Water use, management, and planning in the United States / Stephen A. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Stephen A. (Stephen Andrew)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--United States--Management.

Water-supply.

Water use--United States.

Water use.

Water resources development--United States.

Water resources development.

Water-supply--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Water Use Management, and Planning in the United States is designed with new college classes on water resources in mind. It provides information on hydrology, biology, geology, economics, and geography along with historical water policies and regional regulations. The text reflects the transdisciplinary nature of water resources management, moving between descriptive discussions and quantitative analysis to bridge the social and physical sciences. Also providedare frequent case studies and examples to illustrate real-world applications, and includes sidebars throughout to reinforce majo

Contents:

Front Cover; Water Use, Management, and Planning in the United States; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. The Physical System; Early Ideas about Hydrology; Water Measurement; The Hydrologic Cycle; Water Balance; Climate Change; Chapter 2. A History of Water Development in the United States; 1800-1900: A Time of Resource Exploitation; 1900-1921 : The Progressive Period; 1921-1933: Post-World War I; 1933-1943: The New Deal; 1943-1960: Congressional Control of Water Resource Activities; 1960-1980: The Environmental Period; 1980 to the Present: A Time of Changing Focus

Chapter 3. Water Quantity Law: The Legal SystemHow Laws Are Made; The Purpose of Law; State Law: Surface Water; State Law: Groundwater; Federal Law; Transboundary Water Resources; Chapter 4. Water Use in the United States; Water Availability: An International View; A Comment on Water-Use Estimates; Water Supply and Demand: National View; Water Supply and Demand: Regional View; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Chapter 5. Economis and Water Resources; Price Theory: Supply and Demand; Welfare Economics; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Resource and Environmental Economics

Chapter 6. Water Demand and Supply: Management and PlanningWater Demand; Water Supply; Planning and Decision Making; Chapter 7. Offstream Water Use: Urban and Agricultural Uses; Urban Water Systems; Irrigation; Chapter 8. Instream Water Use: Hydroelectric Power and Recreation; Hydropower; Water for Recreation; Environmental Values and Instream Flows; Chapter 9. Water Quality and Ecosystem Health; The Water Molecule; Categories of Pollutants; Water Quality Management; The Quality of Our Nation's Water; The Watershed Approach to Water Quality; Ecosystems and Water Quality

Chapter 10. Floods and DroughtsThe Human-Ecological Model of Hazards; Floods; Drought; Appendix 1: Unit Conversions and Equivalents; Appendix 2: Sources of Water-Related Information; Appendix 3: Investment and Discount Factors; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 357-365.

ISBN:

1-281-03371-5

9786611033712

0-08-052082-0

OCLC:

476108276