Table 1 Key pathways and components in conceptual framework
Components | Key pathways and factors | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Major climate drivers’ factors | Temperature, snowpack, and precipitation for surface water, ground water, and stream flow. Fire for water quality in watershed; sea level rise for costal infrastructure | Focused on major drivers’ affects in water resources |
Water life cycle | Water-pumping, conveyance, distribution and treatment, and urban and agricultural water use | Conveyance is a part of California water life cycle |
Energy life cycle | Cooling, extraction, and processing for energy production, hydropower, biomass for biofuels, solar, wind, and geothermal energy production | Fossil energy has negative impacts on ecosystem processesa |
Food life cycle | Irrigation (conveyance, treatment, pumping, pressurizing), harvesting and processing (cooling, washing, sorting, packaging, heating), fish and livestock production, transportation (growing and harvesting crops, shipping, distribution, import and export), food preparation (cooking), and waste (collecting and processing for food disposal) | Complex process related to water and energy |
Affected key components in ecosystem process | Wetlands and watershed habitats, stream flow, water quality, biodiversity, cold water fish and wildlife species | Focused on affects from major drivers of water resources |