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1994 - Executive Summary Of Lessons Learned From The California Drought (1987-1992)
1994 - Executive Summary Of Lessons Learned From The California Drought (1987-1992)
Miscellaneous Federal Documents & Reports
A 1994 report covering the period of 1987-1992 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding a national drought study instituted in 1989 during the middle of the California drought. The study included the views of 100 key members of the California water community, representing 57 organizations that included federal, state, regional, and local water supply agencies as well as environmental, private, and governmental entities that controlled and influenced water management in California.
1994 - Managing Water For Drought, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers And Institute For Water Resources
1994 - Managing Water For Drought, U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers And Institute For Water Resources
Miscellaneous Federal Documents & Reports
The purpose of the report was to explain the procedure for cooperative federal-state drought preparedness studies, to indicate how the studies related to the longstanding principles and guidance for federal water resources investigations, and to indicate the means of implementing conclusions arrived at in any given region. This 1994 report, developed during a four-year National Study of Water Management, summarizes the method of improving water management during drought. The method was tested and refined in four field studies in different parts of the country, in which teams of water managers and users worked together to reduce drought impacts. In each …
1971 - Dwr Bulletin 176, Land Use In California, An Index To Surveys Conducted By The California Department Of Water Resources 1950-1970
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
The purpose of the 1971 California Department of Water Resources (DWR) Bulletin No. 176 was to bring the wealth of land information assembled by the DWR over a 20-year period to the attention of public and private planning groups. The DWR and it's predecessor agencies had conducted surveys to monitor the development of California's lands in order to determine the changing needs for water management. In the preceding 20 years, population in California had doubled, resulting in an average annual increase in urban land of more than 50,000 ares and an increase in total irrigated acreage of 20 percent. The …