Introduction to Water in California (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
352
Utgivningsdatum
2015-12-15
Upplaga
2 ed
Förlag
University of California Press
Illustrationer
29 maps, 8 line illustrations,
Dimensioner
211 x 140 x 15 mm
Vikt
522 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780520287907

Introduction to Water in California

av David Carle
Häftad,  Engelska, 2015-12-15
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This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lakes, wetlands, dams, and aqueducts and discusses the role of water in agriculture, the environment, and politics. Essential reading in a state facing the future with an overextended water supply, this fascinating book shows that, for all Californians, every drop counts. New to this updated edition: it includes additional maps, figures, and photos; it offers expanded coverage of potential impacts to precipitation, snowpack, and water supply from climate change; it features updated information about the struggle for water management and potential solutions; it includes new content about sustainable groundwater use and regulation, desalination, water recycling, stormwater capture, and current proposals for water storage and diversion; and offers additional table summarizing water sources for 360 California cities and towns.
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"Bottom Line: You cannot hope to fix a "broken" system without some basic understanding of its history, function and opportunities for change. I give Carle's book FIVE STARS for providing that information." -- David Zetland

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David Carle is a former park ranger and the author of California Natural History Guides about water, fire, air, and soil (UC Press), as well as other books in water history and management, including Drowning the Dream: California's Water Choices at the Millennium and Water and the California Dream. His most recent UC Press book is Traveling the 38th Parallel: A Water Line around the World (2013).

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Acknowledgments Introduction-Water Web: Connected Californians Chapter 1. Tapping into a Planetary Cycle A Great Water Wheel The Vital Molecule "Normal" Weather: Anything but "Average" Chapter 2. California Water Landscape Pristine Waterscape Groundwater Hydrologic Regions Chapter 3. The Distribution System Expanding Watersheds The State Water Project The Central Valley Project Colorado River Delivery Systems The Los Angeles Aqueduct The Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct The Mokelumne Aqueduct The North Bay Chapter 4. Challenges to California Water Management Climate Change and the Water Cycle Extinction Is Forever A Thirsty Garden Asking Too Much of the Colorado River and the Salton Sea Out of Sight, Out of Control Can You Drink the Water? The Problem Is Us Chapter 5. Meeting the Challenges: California's Water Future California Water Law and the Public Trust The Delta, a Tunnel Vision, and a Water Bond Recycle and Reuse: Localizing Water Sustainable Groundwater The Debate over Dams Transfers: Water as a Commodity Clean Water Ecosystem Restoration Lemonade from Lemons: Is Desalination Viable? Will There Be Enough Water? Acronyms and Abbreviations Historical Timeline Agencies and Organizations References Photo Credits Index Author Biography

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