Drought, water law, and the origins of California's Central Valley project / Tim Stroshane.

"This book is an account of how water rights were designed as a key part of the state's largest public water system, the Central Valley Project. Along sixty miles of the San Joaquin River, from Gustine to Mendota, four corporate entities called "exchange contractors" retain paramount water rights to...

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Main Author: Stroshane, Tim, 1957- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Reno ; Las Vegas : University of Nevada Press, [2016]
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Physical Description:xi, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Format: Book

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