Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta

by Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on Sustainable Water and Environmental Management in the California Bay-Delta, Ocean Studies Board

Extensively modified over the last century and a half, California's San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary remains biologically diverse and functions as a central element in California's water supply system. Uncertainties about the future, actions taken under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and companion California statues, and lawsuits have led to conflict concerning the timing and amount of water that can be diverted from the Delta for agriculture,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309256194
• ISBN13: 9780309256193
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 270 Pages