Author: Tim Stroshane
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 9781943859061
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
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.
Drought, Water Law, and the Origins of California's Central Valley Project
Author: Tim Stroshane
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 9781943859061
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
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.
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
ISBN: 9781943859061
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
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.
History of Legislation and Policy Formation of the Central Valley Project
Author: Mary Montgomery
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Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Legislative History, Miscellaneous Articles, and Background Information Related to Public Law 102-575 Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1444
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Considers (102) H.R. 429.
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 1444
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Considers (102) H.R. 429.
Central Valley Project Studies
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Category : Power resources
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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The Central Valley Project and Related Problems
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Dictionary Catalog of the Water Resources Center Archives, University of California, Berkeley
Author: Water Resources Center Archives (Calif.)
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 706
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Central Valley Project Improvement Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 620
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Farmworkers in Rural America, 1971-1972
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Migratory Labor
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Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Category : Agricultural laborers
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Farmworkers in Rural America, 1971-1972, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Migratory Labor....
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
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Languages : en
Pages : 1534
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Languages : en
Pages : 1534
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Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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Category : Subject catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1036
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