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