Title Comparing futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta / Jay R. Lund ... [and others].

Publication Info.	Berkeley : University of California Press, [2010]
	©2010

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Description	1 online resource (xvii, 229 pages).
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Series	Freshwater ecology series ; v. 3
	Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment
	Freshwater ecology series ; v. 3.
	Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Machine generated contents note: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and Delta Islands Maps -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Legacies of Delta History -- 3. Managing the Inevitable -- 4. Delta Water Exports and Strategies -- 5. Hydrodynamics and the Salinity of Delta Waters -- 6. What a Changing Delta Means for the Ecosystem and Its fish -- 7. Economics of Changing Water Supply and Quality -- 8. Policy and Regulatory Challenges -- 9. Decision Analysis for Delta Exports -- 10. Charting the Future for a Changing Delta -- Appendix. Estimation of Probabilities, Costs, and Reductions for Delta Outcomes and Strategies.
Summary	Through in-depth economic and ecological analysis, the authors find that employing a peripheral canal at the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as part of a larger habitat and water management plan appears to be the best strategy to maintain a high-quality water supply while improving conditions for native fish and wildlife.
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Subject	Water quality management -- California -- Delta Region.
	Water quality management.
	California -- Delta Region.
	Estuarine ecology -- California -- Delta Region.
	Estuarine ecology.
	Water-supply -- California -- Delta Region -- Forecasting.
	Water-supply.
	Forecasting.
	Water diversion -- Environmental aspects -- California -- Delta Region -- Forecasting.
	Delta Region (Calif.) -- Environmental conditions.
	Water-supply -- California -- Delta Region -- Management.
	Water diversion -- Environmental aspects.
	Environmental management -- California -- Delta Region.
	Environmental management.
	Water diversion.
	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
	Management.
	NATURE -- Ecology.
	Ecology.
	Water-supply -- Forecasting.
	Water-supply -- Management.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Lund, Jay R.
Other Form:	Print version: Comparing futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010. 9780520261976 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2009042977
ISBN	9780520945371 ebook
	9780520261976 cloth alkaline paper
	0520261976 cloth alkaline paper
	9780520945371 electronic
	0520945379 electronic
	0520945379 ebook

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