California Water Made Simple

California_water_explained_2dCelebrating end of the academic year, and the need to grade papers, here is a reprise post from January 29, 2014.

There’s only so many acre-feet of water jargon the public can absorb during a drought. Here’s a primer that avoids wading into cubic-feet-per-second, appropriative water rights, overdraft, conjunctive water use and the like.

Further reading

http://CaliforniaWaterBlog.com

Hanak, et al. 2011, Managing California’s Water: From Conflict to Reconciliation, Public Policy Institute of California

http://mavensnotebook.com