Managing water : avoiding crisis in California / Dorothy Green.
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TextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.Description: 1 online resource (x, 324 p.)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780520941229
- 0520941225
- 363.6/109794 22
- TD224.C3
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-293) and index.
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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.
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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