| Description |
1 online resource (x, 417 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-402) and index. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| 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. |
| 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.
(OCoLC)fst01098337
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Streamflow. (OCoLC)fst01134618
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Water use. (OCoLC)fst01172188
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United States, West. (OCoLC)fst01243255
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| Added Author |
Brown, Thomas C. (Thomas Capnor), 1945-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gillilan, David M., 1960- Instream flow protection. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©1997 (DLC) 96052477 |
| ISBN |
1417539771 (electronic bk.) |
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9781417539772 (electronic bk.) |
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9781610910873 (electronic bk.) |
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1610910877 (electronic bk.) |
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