Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Modification of Boulder Canyon Project Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Modification of Boulder Canyon Project Act
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on irrigation and reclamation
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Proposed Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment Act
Author: Committee of Sixteen of the Colorado River Basin States
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Category : Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Category : Boulder Canyon Project Adjustment
Languages : en
Pages : 62
Book Description
Water and the West
Author: Norris Hundley (Jr.)
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520260108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Back in print for the first time in over ten years, this classic account of the numerous struggles--national, state, and local--that have occurred over western American water rights since the late 1800s is thoroughly expanded and updated to trace the continuing battles raging over the West's most valuable, and contentious, resource.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520260108
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Back in print for the first time in over ten years, this classic account of the numerous struggles--national, state, and local--that have occurred over western American water rights since the late 1800s is thoroughly expanded and updated to trace the continuing battles raging over the West's most valuable, and contentious, resource.
To Amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939. Hearings ... Subcommittee on Reclamation and Irrigation ... on H.R. 1772, 1886, 1977, 2583, 2873, 2874. March 17- April 28, 1947
Author: United States. Congress. House. Public lands
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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To Amend the Reclamation Project Act of 1939
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 738
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Publisher:
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Category : Irrigation
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Potential Modifications in Eight Proposed Western Colorado Projects for Future Energy Development
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Colorado River Basin Water Management
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309105242
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Recent studies of past climate and streamflow conditions have broadened understanding of long-term water availability in the Colorado River, revealing many periods when streamflow was lower than at any time in the past 100 years of recorded flows. That information, along with two important trends-a rapid increase in urban populations in the West and significant climate warming in the region-will require that water managers prepare for possible reductions in water supplies that cannot be fully averted through traditional means. Colorado River Basin Water Management assesses existing scientific information, including temperature and streamflow records, tree-ring based reconstructions, and climate model projections, and how it relates to Colorado River water supplies and demands, water management, and drought preparedness. The book concludes that successful adjustments to new conditions will entail strong and sustained cooperation among the seven Colorado River basin states and recommends conducting a comprehensive basinwide study of urban water practices that can be used to help improve planning for future droughts and water shortages.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309105242
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Recent studies of past climate and streamflow conditions have broadened understanding of long-term water availability in the Colorado River, revealing many periods when streamflow was lower than at any time in the past 100 years of recorded flows. That information, along with two important trends-a rapid increase in urban populations in the West and significant climate warming in the region-will require that water managers prepare for possible reductions in water supplies that cannot be fully averted through traditional means. Colorado River Basin Water Management assesses existing scientific information, including temperature and streamflow records, tree-ring based reconstructions, and climate model projections, and how it relates to Colorado River water supplies and demands, water management, and drought preparedness. The book concludes that successful adjustments to new conditions will entail strong and sustained cooperation among the seven Colorado River basin states and recommends conducting a comprehensive basinwide study of urban water practices that can be used to help improve planning for future droughts and water shortages.
Salt River Project, Arizona, and Amendment to the Reclamation Project Act of 1939
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation
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Category : Electric power-plants
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
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Category : Electric power-plants
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
Science Be Dammed
Author: Eric Kuhn
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816540055
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816540055
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.