Water resources in the United States : select issues / Dianna Harrington, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harrington, Dianna, editor.

Series:

Water resource planning, development and management series.

Water Resource Planning, Development and Management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water resources development--United States.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--United States.

Water-supply.

Emergency water supply--United States.

Emergency water supply.

Federal aid to water resources development--United States.

Federal aid to water resources development.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (103 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Novinka, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 114th Congress faces many water resource development, management, and protection issues. Congressional actions shape reinvestment in aging federal infrastructure (e.g., dams, locks, and levees) and federal and nonfederal investment in new infrastructure, such as water supply augmentation, hydropower projects, navigation improvements, and efforts to restore aquatic ecosystems. These issues often arise at the regional or local levels but frequently have a federal connection. Ongoing issues include competition over water, drought and flood responses and policies, competitiveness and efficienc

Contents:

WATER RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES: SELECT ISSUES; WATER RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES: SELECT ISSUES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: WATER RESOURCE ISSUES IN THE 114TH CONGRESS; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITY AND LOOKING FORWARD; FEDERAL ROLE IN WATER RESOURCES; FEDERAL WATER RESOURCE AGENCIES; OVERARCHING POLICY ISSUES; Chapter 2: U.S.-MEXICO WATER SHARING: BACKGROUND AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; SUMMARY; U.S.-MEXICO WATER SHARING; 1944 WATER TREATY; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; COLORADO RIVER BASIN; RIO GRANDE BASIN

RESPONSES TO MEXICO'S RIO GRANDE WATER DELIVERY SHORTFALLSChapter 3: DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES: CAUSES AND CURRENT UNDERSTANDING; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES-OVERVIEW; WHAT IS DROUGHT?; WHAT CAUSES DROUGHT IN THE UNITED STATES?; RECENT DROUGHTS: TEXAS, THE MIDCONTINENT AND CALIFORNIA; DROUGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT FORECASTS FOR THE UNITED STATES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4: EMERGENCY WATER ASSISTANCE DURING DROUGHT: FEDERAL NON-AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS; SUMMARY; DROUGHT AND EMERGENCY WATER SUPPLIES: A PRIMER; FEDERAL DROUGHT AND EMERGENCY WATER ASSISTANCE

DROUGHT DISASTERS: FEDERAL DECLARATIONS AND PROGRAMSFEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DROUGHT INFORMATION; FEDERAL DROUGHT COORDINATION AND POLICY; APPENDIX. FACT SHEETS FOR FEDERAL PROGRAMS PROVIDING EMERGENCY WATER ASSISTANCE; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 22, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-682-5