California water crisis [[electronic resource] /] / Paula C. Serrano, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (396 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.6/109794
• Soggetto topico: Droughts - California; Water-supply - California
• Altri autori: SerranoPaula C
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA ""; ""CALIFORNIA WATER CRISIS ""; ""CONTENTS ""; ""PREFACE ""; ""CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: HYDROLOGICAL AND REGULATORY WATER SUPPLY ISSUES ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""WHAT IS DROUGHT? ""; ""DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA: HYDROLOGICAL CONDITIONS ""; ""Runoff and Storage ""; ""Timing ""; "" Prospects for a Continuing Hydrologic Drought ""; "" Groundwater ""; "" REGULATORY RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING WATER DELIVERIES 27 ""; ""Effects of Regulatory Restrictions ""; ""2009 Delta Export Reductions "" ; ""How Do Current Exports Compare to the Last Drought? """"CALIFORNIA WATER RIGHTS: ACQUISITIONS AND ALLOCATIONS ""; "" Priority of Water Rights ""; ""Water Rights and Allocations for Water Delivered via the CVP and SWP ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""APPENDIX A. RESERVOIR CONDITIONS FOR 12 RESERVOIRS AS OF APRIL 27, 2009 ""; ""APPENDIX B. RESERVOIR CONDITIONS FOR 12 RESERVOIRS AS OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 ""; ""End Notes ""; ""CALIFORNIA WATER LAW AND RELATED LEGAL AUTHORITY AFFECTING THE SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA ""; ""SUMMARY ""; ""INTRODUCTION ""; ""CALIFORNIA WATER RIGHTS "" ; ""Acquiring Water Rights """"Priority of Water Rights ""; ""Modification of Water Rights and the No Injury Rule ""; ""Rule of Reasonable Use and the Public Trust Doctrine ""; ""THE WATER PROJECTS AND WATER RIGHTS ""; ""Settlement Contracts ""; ""Exchange Contracts ""; ""Contractual Rights to Water ""; ""REGULATION OF WATER RIGHTS AND WATER QUALITY IN THE DELTA ""; ""Water Rights Regulation ""; ""Water Quality Oversight ""; ""LITIGATION OF WATER RIGHTS AND MANAGEMENT IN THE DELTA ""; ""The Racanelli Decision ""; ""The State Water Resources Control Board Cases "" ; ""Selected Litigation Regarding Flow Reductions in the Delta """"CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY TO ACT AND CURRENT INTEREST ""; ""End Notes ""; ""REALITY CHECK: CALIFORNIA'S WATER CRISIS ""; ""RHETORIC: â€?REGULATORY DROUGHTâ€? ""; ""RHETORIC: â€?TURN ON THE PUMPSâ€? ""; ""RHETORIC: â€?GOD SQUADâ€? ""; ""WHAT CAN WE DO NOW? "" ; ""WRITTEN STATEMENT OF MARY GLACKEN, DEPUTY UNDER-SECRETARY FOR OCEANS AND ATMOSPHERE, NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DEPT. OF COMMERCE, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, - OVERSIGHT HEARING ON ""THE CALIFORNIA DROUGHT: ACTIONS BY FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES TO ADDRESS IMPACTS ON LANDS, FISHERIES, AND WATER USERS"" """"CURRENT CALIFORNIA HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WATER SUPPLY FORECASTS, COMPARISONS TO NORMAL, AND CLIMATE TRENDS ""; ""Precipitation ""; ""Snowpack ""; ""Reservoir Storage ""; ""Water Supply Forecasts "" ; ""Drought Background ""
• Titolo autorizzato: California water crisis
• ISBN: 1-61728-622-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789947103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Water resource planning, development and management series.