Sustainable Water [electronic resource] : Challenges and Solutions from California

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lassiter, Allison.

Contributor:

Lassiter, Allison, Contributor.

Lassiter, Allison, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water security--California.

Water-supply--California--History.

Water-supply--California.

Water-supply--History--California.

Water-supply.

Water security.

Local Subjects:

Water security--California.

Water-supply--California--History.

Water-supply--California.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1022 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Water scarcity, urban population growth, and deteriorating infrastructure are impacting water security around the globe. Struggling with the most significant drought in its recorded history, California faces all of these challenges to secure reliable water supplies for the future. The unfolding story of California water includes warnings and solutions for any region seeking to manage water among the pressures of a dynamic society and environment.Written by leading policy makers, lawyers, economists, hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, and planners, Sustainable Water reaches across disciplines

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Adapting California's Water Sector to a Changing Climate; 2. The Water-Energy-Climate Nexus in California; 3. California's Flawed Surface Water Rights; 4. The Reasonable Use Doctrine in California Water Law and Policy; 5. Urban Water Demand and Pricing in a Changing Climate; 6. Coping with Delta Floods and Protecting California's Water Supply in a Regional Flood Management System; 7. Portfolio Approaches to Reduce Costs and Improve Reliability of Water Supplies

8. The Challenge of Sustainable Groundwater Management in California9. People, Resources, and Policy in Integrated Water Resource Management; 10. The History of Water Reuse in California; 11. Water Justice in California's Central Valley; 12. The Incendiary Mix of Salmon and Water in Mediterranean-Climate California; 13. Adaptive Management in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Relicensing; 14. Emerging Cultural Waterscapes in California Cities Connect Rain to Taps and Drains to Gardens; 15. California's Water Footprint Is Too Big for Its Pipes; Afterword; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-520-28535-2