Dixon/Solano RCD
Water Quality Coalition
Event Videos and Presentations
2025 Events
Groundwater Workshop Presentations
When: Took place on January 30, 2025
1. Solano Groundwater Sustainability Plan: An overview and update
– Maritza Flores Marquez, Solano County Water Agency
2. Groundwater Conditions in the Solano Subbasin
– Nick Watterson, Luhdorff & Scalmanini Consulting Engineers
3. Local Grower Panel
– Kelly Huff, Dixon RCD
4. Recharge on the Farm- Practical considerations and options
– Wendy Rash, USDA NRCS
5a. Nurturing Groundwater
– Monica Quezada, Solano RCD
5b. Current Groundwater Activity
– Amy King, Solano RCD
6. Computer Models Help us Better Manager California Groundwater
– Dr. Thomas Harter, UC Davis
2024 Events
Groundwater Workshop Presentations
When: Took place on January 23, 2024
1. Solano Groundwater Sustainability Plan: An overview and update
– Chris Lee, Solano County Water Agency
2. Groundwater conditions in the Solano Subbasin and recharge opportunities
– Nick Watterson, Luhdorff & Scalmanini Consulting Engineers
3. NRCS assistance for groundwater recharge - Practical lessons from the pilot program.
– Wendy Rash, USDA NRCS
4. Recharge groundwater with vegetation
– Amy King, Solano RCD
5. Efforts to recharge California's groundwater
– Dr. Helen E. Dahlke, UC Davis
2023 Events
Groundwater Workshop Presentations
When: Took place on January 24, 2023
1. Solano Groundwater Sustainability Plan: An overview and update
– Chris Lee, Solano County Water Agency
2. Sacramento Valley Watersheds: Regional collaborative approaches to maintaining and improving groundwater quality
– Vicki Kretsinger Grabert, Luhdorff & Scalmanini Consulting Engineers
3. Nitrogen fate during agricultural managed aquifer recharge: Linking plant response, hydrologic, and geochemical processes
– Dr. Helen E. Dahlke, UC Davis
4. Well decommissioning, wellhead protection and the “slow it-spread it-sink it-store it” concept with NRCS
– Carolyn M. Jones, NRCS
5. Soil amendments for nitrogen and water management: cover crops, compost and biochar
– Amy King, Solano RCD
6. Using thermal imaging drones for agricultural purposes
– Kevin Young-Lai, Solano RCD
2021 and 2022 Events
All-Member's Meeting Presentation Slides
Perennial Cover Crops in Orchards and Vineyards:
Water availability, seed selection, and soil health*
When: Took place on March 24, 2022
Listen to speakers from Le Ballister’s Seed, UC Davis and Solano RCD for a discussion of perennial cover crops in perennial cropping systems, how to choose the mix that is right for you, and local resources for irrigation trouble-shooting, financial assistance programs, and water conservation incentives.