Agricultural Drainage and Salt Management in the San Joaquin Valley
Author | : San Joaquin Valley Interagency Drainage Program |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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Author | : San Joaquin Valley Interagency Drainage Program |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Agriculture |
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Author | : San Joaquin Valley Interagency Drainage Program |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Drainage |
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Author | : Andrew C. Chang |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2013-11-19 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9400768516 |
This book documents the history of irrigated agriculture and drainage in the San Joaquin Valley, and describes the hydrology and biogeochemical processes of salts and selenium, remediation technologies for salts and trace elements and policy and management options. The contents are comprised of fourteen chapter-length independent treatises, each depicting with fresh perspective a distinctive salinity drainage topic. The opening chapters detail the evolution of irrigated agriculture, and depict the geochemical and hydrological processes that define the San Joaquin Valley, including the physics, chemistry, and biology attributes that impact water management policies and strategies. Next, the contributors address the biogeochemistry of selenium, the role of plants in absorbing it from soils, and the processes involved in retaining and concentrating dissolved salts in drainage water. Further chapters describe on-farm and plot-level irrigation provisions to reduce agricultural drainage outputs and examine their effects on plant performance. This volume offers realistic policy analysis of water management options for irrigated agriculture in the Valley and assesses their respective outcomes, if implemented. Also included is an international perspective on the sustainability of irrigated agriculture there.
Author | : Kenneth K. Tanji |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 364278562X |
As the world population increases, there is increasing competition for waterquantity as well as quality. Provided here is an up-to-date perspective on Available Water Resources (Part I), Water Conservation and Technology inAgricultural Systems (Part II), Problem Water Uses and Treatment (Part III),and Management and Policy Evaluation (Part IV). The book is an invaluable source of information for water resource planners, managers and policy makers, researchers and students, and irrigationists.
Author | : United States. Bureau of Reclamation |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Drainage |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations |
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Total Pages | : 588 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Drainage |
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Author | : Philip Garone |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 443 |
Release | : 2011-04-10 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520948491 |
This is the first comprehensive environmental history of California’s Great Central Valley, where extensive freshwater and tidal wetlands once provided critical habitat for tens of millions of migratory waterfowl. Weaving together ecology, grassroots politics, and public policy, Philip Garone tells how California’s wetlands were nearly obliterated by vast irrigation and reclamation projects, but have been brought back from the brink of total destruction by the organized efforts of duck hunters, whistle-blowing scientists, and a broad coalition of conservationists. Garone examines the many demands that have been made on the Valley’s natural resources, especially by large-scale agriculture, and traces the unforeseen ecological consequences of our unrestrained manipulation of nature. He also investigates changing public and scientific attitudes that are now ushering in an era of unprecedented protection for wildlife and wetlands in California and the nation.