Irrigation-induced water quality problems : what can be learned from the San Joaquin Valley experience /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1989.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems
- Executive Summary
- KESTERSON AS AN EXAMPLE OF A BROADER PROBLEM
- UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENTIFIC DIMENSIONS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
- UNDERSTANDING THE INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
- RESOLVING PROBLEMS: ESSENTIAL STUDY ELEMENTS
- RESOLVING PROBLEMS: IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING ALTERNATIVES
- RECOMMENDATIONS
- Planning Issues :Related to Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems
- Policy Issues
- Responding to Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems: A Shared Responsibility1 Introduction: Kesterson as an Example of a Broader Problem
- WESTERN U.S. AGRICULTURE
- THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
- The Natural History of the San Joaquin Valley
- Differences Between the East and West Sides
- KESTERSON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
- STATE AND FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT
- THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY DRAINAGE PROGRAM
- THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY PROGRAM
- FUTURE IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ISSUES
- REFERENCES
- 2 Understanding the Scientific Dimensions of an Environmental Problem HOW IRRIGATION DRAINAGE ALTERS WATER QUALITY
- HYDROLOGY AND SOILS
- GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY
- FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSIDERATIONS
- PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS
- CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- 3 Understanding the Institutional Dimensions of an Environmental Problem
- ECONOMIC FACTORS
- SOCIAL FACTORS
- AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
- LEGAL ISSUES
- POLITICAL FACTORS
- CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCE
- 4 Resolving Problems: Essential Study Elements
- ESSENTIAL STUDY ELEMENTS
- Recognizing the ProblemDefining the Problem
- Data Assessment and Acquisition
- Assessing the Data Base
- Acquiring Additional Data
- Interpreting the Data
- COMPLEXITY AND STUDY DESIGN
- Descriptive Complexity
- Interactive Complexity
- UNCERTAINTY
- CONCLUSIONS
- REFERENCES
- 5 Resolving Problems: Identifying and Evaluating Alternatives
- TECHNICAL OPTIONS
- Transport and Disposal of Drainage Water
- Ocean Disposal
- Deep-Well Injection
- Source Control
- Retirement of Land from Irrigated Agriculture
- Management of Irrigation
- Onsite Evaporation PondsDrainage Water Treatment Technologies
- Desalinization Technologies
- Chemical and Biological Removal
- INSTITUTIONAL OPTIONS
- Price Adjustments
- Accurate Market Prices
- Taxes and Charges
- Subsidies
- Legal Changes
- Constraints on Water Transfers
- Constraints on Drainage
- Regulatory Approaches
- Organizational Changes
- Broadening and Redefining Responsibilities
- Correcting Other Institutional Impediments
- Political and Social Changes
- EVALUATING ALTERNATIVES
- Evaluation Criteria