Description |
1 online resource (x, 417 pages) : illustrations |
Contents |
1. What's the Big Deal, Anyway? -- 2. The Loss of Instream Flows: A Short History of Water Use and Water Law in the West -- 3. Instream Uses of Water -- 4. How Much Water Should Be Left in Streams? -- 5. Instream Flow Protection Issues in the States -- 6. Methods the States Use to Protect Instream Flows -- 7. Effect of Instream Flow Protection on Other Water Uses -- 8. Federal Authorities and Approaches for Protecting Instream Flows -- 9. Federal Water Development Programs Affecting Instream Flows -- 10. Federal Environmental Protection Legislation and Programs Affecting Instream Flows -- 11. Reaching a Balance in Water Allocation |
Summary |
Instream Flow Protection is a comprehensive overview of Western water use and the issues that surround it. The authors explain instream flow and its historical, political, and legal context; describe current instream flow laws and policies; and present methods of protecting instream flow |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-402) and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Rivers -- West (U.S.) -- Regulation
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Streamflow -- West (U.S.)
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Water use -- West (U.S.)
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Rivers -- Regulation
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Streamflow
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Water use
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West United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Brown, Thomas C. (Thomas Capnor), 1945-
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LC no. |
96052477 |
ISBN |
1417539771 |
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9781417539772 |
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9781610910873 |
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1610910877 |
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