Monthly Lunch-MAR Webinars
Lunch-MAR webinars take place the first Wednesday of each month from 12:30 – 1:30 pm PST. In these webinars, network members and invited guests present on and discuss a wide range of topics relevant to Flood-MAR, ranging from water rights to geophysics.
To join a Lunch-MAR Session, please use this link [Note: The link was updated on 01.06.2025 for sessions occurring from February 2025 – December 2027. Registration is no longer needed to join.]
Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 12:30PM -1:30PM
Removal of Suspended Solids and Water Quality Improvements from Riverbed Filtration-Eight Years of Demonstration Testing in Orange County, CA
Presenter: Adam Hutchinson, Orange County Water District
Sneak Peek: Clogging of surface water recharge systems from suspended solids is a major obstacle to effective groundwater recharge—but what if there were a better way? Join us to learn how the Orange County Water District’s innovative Riverbed Filtration System more than doubled recharge capacity while removing 96% of suspended solids from Santa Ana River water. Discover how this breakthrough could unlock thousands of acre-feet of additional recharge annually and transform the future of water management.
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Regenerative Agriculture and Flood-MAR
Presenter: Daniel Rath, Natural Resources Defense Council
Sneak Peek: Coming soon!
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
An Overview of the Groundwater Accounting Platform
Presenter: California Water Data Consortium
Sneak Peek: The Groundwater Accounting Platform is an open-source tool that helps California water managers, landowners, and water users track water budgets and usage more easily in near real-time. The California Water Data Consortium and Environmental Defense Fund have partnered to expand the Platform to new regions, and to provide additional features and functionalities to help more groundwater agencies and growers track water use allocations under SGMA. Come and learn more about new updates to the tool and a vision for the future on August 6, 2025
LATER 2025 SESSIONS:
- September 3
- October 1
- November 5
- December 3