Drought Water Law And The Origins Of Californias Central Valley Project
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Author | : Tim Stroshane |
Publisher | : University of Nevada Press |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2016-10-27 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 087417001X |
This book is an account of how water rights were designed as a key part of the state’s largest public water system, the Central Valley Project. Along sixty miles of the San Joaquin River, from Gustine to Mendota, four corporate entities called “exchange contractors” retain paramount water rights to the river. Their rights descend from the days of the Miller & Lux Cattle Company, which amassed an empire of land and water from the 1850s through the 1920s and protected these assets through business deals and prolific litigation. Miller & Lux’s dominance of the river relied on what many in the San Joaquin Valley regarded as wasteful irrigation practices and unreasonable water usage. Economic and political power in California’s present water system was born of this monopoly on water control. Stroshane tells how drought and legal conflict shaped statewide economic development and how the grand bargain of a San Joaquin River water exchange was struck from this monopoly legacy, setting the stage for future water wars. His analysis will appeal to readers interested in environmental studies and public policy.
Author | : Mary Montgomery |
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Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1946 |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs |
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Total Pages | : 434 |
Release | : 1952 |
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Author | : Richard L. Wiltshire |
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Total Pages | : 25 |
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Genre | : Water resources development |
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Author | : Ellen Hanak |
Publisher | : Public Policy Instit. of CA |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1582131414 |
Author | : Water Project Authority of the State of California |
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Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1940 |
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Author | : Felix E. Smith |
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Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Water resources development |
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Author | : Ernest A. Engelbert |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2024-03-29 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0520309898 |
California’s water is at the center of an intense economic and political struggle. A balance between supply and demand must be reached, but it is far from certain that all Californians will get as much water as they want at a price they feel is right. Competition for California Water presents essential information on key issues, including: Costs: What would be the yields and what would be the costs, in dollars as well as less tangible values, of developing new sources of water? Cost-sharing: How much of the cost of water development and distribution should be borne by the general public, and how much by water users and other beneficiaries? Environmental protection: To what extent should environmental values be protected? Conservation: To what extent can the need for new water development be offset by conservation and more efficient use of water? Institutional reform: Can changes in the laws and institutions of California produce a more efficient system of water supply and management? Agriculture: How much increase in cost and/or loss of water can California agriculture bear and still remain competitive? Thirty-one experts on all aspects of this topic project alternative futures for California’s water supply. Written in nontechnical language, Competition for California Water is an invaluable source of information for Californians concerned with the future of their state. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
Author | : Margaret Irish |
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Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2000 |
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Author | : James Barton Snyder |
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Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Water |
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