Title Overtapped oasis : reform or revolution for western water / Marc Reisner and Sarah Bates ; foreword by Bruce Babbitt

Published Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [1990] ©1990

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Description 1 online resource Contents Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: A Brief Look at Western Water History -- The Inevitable Federal Role -- How the Government Watered the West -- The Fruits of Water Development: A Balance Sheet -- Environmental Costs and Benefits -- The Columbia River Dams -- The Central Valley Project and Tulare Basin Dams -- Other Disappearing Wildlife Habitats -- The Colorado River -- Rare and Endangered Species, Recreation, and Other Environmental Matters -- The "New" Bureau of Reclamation -- Part II: Water and the Law: How the West's Most Valuable Resource Is Allocated, Used, and Wasted -- The Basics of Western Water Law -- The Origins of Prior Appropriation -- Problems with the Prior Appropriation System -- Water Transfers in the System -- Water Transfer Procedures -- State Laws and Policies -- Area of Origin Protection -- Instream Flow Protection -- Public Interest and Public Trust Issues -- Salvaged Water -- Interstate Transfer Restrictions -- Federal Water -- The Reclamation Water Right -- Selling or Leasing Reclamation Water -- Indian Water Transfers -- The Winters Doctrine -- Obstacles to Indian Water Marketing -- Water Marketing: A Status Report -- Colorado -- Utah -- Arizona -- New Mexico -- California -- Nevada -- Idaho -- Other Western States -- Trends and Prospects -- Part III: A Modest Proposal: Modernizing Water Management in the West -- The Realm of the Possible -- The High Plains District's Conservation Program -- A Paradigm of Conservation? -- The First Set of Recommendations: The Federal Level -- The Second Set of Recommendations: The State Level -- A Final Recommendation: A Conserved Water Trust for the Environment -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: The Imperial Irrigation District/Metropolitan Water District Water Transfer: A Case Study Appendix B: Department of the Interior Water Transfer Policy -- Appendix C: Bureau of Reclamation Directory -- Bibliography -- Index -- Board of Directors Summary Overtapped Oasis analyzes the West's water allocation system from top to bottom and offers dozens of revolutionary proposals for increased efficiency and policy reform. Marc Reisner and Sarah Bates argue that the West's underlying problem is not a shortage of water but the inefficient use of it, a problem caused by a bewildering tangle of federal subsidy programs, restrictive state water codes, anachronistic irrigation practices and -- perhaps most important -- resistance to reform Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 7, 2015) Subject Water-supply -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) Water resources development -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) Water conservation -- Government policy -- West (U.S.) BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General. Water conservation -- Government policy Water resources development -- Government policy Water-supply -- Government policy West United States Form Electronic book Author Bates, Sarah F., author ISBN 9781610912952 1610912950

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