Author: Arthur L. LittleworthPublisher: Solano Press Books
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
California Water
Author: Arthur L. LittleworthPublisher: Solano Press Books
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Managing California's Water
Author: Ellen HanakPublisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
ISBN: 1582131414
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Competition for California Water
Author: Ernest A. EngelbertPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520304810
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
California’s water is at the center of an intense economic and political struggle. A balance between supply and demand must be reached, but it is far from certain that all Californians will get as much water as they want at a price they feel is right. Competition for California Water presents essential information on key issues, including: Costs: What would be the yields and what would be the costs, in dollars as well as less tangible values, of developing new sources of water? Cost-sharing: How much of the cost of water development and distribution should be borne by the general public, and how much by water users and other beneficiaries? Environmental protection: To what extent should environmental values be protected? Conservation: To what extent can the need for new water development be offset by conservation and more efficient use of water? Institutional reform: Can changes in the laws and institutions of California produce a more efficient system of water supply and management? Agriculture: How much increase in cost and/or loss of water can California agriculture bear and still remain competitive? Thirty-one experts on all aspects of this topic project alternative futures for California’s water supply. Written in nontechnical language, Competition for California Water is an invaluable source of information for Californians concerned with the future of their state. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
A Compilation of Water Quality Goals
Author: Jon Bruce MarshackPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The State Water Plan
Author: Pennsylvania. Department of Environmental Resources. Bureau of Resources ProgrammingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Introduction to Water in California
Author: David CarlePublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520240865
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
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California Water II
Author: Arthur L. LittleworthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
Compilation of Regulations
Author: United States. Federal Aviation AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Airspace (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The California State Water Project
Author: California. Dept. of Water ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Dreamt Land
Author: Mark AraxPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1101875216
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
A vivid, searching journey into California's capture of water and soil—the epic story of a people's defiance of nature and the wonders, and ruin, it has wrought Mark Arax is from a family of Central Valley farmers, a writer with deep ties to the land who has watched the battles over water intensify even as California lurches from drought to flood and back again. In The Dreamt Land, he travels the state to explore the one-of-a-kind distribution system, built in the 1940s, '50s and '60s, that is straining to keep up with California's relentless growth. The Dreamt Land weaves reportage, history and memoir to confront the "Golden State" myth in riveting fashion. No other chronicler of the West has so deeply delved into the empires of agriculture that drink so much of the water. The nation's biggest farmers—the nut king, grape king and citrus queen—tell their story here for the first time. Arax, the native son, is persistent and tough as he treks from desert to delta, mountain to valley. What he finds is hard earned, awe-inspiring, tragic and revelatory. In the end, his compassion for the land becomes an elegy to the dream that created California and now threatens to undo it.