Irrigation-induced water quality problems : what can be learned from the San Joaquin Valley experience / Committee on Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.

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""Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems""; ""Executive Summary""; ""KESTERSON AS AN EXAMPLE OF A BROADER PROBLEM""; ""UNDERSTANDING THE SCIENTIFIC DIMENSIONS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM""; ""UNDERSTANDING THE INSTITUTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM""; ""RESOLVING PROBLEMS: ESSENTIAL STUDY ELEMENTS""; ""RESOLVING PROBLEMS: IDENTIFYING AND EVALUATING ALTERNATIVES""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Planning Issues :Related to Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems""; ""Policy Issues""

""Responding to Irrigation-Induced Water Quality Problems: A Shared Responsibility""""1 Introduction: Kesterson as an Example of a Broader Problem ""; ""WESTERN U.S. AGRICULTURE""; ""THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY""; ""The Natural History of the San Joaquin Valley""; ""Differences Between the East and West Sides""; ""KESTERSON NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE""; ""STATE AND FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT""; ""THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY DRAINAGE PROGRAM""; ""THE NATIONAL IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY PROGRAM""; ""FUTURE IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE ISSUES""; ""REFERENCES""

""2 Understanding the Scientific Dimensions of an Environmental Problem """"HOW IRRIGATION DRAINAGE ALTERS WATER QUALITY""; ""HYDROLOGY AND SOILS""; ""GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY""; ""FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSIDERATIONS""; ""PUBLIC HEALTH CONSIDERATIONS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Understanding the Institutional Dimensions of an Environmental Problem ""; ""ECONOMIC FACTORS""; ""SOCIAL FACTORS""; ""AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS""; ""LEGAL ISSUES""; ""POLITICAL FACTORS""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCE""; ""4 Resolving Problems: Essential Study Elements ""; ""ESSENTIAL STUDY ELEMENTS""

""Recognizing the Problem""""Defining the Problem""; ""Data Assessment and Acquisition""; ""Assessing the Data Base""; ""Acquiring Additional Data""; ""Interpreting the Data""; ""COMPLEXITY AND STUDY DESIGN""; ""Descriptive Complexity""; ""Interactive Complexity""; ""UNCERTAINTY""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Resolving Problems: Identifying and Evaluating Alternatives ""; ""TECHNICAL OPTIONS""; ""Transport and Disposal of Drainage Water""; ""Ocean Disposal""; ""Deep-Well Injection""; ""Source Control""; ""Retirement of Land from Irrigated Agriculture""; ""Management of Irrigation""

""Onsite Evaporation Ponds""""Drainage Water Treatment Technologies""; ""Desalinization Technologies""; ""Chemical and Biological Removal""; ""INSTITUTIONAL OPTIONS""; ""Price Adjustments""; ""Accurate Market Prices""; ""Taxes and Charges""; ""Subsidies""; ""Legal Changes""; ""Constraints on Water Transfers""; ""Constraints on Drainage""; ""Regulatory Approaches""; ""Organizational Changes""; ""Broadening and Redefining Responsibilities""; ""Correcting Other Institutional Impediments""; ""Political and Social Changes""; ""EVALUATING ALTERNATIVES""; ""Evaluation Criteria""

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