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Scarce Water: Technology, Control and Solutions

Fromm Institute at University of San Francisco – Fall 2009

Rod Handeland Monday 1-2:40 pm http://www.usfca.edu/fromm/handouts.html

rpjhand@pacbell.net http://www.rodhandeland.com/

Bibliographic Resources Updated Nov. 2, 2009

Overall Scare Water Recommended Books

Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource, Marc De Villiers, 2000. http://www.amazon.com/Water-Fate-Most-Precious-Resource/dp/0618127445/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251381970&sr=8-1.

Great Thirst: Californians and Water History, Norris Hundley, Jr. 2001. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Thirst-Californians-Water-History/dp/0520224566/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251382191&sr=1-3.

Whose Water Is It?: The Unquenchable Thirst of a Water-Hungry World, Douglas Jehl, Bernadette McDonald, 2004. http://www.amazon.com/Whose-Water-Unquenchable-Thirst-Water-Hungry/dp/0792273753/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251382671&sr=1-1.

Other Scarce Water Book Resources

Cadillac Desert : The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Marc Reisner, 1993. http://www.amazon.com/Cadillac-Desert-American-Disappearing-Revised/dp/0140178244/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251395128&sr=1-1.

Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity, Sandra Postel, 1997. http://www.amazon.com/Last-Oasis-Scarcity-Worldwatch-Environmental/dp/0393317447/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251395630&sr=1-1.

Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water, Phillip Ball, 2001. http://www.amazon.com/Lifes-Matrix-Biography-Philip-Ball/dp/0520230086/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251723706&sr=1-1.

Steam: The Untold Story of America's First Great Invention, Andrea Sutcliffe, 2004. http://www.amazon.com/Steam-Untold-Story-Americas-Invention/dp/0786268948/ref=ed_oe_h.

Water for Sale: How Business and the Market Can Resolve the World's Water Crisis, Fredrik Segerfeldt, 2005. http://www.amazon.com/Water-Sale-Business-Market-Resolve/dp/1930865767/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251395344&sr=1-1.

Liquid Assets: Demographics, Water Management, and Freshwater Resources, Jill Boberg, 2006. http://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Assets-Demographics-Management-Corporation/dp/0833032968/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251395453&sr=1-8.

Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? Sandra Postel, 1999. http://www.amazon.com/Pillar-Sand-Irrigation-Miracle-Last/dp/0393319377/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251395762&sr=1-1.

The World's Water 2008-2009: The Biennial Report on Freshwater Resources, Peter Gleick, 2009. http://www.amazon.com/Worlds-Water-2008-2009-Freshwater-Resources/dp/1597265055/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251396007&sr=1-3.

State of the World 2007: Our Urban Future, Worldwatch Institute, 2007. http://www.amazon.com/State-World-2007-Urban-Future/dp/0393329232/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251396280&sr=1-1.

Dam!: Water, Power, Politics, and Preservation in Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite National Park, John Simpson, 2005. http://www.amazon.com/Dam-Politics-Preservation-Yosemite-National/dp/0375422315/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251725881&sr=1-6.

The Battle over Hetch Hetchy: America's Most Controversial Dam and the Birth of Modern Environmentalism. Robert Righter, 2006. http://www.amazon.com/Battle-over-Hetch-Hetchy-Environmentalism/dp/0195313097/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251723957&sr=1-1.

Big Dams of the New Deal Era: A Confluence of Engineering And Politics, David Billington, Donald Jackson, 2006. http://www.amazon.com/Big-Dams-New-Deal-Era/dp/0806137959/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251724125&sr=1-7.

Aqueduct Empire: Guide to Water in California 1968 and Understanding California Water 2003, California water: Challenges and Crises 2008, Erwin Cooper. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?%5Fencoding=UTF8&sort=relevancerank&search-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Erwin%20Cooper

Vital Water Graphics, 2002, UN Environment Program. http://www.amazon.com/Vital-Water-Graphics-Overview-Worlds/dp/9280722360/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1255889742&sr=1-1

Sustaining California Agriculture in Uncertain Future, Pacific Institute 2006. http://www.pacinst.org/reports/california_agriculture/final.pdf

Scarce Water Articles and Research Report URL Links

Agriculture, Irrigation Agricultural Water Management Council - Home Agroecology, Small Farms, and Food Sovereignty - Monthly Review AWMC Cal Report Drip irrigation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PacInstit - Irrigation Sensors PacInstit Sustaining Ag Exec Summary Precision Pays
California and West 2008 SFPUC Water Quality Report A Western Water War Slows Some Solar Projects - NYTimes.com Aquafornia Current Issues Aquafornia Photos Aquifornia - Central Valley Project Aquifornia Central Valley Salinity Aquifornia Delta Aquifornia SoCal CA Reservoir Capacity Hydro Basin Cal Agriculture Water Fact Handbook Cal Facts 2004 State Economy California Report In Dry Times, Deep Reservoir of Water Solutions Circle of Blue WaterNews California Reservoir Levels California Water Districts California Water Impact Network (C-WIN) Pumping water and cash from Delta California's Water An LAO Primer City Brights Peter Gleick Saving California Agriculture CVP Water Subsidies - EnvirWorkGrp EWG Economist - California's Water Wars Editorial Historic California water agreement is a positive step forward - Inside Bay Area Environmental Water Account Program Threatens to Dry Up Farms and Soak Taxpayers Glen Canyon Photos Guide to Dammed California http--www.compassonline.org-pdf_files-BACT_DamFactsheet.pdf http--www.waterplan.water.ca.gov-docs-cwpu2005-vol4-vol4-infrastructure-careservoirsummary.pdf L.A.'s rainwater harvesting program LA Water Engineering LearnCalifornia.org - Hydraulic Mining and Controversy Legislative Delta Policy and Water Bonds Mississippi River Links Ogallala PacInst - Cal Water 2020 Sustainable Vision Project details - Central Valley Project - Bureau of Reclamation Proposed Water Plant Raises Growth Issues in Marin County - NYTimes.com San Francisco Streams Saving California agriculture from the growing water crisis. watersanity Saving The Bay » The Series SF Bay Perils AAAS SF Estuary Institute SF Wastewater Treatment Plant SFBCDC - History of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission SFWATER.ORG Rainwater Harvesting Siera Nevada Rivers - Monthly Average Flows Sierra Club Delta (Louisiana) Chapter Atchafalaya Basin page SoCal MWD Rate Plan USGS - CA Ground Water USGS - Ground Water Atlas of the US - California Nevada USGS - Ground Water Atlas of the US, Segment 1, California, Nevada USGS Professional Paper 1766 Groundwater Availability of the Central Valley Aquifer, California Windmills of California Woods Institute - Water in the West Workshop
Economics An Integrated Urban Water Strategy Conservation among keys to coping with water woes - San Jose Mercury News Google Image Result for http--www.hercenter.org-images-piechart.jpg OECD Observer Pricing water Public Citizen - Water Privatization Issues & Debates Questions and Answers About Large Dams International Rivers The State of the Art for Water Management TVA From the New Deal to a New Century U.S. Must Rethink Policies on Water Supply Water for Sale Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Technology Ancient irrigation Iran Atmospheric water generator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Body water - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia CAhistory Cheaper desalination - Economist Climate Change Science Compendium 2009 - United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Greywater Recycling Greywater Sustainable Investment Gristmill Water Power HarvestH2O.com State of Rainwater HISTORY OF THE WATER PUMPING WINDMILL IN AMERICA. A facinating yet not well known part of our history - Well Illistrated How Hydrogen Fuel Cells Work GreenCar.com http--www.unep.org-Themes-Freshwater-PDF-Rainwater_Harvesting_090310b.pdf Human Body Water Hydroelectricity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hydrop Power Plants Leakey Aquifer Restoration Mesopotamia Environmental Change Nanotechnology and rainmaking Niagara Falls History of Power Norman Borlaug Economist Ocean Wave Energy Pacific Institute Reports PacInstit - Sustaining Cal Ag in Uncertain Future Rainwater Harvesting Guide Stationary Energy Storage, Pumped Water for Hydro Tankless Water Heaters Vital Water Graphics Water Purification Water Wired Waterless Toilet Metaefficient Waterless Toilets Why is the Ocean Salty Windmill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Windmill History to 1875
Water Cycle, Statistics Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2000--Figure 7 (USGS Circular 1268) Falling Fertility - Economist Millennium in maps series of maps from National Geographic Origin of water on Earth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pacific Institute Publications Reports and Research SAIS Water Issue Search Results domestic water use OR freshwater OR agriculture OR industry, page 2 - Maps and Graphics at UNEP-GRID-Ar The Water Cycle Feature Articles The Water Cycle Water storage in ice and snow, from USGS Water Science for Schools The world's water, 1998-1999 the ... - Google Books US Groundwater Depletion Vital Water Graphics Water Archives - Bancroft UC
World Aral Sea China Irrigation China Water Plans Dams in India Economist India Monsoon 2009 Google Image Result for http--www.cambodianonline.net-images-AtlanticArcticRivers2.jpg Himalayan Watershed Shortages, MegaProjects, Environment Threats History of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project History of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Millennium Development Goals Monsoon No India Aquifer Loss Northern river reversal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rainforest Facts Researchers see dramatic drop in Indian groundwater; fear severe water shortages River Facts River Systems of the World Siberia Water, Environment Siberian Water to Save the Aral Sea EcoWorld The James Bay Project (1972) historical context, economic impact and related links The Sayano-Shushenskaya dam accident - The Big Picture - Boston.com Trying to green the growing Gobi Desert - World Blog - msnbc.com