California water crisis / Paula C. Serrano, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Serrano, Paula C.

Series:

Water resource planning, development and management series.

Water resource planning, development and management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Droughts--California.

Droughts.

Water-supply--California.

Water-supply.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discusses California's hydrological situation and provides background on regulatory restrictions, affecting California water deliveries, as well as on the long-established state water rights system.

Contents:

""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: �REGULATORY DROUGHT� ""; ""RHETORIC: �TURN ON THE PUMPS� ""; ""RHETORIC: �GOD SQUAD� ""; ""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 ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61728-622-2

OCLC:

923654809