Gina’s research focuses on system-scale modeling of urban water supply planning under deep uncertainty due to climate change. She is investigating the impact that demand curtailment orders may have on Santa Barbara’s water supply planning flexibility when faced with drought conditions. Additionally, with the Stanford Sustainability Accelerator, she is deploying the PLANWater model as a modular Python library able to be generalized to new sites.
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Unconventional new drought-resilient water technologies such as reuse and desalination offer the potential to diversify California's water mix and complement surface and groundwater sources. Our research is developing new modeling approaches to understand where, when, and how to target these technologies to develop a drought resilient water portfolio at low cost. Our approach integrates household-level water distribution network modeling with hydrological modeling of drought scenarios. An initial case study in Santa Barbara, CA focuses on identifying a least-cost pathway to water security by optimizing a portfolio of water augmentation actions to secure the city water supply in the face of hydrological and climate uncertainty. This project is a collaboration with Prof. Sarah Fletcher, PI of the Fletcher Lab
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