Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library

Water

Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

On May 1, 2007, the State of California issued an advisory on the need for water conservation.

California is susceptible to drought. Resourceful approaches to conserving and storing water have worked in the past.

The Library has materials on water-related topics.

Here are tips for finding them in the collection. You may browse the collection in the area of 333.91. Search in the library catalog using recommended subject headings provided below.

Water in the Catalog

California Water Issues and History

Drought, water supplies, and ways to get water from sparsely populated areas to urban areas are recurring themes. Suggested subject headings follow:

Among these resources a detailed history is The Great Thirst: Californians and Water: A History by Norris Hundley, Jr.

Conservation

Subject headings related to water conservation include the following:

San Joaquin River Delta Region headings include the following:

Subject headings related to San Joaquin River Delta Region include the following:

Water Quality

Subject headings related to water quality include the following:

Articles

Finding articles about water issues is easy. Your access to online magazine subscriptions through the Library web pages may help.

Search EBSCO Host for water topics using any of the above-mentioned subject headings.

Also, consider local newspapers as sources.

The Record newspaper ran the following articles of interest:

Department of Water Resources. State of California
Issues advisories and gathers data related to snowpack, State Water Project, water storage, and drought preparedness.
CALFED Bay Delta Program
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks to maintain levees and ensure waterways are navigable.
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Collaboration in Water Resources Planning in California: A Case Study of CALFED
The California Digital Library provides access to this study. Abstract: This thesis examines the collaborative processes used by the CALFED Operations Group (Ops Group) and the outcomes achieved by these processes. The CALFED Bay Delta Program is a complex partnership of over 20 state and federal agencies that seeks to balance competing needs and interests in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Ops Group coordinates the operations of the two large water export projects in the south Delta -— the Central Valley Project (CVP) and State Water Project (SWP) -— with environmental and water quality regulations.
Bureau of Reclamation. U.S. Department of the Interior
Manages water in the West. Established in 1902, this agency manages dams, powerplants, and canals. The Central Valley Operations Office web site posts water supply reports for area reservoirs under their jurisdiction and information about loss of delta smelt and other fish due to pumping.
U.S. Drought Monitor
Tracks data related to drought and presents a map showing the extent and location of drought conditions in the U.S. Maintained by the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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