Colorado River Basin Water Problems
Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Saline waters |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. General Accounting Office |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Saline waters |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2007-06-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309105242 |
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.
Author | : David Owen |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2017-04-11 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0698189906 |
“Wonderfully written…Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hope for other problems.” —Wall Street Journal An eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes. The Colorado River is an essential resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado’s headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland but now a million-acre desert. He takes readers on an adventure downriver, along a labyrinth of waterways, reservoirs, power plants, farms, fracking sites, ghost towns, and RV parks, to the spot near the U.S.–Mexico border where the river runs dry. Water problems in the western United States can seem tantalizingly easy to solve: just turn off the fountains at the Bellagio, stop selling hay to China, ban golf, cut down the almond trees, and kill all the lawyers. But a closer look reveals a vast man-made ecosystem that is far more complex and more interesting than the headlines let on. The story Owen tells in Where the Water Goes is crucial to our future: how a patchwork of engineering marvels, byzantine legal agreements, aging infrastructure, and neighborly cooperation enables life to flourish in the desert—and the disastrous consequences we face when any part of this tenuous system fails.
Author | : U S Government Accountability Office (G |
Publisher | : BiblioGov |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2013-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781289168711 |
Unless federal, state, and local governments begin to work together, the Colorado River Basin, an area embracing parts of seven southwestern states, will not be able to cope with a probable water shortage soon after the year 2000. Considerable disagreement exists among concerned officials, engineers, and researchers about future annual river flows, while questions on the severity and timing of the water shortage remain unanswered. Most plans and programs of the Bureau of Reclamation appear to be based on optimistic estimates of the annual water supply. Programs for water salvage and augmentation have been canceled or have had limited success due to environmental consideration, while many conservation programs are failing because of legal and economic constraints. Indian and federal reserved water rights have not been quantified or settled satisfactorily. Procedures for operating basin reservoirs during a shortage are incomplete because the basin states cannot agree on the approach to be taken or the necessity for agreement at this time. Long-term solutions that consider all alternatives will be impossible if the basin water managers wait until a shortage occurs. Much uncertainty exists about the effectiveness and efficiency of the basin's salinity control program. Due to a lack of pre-evaluation, the current project-by-project approach has led to water development which has greatly increased salinity.
Author | : Eric Kuhn |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2019-11-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0816540055 |
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.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Colorado River Basin Water Quality Control Project |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Salinity |
ISBN | : |
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2007-05-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309179017 |
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.
Author | : United States Accounting Office (GAO) |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2018-06-19 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781721519057 |
Colorado River Basin Water Problems: How To Reduce Their Impact
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works. Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : Radioactive pollution of water |
ISBN | : |