Managing Water Avoiding Crisis in California

Name: Managing Water Avoiding Crisis in California
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ISBN: 9780520253278

ISBN-10: 0520253272

ISBN-13: 9780520253278

Edition: 2007

Authors: Dorothy Green

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Water in California is controlled, stored, delivered, and managed within a complex network of interlocking and cooperating districts and agencies. Unraveling and understanding this system is not easy. This book describes how the current system works (or doesn't work) and discusses the issues that face elected officials, water and resource managers, and the general public. Using the Los Angeles area as a microcosm of the state, environmental activist Dorothy Green gathers detailed information on its water systems and applies the lessons learned from this data statewide. A useful primer on watershed and water policy issues, this book provides reasoned, thoughtful, and insightful arguments…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/9/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction


A Land and Water Overview


Climate


Our Rivers Today



Los Angeles Area Water Supplies


Local Surface Water: Rivers, Streams, Lakes, and Reservoirs


Groundwater


Imported Water


Conclusion



Water Management: Who's in Charge?


Water Suppliers: Wholesale


Water Suppliers: Retail


Groundwater Management Agencies


Wastewater Management Agencies


Stormwater Management Agencies


Water Quality Regulatory Agencies


Associations of Water Agencies


Water Management Accountability


The CALFED Process


Conclusion



Water Use Efficiency


Conservation: Current Practices


Reclamation and Reuse


Conjunctive Use


Watershed Management


Ocean Desalination


Conclusion



Drinking Water Quality


Drinking Water Regulatory Overview


Drinking Water Standards and Monitoring Requirements


Water Treatment Processes


Potential Types of Contaminants in Drinking Water Sources


Water Quality Issues, by Source


Coordinated Efforts to Clean Up Drinking Water in the Los Angeles Area


Conclusion



State Policy and the Los Angeles Area


Statewide Uncertainties


Projected Shortages at Each Aqueduct System


Statewide Efficiencies


Water Rights and Costs


Water Transfers vs. Water Marketing


Planning Processes


Political Consensus


Conclusion


Elements of a Sustainable Statewide Water Policy


Glossary


Native Plant Resources


Websites of Interest


Suggested Readings


Index