by Verna Jigour | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog
A July 10th Mercury News editorial points out Governor Newsom’s tardiness in fulfilling campaign promises to resolve conflicts over our state’s water resources. This current drought year coinciding with a recall election does seem an apt time to debate potential...
by Verna Jigour | Dec 2, 2019 | Blog
Given that steelhead were the impetus for the interdisciplinary investigation that led to Rainfall to Groundwater, I haven’t written a lot about them on this site to date. There’s the Ecohydrological Economics page, What’s in it for steelhead & salmon? They were...
by Verna Jigour | Jul 1, 2019 | Blog
In the Introduction to his text, Groundwater Hydrology, the late David Keith Todd offers a brief history of groundwater development from ancient times and groundwater theories dating back to Greek and Roman philosophers, whose theories ranged “from fantasy to nearly...
by Verna Jigour | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog
Lest anyone perceive the Rainfall to Groundwater approach to recharge as coming out of “left field”, without precedent, it seems appropriate to share the academic background that initially shaped my own perception/ paradigm. Landscape architecture (my masters field)...
by Verna Jigour | Oct 30, 2018 | Blog
[Any resemblance to Aesop’s Tortoise and the Hare is purely intentional. Apologies to the classic film 2001] Zoot and Zimm coalesced into raindrops after enjoying a picturesque aerial excursion from the Pacific Ocean, over the coastline, low hills, then tree-covered...
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