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Water and Arid Lands of the Western United States

Author: Mohamed T. El-Ashry

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-08-06

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780521118224

Despite impressive innovations by some states, western water laws and institutions now in place were designed chiefly for an earlier era and have not adapted to the new demands and stresses on water resources. In Water and the Arid Lands of the Western United States the authors explore the nature of water demands in the agricultural and municipal sectors and set forth prescriptions for the west to move away from its historical reliance on expensive supply-side projects and toward better management of existing supplies. Six cases studies by experts in the field illustrate specific examples of water management issues. Taking as foci the Central Valley of California, the High Plains of Texas, and the Upper Basin of the Colorado River, three of the case studies examine problems faced by the large urban areas of southern California; Tucson, Arizona; and Denver, Colorado. A concluding chapter suggests practical policy options and politically feasible institutional changes for maximizing the efficiency of water use and minimizing the conflict associated with the reallocation of limited water supplies.

Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States

Author: John Wesley Powell

Publisher:

Published: 1879

Total Pages: 244

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Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States

Author: John Wesley Powell

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-07-10

Total Pages: 165

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"Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States" by John Wesley Powell, Willis Drummond, Clarence E. Dutton, Grove Karl Gilbert, A. H. Thompson. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The Arid Lands

Author: John Wesley Powell

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9780803287815

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?One of the most significant and seminal books ever written about the West, . . . the classic statement of the terms on which the West could be peopled.??Wallace Stegner (from the introduction). John Wesley Powell's arid lands report was the first to argue that the American West could not support a conventional system of agriculture and that its lands could not sustain unlimited development. He recognized that water was a more precious resource than land, that rainfall could never support agriculture in the region, and that controlled irrigation offered the best use of its natural resources. Years of drought have proved the value of his advice, which was not well received by an expansionist nation. Despite opposition from the timber, cattle, and mining industries, Powell's work led to the first assessments of the available water supplies and to the consolidation of government surveys and policies under one administration.