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Overtapped Oasis : Reform Or Revolution For Western Water.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chicago : Island Press, 2013Copyright date: ©1990Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (218 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781610912952
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Overtapped OasisDDC classification:
  • 333.9100978
LOC classification:
  • HD1695.A17 R457 1990
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: A Brief Look at Western Water History -- The Inevitable Federal Role -- How the Government Watered the West -- The Fruits of Water Development: A Balance Sheet -- Environmental Costs and Benefits -- The Columbia River Dams -- The Central Valley Project and Tulare Basin Dams -- Other Disappearing Wildlife Habitats -- The Colorado River -- Rare and Endangered Species, Recreation, and Other Environmental Matters -- The "New" Bureau of Reclamation -- Part II: Water and the Law: How the West's Most Valuable Resource Is Allocated, Used, and Wasted -- The Basics of Western Water Law -- The Origins of Prior Appropriation -- Problems with the Prior Appropriation System -- Water Transfers in the System -- Water Transfer Procedures -- State Laws and Policies -- Area of Origin Protection -- Instream Flow Protection -- Public Interest and Public Trust Issues -- Salvaged Water -- Interstate Transfer Restrictions -- Federal Water -- The Reclamation Water Right -- Selling or Leasing Reclamation Water -- Indian Water Transfers -- The Winters Doctrine -- Obstacles to Indian Water Marketing -- Water Marketing: A Status Report -- Colorado -- Utah -- Arizona -- New Mexico -- California -- Nevada -- Idaho -- Other Western States -- Trends and Prospects -- Part III: A Modest Proposal: Modernizing Water Management in the West -- The Realm of the Possible -- The High Plains District's Conservation Program -- A Paradigm of Conservation? -- The First Set of Recommendations: The Federal Level -- The Second Set of Recommendations: The State Level -- A Final Recommendation: A Conserved Water Trust for the Environment -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: The Imperial Irrigation District/Metropolitan Water District Water Transfer: A Case Study.
Appendix B: Department of the Interior Water Transfer Policy -- Appendix C: Bureau of Reclamation Directory -- Bibliography -- Index -- Board of Directors.
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Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: A Brief Look at Western Water History -- The Inevitable Federal Role -- How the Government Watered the West -- The Fruits of Water Development: A Balance Sheet -- Environmental Costs and Benefits -- The Columbia River Dams -- The Central Valley Project and Tulare Basin Dams -- Other Disappearing Wildlife Habitats -- The Colorado River -- Rare and Endangered Species, Recreation, and Other Environmental Matters -- The "New" Bureau of Reclamation -- Part II: Water and the Law: How the West's Most Valuable Resource Is Allocated, Used, and Wasted -- The Basics of Western Water Law -- The Origins of Prior Appropriation -- Problems with the Prior Appropriation System -- Water Transfers in the System -- Water Transfer Procedures -- State Laws and Policies -- Area of Origin Protection -- Instream Flow Protection -- Public Interest and Public Trust Issues -- Salvaged Water -- Interstate Transfer Restrictions -- Federal Water -- The Reclamation Water Right -- Selling or Leasing Reclamation Water -- Indian Water Transfers -- The Winters Doctrine -- Obstacles to Indian Water Marketing -- Water Marketing: A Status Report -- Colorado -- Utah -- Arizona -- New Mexico -- California -- Nevada -- Idaho -- Other Western States -- Trends and Prospects -- Part III: A Modest Proposal: Modernizing Water Management in the West -- The Realm of the Possible -- The High Plains District's Conservation Program -- A Paradigm of Conservation? -- The First Set of Recommendations: The Federal Level -- The Second Set of Recommendations: The State Level -- A Final Recommendation: A Conserved Water Trust for the Environment -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: The Imperial Irrigation District/Metropolitan Water District Water Transfer: A Case Study.

Appendix B: Department of the Interior Water Transfer Policy -- Appendix C: Bureau of Reclamation Directory -- Bibliography -- Index -- Board of Directors.

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