Download or read book Notes on Los Angeles Water Supply written by Thomas Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Supply and Consumption in the City of Los Angeles written by Charles Hamilton Lee and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water and Power written by William L. Kahrl and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1983-11-08 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is not the purpose of this work to propose a specific format for the settlement of the city's current difficulties with the valley, to resolve the environmental questions associated with Los Angeles's proposed groundwater pumping program, or to promote any cause associated with the developing situation in the Owens Valley. But by performing the essential historical task of separating what happened from what did not, and by distinguishing in this way the choices which have been made from those which have yet to be decided, it is my hope that this effort will help to establish that common basis for understanding which is essential for the debate over specific issues to proceed most effectively. This book, then, is scarcely the last word on the Owens Valley conflict: the final chapter, after all, has yet to be written. The story that has emerged here is at once very different and more troubling than the conventional treatments of the conflict as a simplistic political morality play. Any attempt to deal with so controversial a subject, however, is almost certain to spark controversy itself. For that reason, with the exception of a small collection of private letters, this work is constructed entirely from the published documents and other materials available to the general public, anchoring the narrative in sources the reader can consult to trace the line of my argument on any point with which he or she may disagree. In addition, the work as a whole has been reviewed for technical accuracy by officials of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, although the department is in no way responsible for the content of this study or the conclusions drawn from it.
Download or read book Memoranda Notes Minutes and Testimony Relating to Second Los Angeles Aqueduct Vs Colorado River Aqueduct for Power and Water Supply written by Charles Hamilton Lee and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Supply of Los Angeles California written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lecture Notes In Water Policy written by David L Feldman and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freshwater is our planet's most precious resource — essential for life itself. Despite this fact, many people across our planet face difficulties finding safe, clean, potable water. A U.S. State Department report contends that the world's thirst for water may become a human security crisis by 2040. The World Bank reports many developing nations face catastrophe from intensive irrigation, urbanization, and deteriorating infrastructure. Also, numerous reports contend that in many places un-treated wastewater is still released directly into the environment. This is particularly true in low-income countries, which on average treat less than 10% of their wastewater discharges.In short, we face three imminent challenges regarding freshwater: (1) demands by agriculture, cities, industry, and energy production are increasing; (2) severe pollution from various contaminants and growing withdrawals are limiting the capacity of waterways to dilute contaminants — threatening human and aquatic life; and, (3) climate change will cause periods of frequent and severe droughts — punctuated by acute periods of flooding.The goal of this book is to illuminate how the governance of freshwater is a political, social, economic, cultural, and ecological challenge. The management and provision of water are not merely technical problems whose resolution hinges on hydrological principle, cost, or engineering feasibility. They are products of decisions made by governments, businesses, and interest groups that exercise control over who has access to water, how they use it, and in what condition they receive it. It discusses basic knowledge about water supply and quality; the evolution of water policy in different societies; the importance of water to human and environmental health; the role of law, politics, and markets in its allocation, use, and protection; and, the importance of ethics in its equitable provision.
Download or read book Water Supply of Los Angeles California written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book William Mulholland and the Rise of Los Angeles written by Catherine Mulholland and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-05-06 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mulholland presided over the creation of a water system that forever changed the course of Southern California's history. In the first full-length biography of the water and civil engineer, his granddaughter provides insights into the triumphant completion of the Owens Valley Aqueduct and the San Francisquito Dam tragedy that ended his career. Archival photos. 7 maps.
Download or read book Water and Power written by Board of Water and Power Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles, 1950-1984 and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Supply of Los Angeles CA Hearing on H R 406 Oct 31 Nov 4 1919 written by United States. Congress. House. Public lands and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water Supply of Los Angeles California written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Los Angeles Water Supply written by Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water and Los Angeles written by William Deverell and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles rose to significance in the first half of the twentieth century by way of its complex relationship to three rivers: the Los Angeles, the Owens, and the Colorado. The remarkable urban and suburban trajectory of southern California since then cannot be fully understood without reference to the ways in which each of these three river systems came to be connected to the future of the metropolitan region. This history of growth must be understood in full consideration of all three rivers and the challenges and opportunities they presented to those who would come to make Los Angeles a global power. Full of primary sources and original documents, Water and Los Angeles will be of interest to both students of Los Angeles and general readers interested in the origins of the city.
Download or read book Report Upon the Sanitary Quality of the Owens River Water Supply Delivered to Consumers in Los Angeles Through the Los Angeles Aqueduct System written by Charles Gilman Hyde and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report and Accounts of the Water System written by Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power. Water System and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book River Notes written by Wade Davis and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plugged by no fewer than twenty-five dams, the Colorado is the world’s most regulated river drainage, providing most of the water supply of Las Vegas, Tucson, and San Diego, and much of the power and water of Los Angeles and Phoenix, cities that are home to more than 25 million people. If it ceased flowing, the water held in its reservoirs might hold out for three to four years, but after that it would be necessary to abandon most of southern California and Arizona, and much of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. For the entire American Southwest the Colorado is indeed the river of life, which makes it all the more tragic and ironic that by the time it approaches its final destination, it has been reduced to a shadow upon the sand, its delta dry and deserted, its flow a toxic trickle seeping into the sea. In this remarkable blend of history, science, and personal observation, acclaimed author Wade Davis tells the story of America’s Nile, how it once flowed freely and how human intervention has left it near exhaustion, altering the water temperature, volume, local species, and shoreline of the river Theodore Roosevelt once urged us to “leave it as it is.” Yet despite a century of human interference, Davis writes, the splendor of the Colorado lives on in the river’s remaining wild rapids, quiet pools, and sweeping canyons. The story of the Colorado River is the human quest for progress and its inevitable if unintended effects—and an opportunity to learn from past mistakes and foster the rebirth of America’s most iconic waterway. A beautifully told story of historical adventure and natural beauty, River Notes is a fascinating journey down the river and through mankind’s complicated and destructive relationship with one of its greatest natural resources.
Download or read book Annual Report written by Los Angeles (Calif.). Department of Water and Power and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
