Managing California's Water
Title | Managing California's Water PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Hanak |
Publisher | Public Policy Instit. of CA |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1582131414 |
The California State Water Project
Title | The California State Water Project PDF eBook |
Author | California. Dept. of Water Resources |
Publisher | |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |
Management of the California State Water Project
Title | Management of the California State Water Project PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |
Management of the California State Water Project
Title | Management of the California State Water Project PDF eBook |
Author | California. Department of Water Resources |
Publisher | |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 1999-06 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |
The State Water Plan
Title | The State Water Plan PDF eBook |
Author | Pennsylvania. Bureau of Resources Programming |
Publisher | |
Pages | 110 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |
Drought, Water Law, and the Origins of California's Central Valley Project
Title | Drought, Water Law, and the Origins of California's Central Valley Project PDF eBook |
Author | Tim Stroshane |
Publisher | University of Nevada Press |
Pages | 429 |
Release | 2016-10-27 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 087417001X |
This book is an account of how water rights were designed as a key part of the state’s largest public water system, the Central Valley Project. Along sixty miles of the San Joaquin River, from Gustine to Mendota, four corporate entities called “exchange contractors” retain paramount water rights to the river. Their rights descend from the days of the Miller & Lux Cattle Company, which amassed an empire of land and water from the 1850s through the 1920s and protected these assets through business deals and prolific litigation. Miller & Lux’s dominance of the river relied on what many in the San Joaquin Valley regarded as wasteful irrigation practices and unreasonable water usage. Economic and political power in California’s present water system was born of this monopoly on water control. Stroshane tells how drought and legal conflict shaped statewide economic development and how the grand bargain of a San Joaquin River water exchange was struck from this monopoly legacy, setting the stage for future water wars. His analysis will appeal to readers interested in environmental studies and public policy.
Management of the California State Water Project
Title | Management of the California State Water Project PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Water resources development |
ISBN |