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The Reference Guide (Encyclopedia Water Plan) is formally divided into the following subject categories for easy indexing: Background; Crop Water Use; Data and Analytical Tools; Environment; Environmental Justice; Global Climate Change; Hydrology; Infrastructure; Landscape Water Use; Legislation; Litigation; Planning; Tribal History and Consulation and Water Quality. At the end of The Reference Guide, you will also find a glossary for your use while reading. The articles contained herein can be more generally divided into the following areas.
• Background on California water resources. So, when did the St. Francis Dam fail? What's the background and current status of the Monterey Agreement litigation? In surveying Water Plan Update users, many responded that they frequently turn to the document for this good, basic information on water resources in California.
• Water resources analysis. Trying to figure out water resources in California is hard work, and many of the following articles provide the reader with an in-depth discussion of some of the complex issues with which State, regional, and local planners grapple. These articles focus on planning techniques, �data and tools� for water resources evaluation, and just about everything you ever wanted to know about evapotranspiration.
• Emerging issues in California water resources. The Water Plan Update previews many water resources issues that are just emerging and/or growing in concern. They include climate change, environmental justice, the integration of land use and water resources in planning, the future of California agriculture, and the potential for water use efficiency in the environmental sector. DWR expects that many of these subjects could take a larger role in the next Water Plan Update.
Not every article suggested or even submitted for the Reference Guide is accepted for publication. To be included, an article needs a direct link to an issue in the Water Plan Update and, in fact, has to provide more substantive background or discussion of that issue. Articles have to be reasonably objective (even those with bylines) and well-written. For the most part, the Water Plan Advisory Committee and DWR staff are the primary sources of ideas for Reference Guide articles.
So, we invite you to choose, read, and enjoy those articles in which you are interested. We are, of course, obligated to close by noting that these articles contain solely the views of the authors themselves, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Water Resources or the Water Plan Advisory Committee.
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Background |
Cover |
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The Advisory Committee View
(by the California Water Plan Update 2005 Public Advisory Committee) |
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Bay Delta Standards Contained in D-1641
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A California Water Chronology
(by the Water Education Foundation)
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A Look Back at Past California Water Plans
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Selected Task Force and Advisory Panels
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Selected Water Prices in California |
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Water Allocation, Use and Regulation in California
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What's So Special About Special Districts? A Citizen's Guide to Special Districts in California (Third Edition)
(by Kimia Mizany and April Manatt, CA Senate Local Government Committee) |
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Crop Water Use |
Cover |
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Introduction
(by Scott Matyac, DWR)
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The Amount of Water We Eat
(by John Letey and David Birkle. Originally published in Currents, A Newsletter of the University of California Water Resources Center, Winter 2003, Volume 4, Issue 1) |
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Central Valley Crop Classification Processing Using Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies
(by Jeff Milliken, Mariette Shin, David Hansen, Charles Johnson, Michael Sebhat, Joel Zander - USBR Mid Pacific Region) |
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CUP (Consumptive Use Program) Model
(by Morteza Orang, Richard Snyder, Scott Matyac, DWR and UC Davis) |
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Evaporation Research -- A Review and Interpretation
(by C.M. Burt, A.J. Mutziger, R.G. Allen, and T.A. Howell) |
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Evapotranspiration and Relative Contribution by the Soil and the Plant
(by Theodore Hsiao and Liukang Xu, UC Davis) |
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Evapotranspiration from a Satellite-Based Surface Energy Balance for the Snake Plain Aquifer in Idaho
(by Richard G. Allen, Anthony Morse, Masahiro Tasumi, Ricardo Trezza, Wim Bastiaanssen, James L. Wright, and William Kramber) |
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Limits to the Productivity of Water in Crop Production
(by Andrew Keller and David Seckler) |
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Model for Estimating Evaporation and Transpiration from Row Crops
(by Francesca Ventura, Ben A. Faber, Khaled M. Bali, Richard L. Snyder, Donatella Spano, Pierpaolo Duce, and Kurt F. Schulbach) Originally published in Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers. Nov/Dec 2001. Obtained from WWW.PUBS.ASCE.ORG. |
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The Promise of Regulated Deficit Irrigation in California's Orchards and Vineyards
(by David Goldhamer and Elias Fereres,
UC Davis, IAS-CSIC and University of Cordoba, Spain) |
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SIMETAW (Simulation of Evapotranspiration of Applied Water)
(by Richard Snyder, Morteza Orang, Shu Geng, Scott Matyac and Sara Sarreshteh, UC Davis and DWR) |
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Data and Analytical Tools |
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California 2030: An Efficient Future, Executive Summary, September 2005
(by Peter H. Gleick and Heather Cooley, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, and David Groves, Pardee RAND Graduate School) |
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Future Quantitative Analysis for California Water Planning
(by Ken Kirby, Active Curiosity Inc.) |
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| Improving Analytical Procedures Used to Describe Future Water Conditions for the California Water Plan |
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| Recommended Next Steps for Improving Quantitative Information for the California Water Plan |
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Quantified Scenarios of 2030 Water Demand
(by David Groves, Pardee RAND Graduate School, and Scott Matyac and Tom Hawkins, DWR) |
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A Strategic Analysis Framework for Managing Water in California. September 2005
(by California Water and Environment Modeling Forum) |
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Survey of Irrigation Methods in California in 2001
(by Morteza Orang, Richard Snyder and Scott Matyac, DWR and UC Davis) |
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Environment |
Cover |
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Applying the Public Trust Doctrine to River Protection
(by Jan S. Stevens) |
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Considering Water Use Efficiency for the Environmental Sector
(by Jeff Deason, Jessica Fast, Lisa Schroeer, Brian Turner and Renske van Staveren, UC Berkeley) |
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Recommendations Regarding Scenarios and Application of Environmental Water "Demands" in the State Water Plan Update & Quantification of Unmet Environmental Objectives in State Water Plan 2003 Using Actual Flow Data for 1998, 2000, and 2001
(by Environmental Defense) |
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Environmental Justice |
Cover |
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Environmental Justice in California Government
(by Governor's Office of Planning and Research) |
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General Plan Guidelines Chapter 2: Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice
(by Governor's Office of Planning and Research) |
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Global Climate Change |
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Climate Change and California Water Resources: A Survey and Summary of the Literature
(by Michael Kiparsky and Peter H. Gleick, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security)
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Accounting For Climate Change
(by Maurice Roos, DWR) |
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Hydrology |
Cover |
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California River Indices
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Frequency of a 100 Year Flood
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Major Floods Since 1950
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Severity of Extreme Droughts in Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley
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Infrastructure |
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California's Major Water Projects |
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California Reservoir Summary |
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CALFED Bay-Delta Surface Storage Investigations Progress Report, April 2005
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Hydropower Projects Relicensing
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Landscape Water Use |
Cover |
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Urban Landscape Evapotranspiration
(by Richard L. Snyder, University of California, Atmospheric Science, Davis, California, and Simon Eching, DWR) |
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Vegetative Assessment in an Urban Environment
(by Alan Walters, Agricast) |
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The Brown Act: Open Meetings for Local Legislative Bodies
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A Handy Guide to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act 2004
(by California Attorney General's Office) |
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Recent Water Legislation
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Water Bonds
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Water Plan Legislation
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Work Plan for Meeting Legal Requirements for the California Water Plan
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Litigation |
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Joint Statement on the Monterey Amendments Litigation
(by DWR, Central Coast Water Authority, State Water Contractors, Planning and Conservation League, Plumas County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and the Citizens' Planning Association of Santa Barbara County) |
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Summary of Significant Litigation 1998 - 2005
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Planning |
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"Addressing California's Uncertain Water Future by Coordinating Long-Term Land Use and Water Planning: Is a Water Element in the General Plan the Next Step?"
(by Ryan Waterman. Originally published in Ecology Law Quarterly, Volume 31, Issue 1 at page 117, Copyright (c) 2004 by the Regents of the University of California.) |
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Customer & Stake Holders Survey for CWP Update 2003
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Financing Strategies and Guidelines for Funding Water Resource Projects
(by David Kracman, The Flatwater Group) |
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Future Food Production and Consumption in California Under Alternative Scenarios
(by Henrich Brunke, Richard Howitt and Daniel Sumner, University of California Agricultural Issues Center) |
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Future Scenarios Presented in Water Plan Update 2005
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Involving Stakeholders In Irrigation and Drainage District Decisions: Who, What, When, Where, Why, How
(by Lisa Beutler, Center for Collaborative Policy, California State University, Sacramento) |
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Planning For Extreme and Prolonged Drought Conditions
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Planning Framework for Water Plan Update
(by Lisa Beutler and David Sumi, Center for Collaborative Policy, California State University, Sacramento)
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Strategic Planning Guidelines
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Tribal History and Consultation
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| Early California Laws and Policies Related to California Indians |
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Tribal Consultation Guidelines, Supplement to General Plan Guidelines
(by Governor's Office of Planning and Research) |
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Water Quality
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California Nonpoint Source Encyclopedia
(prepared for SWRCB, by Tetra Tech, Inc.) |
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Californians Without Safe Water: A 2005 Update
(by Monique Wilber) |
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California Water Quality, 2004
(written and edited by John Andrew, DWR)
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References |
References |
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Glossary |
California Water Plan Glossary and Metric Conversion Table |
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