Thirst for Growth : Water Agencies As Hidden Government in California
ISBN: 9780816549467
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / University of Arizona Press
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time
Subjects: Environmental Studies; Agriculture; Economics; Business/ Management;

An overview of the key issues of public accountability and water policy innovation that confront urban and agricultural water agencies throughout the country--notably in California where the prospects for future water development have become especially problematic. Focusing on six agencies in the Southern California region, they offer a series of case studies analyzing the issues of water quality, including groundwater contamination and disinfection by-products; reallocation and transfer of existing supplies; and management programs based on pricing changes, the conjunctive use of surface and groundwater supplies, and increased storage capacity aimed at greater efficiencies in stretching those existing supplies.

Robert Gottlieb is the coordinator of the environmental analysis and policy area of the UCLA Urban Planning Program. He is the author of six books including A Life of Its Own: The Politics and Power of Water and Empires in the Sun: The Rise of the New American West (coauthored with Peter Wiley).

Margaret FitzSimmons is an assistant professor of urban planning in the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning at UCLA. She received the Nystrom Award from the Association of American Geographers in 1985 for her dissertation research on agricultural change and environmental consequences and has continued to do research on agriculture, water quality, and toxic substance issues.

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