Central Valley Water Resource Study
Author: United States. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 236
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David William Seckler
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1971-01-01
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780520018846
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Central Valley Project (Calif.)
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 400
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Mid-Pacific Regional Office
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 19
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Claudia C. Faunt
Publisher: Geological Survey
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781411325159
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Tim Stroshane
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 2016-10-27
Total Pages: 429
ISBN-13: 087417001X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.