Author: California. Division of Water ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Report to Legislature of 1931 on State Water Plan, 1930
Author: California. Division of Water ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Floods and Droughts in the Tulare Lake Basin
Author: John T. AustinPublisher:
ISBN: 9781878441324
Category : Droughts
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
River Ecology
Author: Brian A. WhittonPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520030169
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 744
Book Description
Dividing the Waters
Author: William Andrew BlomquistPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Not only are these water supplies not depleted, they are in fact relatively healthy despite California's recent six-year drought.
California Highways and Public Works
Author: Geology of the San Francisco Bay Region
Author: Doris SloanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520241266
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
"You can't really know the place where you live until you know the shapes and origins of the land around you. To feel truly at home in the Bay Area, read Doris Sloan's intriguing stories of this region's spectacular, quirky landscapes."—Hal Gilliam, author of Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region "This is a fascinating look at some of the world's most complex and engaging geology. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in an understanding of the beautiful landscape and dynamic geology of the Bay Area."—Mel Erskine, geological consultant "This accessible summary of San Francisco Bay Area geology is particularly timely. We are living in an age where we must deal with our impact on our environment and the impact of the environment on us. Earthquake hazards, and to a lesser extent landslide hazards, are well known, but the public also needs to be aware of other important engineering and environmental impacts and geologic resources. This book will allow Bay Area residents to make more intelligent decisions about the geological issues affecting their lives."—John Wakabayashi, geological consultant
Guide to Reprints
Author: Urban Stormwater Management in the United States
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309125391
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 611
Book Description
The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.
The California Debris Commission
Author: Joseph Jeremiah Hagwood (Jr.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Water and Los Angeles
Author: William DeverellPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520292421
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.