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Tables of Contents for Introduction to Water in California
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction-Water Web: Connected Californians
xi
TAPPING INTO A PLANETARY CYCLE
A Great Water Wheel
3
15
The Vital Molecule
18
5
"Normal" Weather: Anything but "Average"
23
14
Droughts,
23
6
Floods,
29
8
CALIFORNIA WATER LANDSCAPE
Pristine Waterscape
37
11
Groundwater
48
4
Hydrologic Regions
52
33
North Coast Region,
52
6
Sacramento River Region,
58
3
North Lahontan Region,
61
3
San Francisco Bay Region,
64
1
San Joaquin River Region,
65
3
Central Coast Region,
68
3
Tulare Lake Region,
71
3
South Lahontan Region,
74
4
South Coast Region,
78
3
Colorado River Region,
81
4
THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
85
48
Expanding Watersheds
87
5
The State Water Project
92
11
The Central Valley Project
103
7
Colorado River Delivery Systems
110
5
The Los Angeles Aqueduct
115
3
The Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct
118
5
The Mokelumne Aqueduct
123
2
The North Bay
125
8
CHALLENGES TO CALIFORNIA WATER MANAGEMENT
133
46
Extinction Is Forever
135
11
A Thirsty Garden
146
7
The Salton Sea
153
2
Animal Impacts
155
2
Beneath Your Feet
157
3
Out of Sight, Out of Control
160
4
Can You Drink the Water?
164
2
Giardia
166
1
Mass Medication
167
2
The Bottled-Water Phenomenon
169
2
The Problem Is Us
171
3
Where Does Your Dog Go?
174
1
Unchecked Growth: Messing with the Cycle
175
4
MEETING THE CHALLENGES: CALIFORNIA'S WATER FUTURE
179
46
The Public Trust
181
3
Restoration
184
3
CALFED
187
4
The Debate Over Dams
191
9
Build More Behemoths?
193
1
Off-Stream
Dams?
194
1
Raise Existing Dams?
195
2
Raze Existing Dams?
197
3
Storage in the Bank
200
4
Transfers: Water As a Commodity
204
4
Short-Cutting the Cycle
208
3
Squeezing the Sponge
211
4
Clean Water
215
1
Lemonade from Lemons
216
3
What Future Do You Choose?
219
6
Acronyms and Abbreviations
225
2
Historical Timeline
227
8
Agencies and Organizations
235
2
References
237
8
Photo Credits
245
2
Index
247