Water Use, Management, and Planning in the United States
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contentsvii
- Prefacexiii
- Chapter 1. The Physical System1
- Early Ideas about Hydrology2
- Water Measurement3
- The Hydrologic Cycle5
- Water Balance22
- Climate Change24
- Chapter 2. A History of Water Development in the United States31
- 1800–1900: A Time of Resource Exploitation32
- 1900–1921 : The Progressive Period39
- 1921–1933: Post-World War I42
- 1933–1943: The New Deal45
- 1943–1960: Congressional Control of Water Resource Activities50
- 1960–1980: The Environmental Period59
- 1980 to the Present: A Time of Changing Focus66
- Chapter 3. Water Quantity Law: The Legal System71
- How Laws Are Made72
- The Purpose of Law73
- State Law: Surface Water74
- State Law: Groundwater92
- Federal Law96
- Transboundary Water Resources105
- Chapter 4. Water Use in the United States119
- Water Availability: An International View120
- A Comment on Water-Use Estimates121
- Water Supply and Demand: National View122
- Water Supply and Demand: Regional View131
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)136
- Chapter 5. Economis and Water Resources143
- Price Theory: Supply and Demand145
- Welfare Economics151
- Cost–Benefit Analysis153
- Resource and Environmental Economics168
- Chapter 6. Water Demand and Supply: Management and Planning173
- Water Demand174
- Water Supply177
- Planning and Decision Making200
- Chapter 7. Offstream Water Use: Urban and Agricultural Uses211
- Urban Water Systems212
- Irrigation227
- Chapter 8. Instream Water Use: Hydroelectric Power and Recreation245
- Hydropower246
- Water for Recreation260
- Environmental Values and Instream Flows270
- Chapter 9. Water Quality and Ecosystem Health273
- The Water Molecule274
- Categories of Pollutants276
- Water Quality Management292
- The Quality of Our Nation’s Water298
- The Watershed Approach to Water Quality301
- Ecosystems and Water Quality303
- Chapter 10. Floods and Droughts307
- The Human-Ecological Model of Hazards308
- Floods309
- Drought326
- Appendix 1: Unit Conversions and Equivalents341
- Appendix 2: Sources of Water-Related Information345
- Appendix 3: Investment and Discount Factors347
- Bibliography357
- Index367
Water Use Management, and Planning in the United States is designed with new college classes on water resources in mind. It provides information on hydrology, biology, geology, economics, and geography along with historical water policies and regional regulations. The text reflects the transdisciplinary nature of water resources management, moving between descriptive discussions and quantitative analysis to bridge the social and physical sciences. Also providedare frequent case studies and examples to illustrate real-world applications, and includes sidebars throughout to reinforce major points. This book is a result of the authors years of teaching, giving a prescription for an intelligent integrated systemsapproach to water resources management.
Key Features
* Classroom tested
* Quantitative analyses are accompanied by worked examples
* Frequent case studies highlight important applications
* Sidebars reinforce major points and provide parenthetical information
Key Features
* Classroom tested
* Quantitative analyses are accompanied by worked examples
* Frequent case studies highlight important applications
* Sidebars reinforce major points and provide parenthetical information