Actions for Managing water : avoiding crisis in California

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Managing water : avoiding crisis in California / Dorothy Green

Author
Green, Dorothy, 1929-2008
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]
Copyright Date
©2007
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 324 pages)
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Contents
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Los Angeles Area Water Supplies; 2. Water Management: Who's in Charge?; 3. Water Use Efficiency; 4. Drinking Water Quality; 5. State Policy and the Los Angeles Area; Glossary; Native Plant Resources; Websites of Interest; Suggested Readings; Index.
Summary
Water in California is controlled, stored, delivered, and managed within a complex network of interlocking and cooperating districts and agencies. Unraveling and understanding this system is not easy. This book describes how the system works and discusses the issues that face elected officials, water and resource managers, and the general public.
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ISBN
9780520941229 ebook
0520941225
9780520253261 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520253264 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520253278 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520253272 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1282360124
9781282360129
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-293) and index.
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