Introduction to Water in California

Name: Introduction to Water in California
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ISBN: 9780520235809

ISBN-10: 0520235800

ISBN-13: 9780520235809

Edition: 2004

Authors: David Carle

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It takes 8 gallons of water to grow a tomato; 616 gallons to make a burger patty. In fact, the food each of us consumes per day represents an investment of 4,500 gallons of water, according to the California Farm Bureau. In this densely populated state where it rains only six months out of the year, where does all that water come from? This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lakes, wetlands, dams, and aqueducts and discusses the role of water in…

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List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/26/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 276
Size: 4.50" wide x 7.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction--Water Web: Connected Californians


Tapping Into a Planetary Cycle


A Great Water Wheel


The Vital Molecule


"Normal" Weather: Anything but "Average"


Droughts


Floods


California Water Landscape


Pristine Waterscape


Groundwater


Hydrologic Regions


North Coast Region


Sacramento River Region


North Lahontan Region


San Francisco Bay Region


San Joaquin River Region


Central Coast Region


Tulare Lake Region


South Lahontan Region


South Coast Region


Colorado River Region


The Distribution System


Expanding Watersheds


The State Water Project


The Central Valley Project


Colorado River Delivery Systems


The Los Angeles Aqueduct


The Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct


The Mokelumne Aqueduct


The North Bay


Challenges to California Water Management


Extinction Is Forever


A Thirsty Garden


The Salton Sea


Animal Impacts


Beneath Your Feet


Out of Sight, Out of Control


Can You Drink the Water?


Giardia


Mass Medication


The Bottled-Water Phenomenon


The Problem Is Us


Where Does Your Dog Go?


Unchecked Growth: Messing with the Cycle


Meeting the Challenges: California's Water Future


The Public Trust


Restoration


Calfed


The Debate Over Dams


Build More Behemoths?


Off-Stream Dams?


Raise Existing Dams?


Raze Existing Dams?


Storage in the Bank


Transfers: Water As a Commodity


Short-Cutting the Cycle


Squeezing the Sponge


Clean Water


Lemonade from Lemons


What Future Do You Choose?


Acronyms and Abbreviations


Historical Timeline


Agencies and Organizations


References


Photo Credits


Index