Boron?
Steve Grattan, Dept. of Land, Air, & Water Resources, UC Davis

Integrated Drain Water Management in the Central Valley
Kurt A. Schwabe, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside
Keith Knapp, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside

Phytoremediation of Selenium-Contaminated Drainage Sediments and Chemical Characterization of Potentially Exotoxic Se Forms
Norman Terry, Dept. of Plant & Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley

Fate of Colloid-Particulate Elemental Selenium in Aquatic Systems
Yiquiang Zhang, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside
William T. Frankenberger, Dept. of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside

Funded 2001-2002

... by the Salinity/Drainage Program:
Biochemical Characterization of Microphyte Composition in Relation to Se Biogeochemistry and Bioavailability
Teresa Fan, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
Jack Meeks, Microbiology - Division of Biological Sciences, UC Davis

Removal of Selenium from Drainage Water in Lined Reduction, Attachment, and Open Oxidation Channels: A Field Study
William Frankenberger, Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside

Management Effects on Selenium Fractionation, Speciation and Bioavailability in Sediments from Evaporation Basins
Sudan Gao, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis
Randy A. Dahlgren, Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, UC Davis

Mitigating Selenium Ecotoxic Risk by Combining Foodchain Breakage with Natural Remediation: Physical-Chemical Nature of Sediment Selenium with Implications for Bioavailability
Richard Higashi, Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, UC Davis
Robert G. Flocchini, Crocker Nuclear Laboratory, UC Davis

Conceptual Modeling of Salt Management Problems in the Western San Joaquin Valley of California
William Jury, Department of Environmental Sciences, UC Riverside

Algal Community Assessment Under Different Nutrient and Grazing Intensity Regimes: Selenium Volatilization and Ecotoxic Risk
Eliska Rejmankova, Department of Environmental Science & Policy, UC Davis

Mass Balance of Water and Se in the TLDD Flow-Through Wetland Cells
Kenneth Tanji, Dept. of Land, Air, and Water Resources - Hydrology Pgm., UC Davis
Suduan Gao, Dept. of Land, Air, and Water Resources - Hydrology Pgm., UC Davis

Transformation of Selenium Species in Sediment and Wetland Management Approaches for the Enhancement of Selenium Volatilization and Remediation Efficiency
Norman Terry, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley

Water and Land Management in Irrigated Ecosystems
Wesley Wallender, Dept of Land, Air, and Water Resources - Hydrology Pgm, UC Davis

... by the Prosser Trust:
Potential for Using Blended Drainage Water for Irrigating West Side, San Joaquin Valley Pistachios
Louise Ferguson, UC Davis

Using EM and VERIS Technology to Assess Land Suitability for Orchard and Vineyard Development in Non-saline Environments
Allan Fulton, UC Cooperative Extension, Tehama County

Validation of Protocols for Using Trunk Diameter and Tree Water Potential Measurements in Orchard Irrigation Scheduling
David Goldhamer, UC Davis

Contrasting Irrigation Application Methods for Soil Salinity and Drainage Reduction
Daniel Munk, UC Cooperative Extension, Fresno County

Improving Water and Nutrient Management Practices on Dairies in the Southern San Joaquin Valley
Larry Schwankl, UC Davis

Funded 2000-2001

... by the Salinity/Drainage Program:
Se Ecotoxicology and Application to In-Situ Se Bioremediation (pdf)
Serge Doroshov, UC Davis

Mitigating Selenium Ecotoxic Risk by Combining Foodchain Breakage with Natural Remediation (pdf)
Teresa Fan, UC Davis

Assessing Bioavailability of Se Transformed by the TLDD Demonstration Flow-Through Wetland (Summary not available.)
Teresa Fan, UC Davis

Transformations of Selenium in Tulare Lake Evaporation Ponds (pdf)
William Frankenberger, UC Riverside

Determination of Se Speciation in the Se Reduction Program ofthe Broadview Water District (Agrarian Research & Mngmt. Co.) (Summary not available.)
William Frankenberger, UC Riverside

Bioaccumulation and Biotransformations of Selenium in the Sediment of Wetland Systems (Summary not available.)
William Frankenberger, UC Riverside

An Investigation into the Ecotoxicology of Selenium Bioaccumulation in Birds (pdf)
Michael Fry, UC Davis

Evaluation of Salt-Tolerant Forages for Sequential Reuse Systems (pdf)
Steve Grattan, UC Davis

Salinization of Deep Production Wells in the Western San Joaquin Valley: Risk Analysis, Uncertainty, and Data Needs (pdf)
Thomas Harter, UC Davis

Chemical Nature of Selenium in Agricultural Drainage Sediments and its Implications of Bioavailability (Summary not available.)
Richard Higashi, Crocker Laboratory, UC Davis

Using Forages and Livestock to Manage Drainage Water in the San Joaquin Valley (pdf)
Stephen Kaffka, UC Davis

Economics of Integrated Drainwater Management (Summary not available.)
Keith Knapp, UC Riverside

An Economic Analysis of Alternative Methods to Control Salinity in the Western San Joaquin Valley (pdf)
Kurt Schwabe, UC Riverside

Mass Balance and Modeling for Se Remediation in TLDD Flow-Through Wetland Cells (pdf)
Kenneth Tanji, UC Davis

Fate of Selenium in constructed Wetlands Treating Agricultural Drainage Water: Role of Sediment Se Deposition and Se Volatiliztion (pdf)
Norman Terry, UC Berkeley

Evaluation of Atriplex as a Potential New Crop for Integrated Production Systems in the San Joaquin Valley (Summary not available.)
John Trumble, UC Riverside

Three-dimensional Unsaturated-Saturated Flow and Transport, and Subsidence (pdf)
Wesley Wallender, UC Davis

... by the Prosser Trust:
Evaluation of Orchard Irrigation Scheduling Using Trunk Diameter Fluctuations and Shaded Leaf Water Potential (pdf)
David Goldhamer, UC Davis

Response of Crop Yield and Water Table to Subsurface Drip Irrigation of Processing Tomato Under Saline, Shallow Groundwater Conditions (pdf)
Blaine Hanson, UC Davis