Sustainable Water: Challenges and Solutions from California

by Allison Lassiter (Editor)

Overview

Water scarcity, urban population growth, and deteriorating infrastructure are impacting water security around the globe. Struggling with the most significant drought in its recorded history, California faces all of these challenges to secure reliable water supplies for the future. The unfolding story of California water includes warnings and solutions for any region seeking to manage water among the pressures of a dynamic society and environment.

Written by leading policy makers, lawyers, economists, hydrologists, ecologists, engineers, and planners, Sustainable Water reaches across disciplines to address problems and solutions for the sustainable use of water in urban areas. The solutions and ideas put forward in this book integrate water management strategies to increase resilience in a changing world.

Contributors: John T. Andrew, Carolina Balazs, Celeste Cantú, Juliet Christian-Smith, Matthew Deitch, Caitlin Dyckman, Howard Foster, Julian Fulton, Peter Gleick, Brian E. Gray, Ellen Hanak, Maurice Hall, Michael Hanemann, Sasha Harris-Lovett, Matthew Heberger, G. Mathias Kondolf, Jay Lund, Damian Park, Kristen Podolak, John Radke, Isha Ray, David Sedlak, Fraser Shilling, Daniel Wendell, Robert Wilkinson, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Sarah Yarnell

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520285354
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	07/24/2015
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Allison Lassiter completed a PhD in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction - Allison Lassiter

1. Adapting California’s Water Sector to a Changing Climate - John T. Andrew
2. The Water–Energy–Climate Nexus in California - Robert Wilkinson
3. California’s Flawed Surface Water Rights - Michael Hanemann, Caitlin Dyckman, and Damian Park
4. The Reasonable Use Doctrine in California Water Law and Policy - Brian E. Gray
5. Urban Water Demand and Pricing in a Changing Climate - Juliet Christian-Smith and Matthew Heberger
6. Coping with Delta Floods and Protecting California’s Water Supply in a Regional Flood Management System - Howard Foster and John Radke
7. Portfolio Approaches to Reduce Costs and Improve Reliability of Water Supplies - Ellen Hanak and Jay Lund
8. The Challenge of Sustainable Groundwater - Management in California Daniel Wendell and Maurice Hall
9. People, Resources, and Policy in Integrated Water Resource Management - Celeste Cantú
10. The History of Water Reuse in California - Sasha Harris-Lovett and David Sedlak
11. Water Justice in California’s Central Valley - Carolina Balazs and Isha Ray
12. The Incendiary Mix of Salmon and Water in Mediterranean-Climate California - Matthew Deitch and G. Mathias Kondolf
13. Adaptive Management in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Relicensing - Kristen Podolak and Sarah Yarnell
14. Emerging Cultural Waterscapes in California Cities Connect Rain to Taps and Drains to Gardens - Cleo Woelfle-Erskine
15. California’s Water Footprint Is Too Big for Its Pipes - Julian Fulton and Fraser Shilling

Afterword - Peter Gleick

Index

Editorial Reviews

"Lively and provocative with real food for thought."

The Huffington Post - Jonah Raskin

"[Sustainable Water] critically examines the variability and uncertainty of the water footprint as well as its future role in sustainable water management."

Environment and Urbanization