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.
History of Legislation and Policy Formation of the Central Valley Project
Title | History of Legislation and Policy Formation of the Central Valley Project PDF eBook |
Author | Mary Montgomery |
Publisher | |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 1946 |
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Central Valley Project
Title | Central Valley Project PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs |
Publisher | |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 1952 |
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Central Valley Project's First 75 Years
Title | Central Valley Project's First 75 Years PDF eBook |
Author | Richard L. Wiltshire |
Publisher | |
Pages | 25 |
Release | |
Genre | Water resources development |
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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 |
History of Central Valley Project
Title | History of Central Valley Project PDF eBook |
Author | Water Project Authority of the State of California |
Publisher | |
Pages | 112 |
Release | 1940 |
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Water Development and Management in the Central Valley of California and the Public Trust
Title | Water Development and Management in the Central Valley of California and the Public Trust PDF eBook |
Author | Felix E. Smith |
Publisher | |
Pages | 32 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Water resources development |
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