California, a State of Extremes Management Framework for Present-Day and Future Hydroclimate Extremes

California’s extensive system of major statewide and region-al-scale water infrastructure, together with its robust institutional infrastructure for water management, were developed in response to long-recognized needs to connect locations of water supplies with areas of water supply deficiencies an...

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Published inWater Policy and Planning pp. 207 - 222
Main Author Jones, Jeanine
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published CRC Press 2016
Edition1
Subjects
Proposition 1E
Facilitate Water Transfers
Small Water Systems
Control Salinity Intrusion
Local Water Projects
Colorado River
Flood Risk
USBR
Flood Risk Reduction
California Global Warming Solutions Act
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act
Mountain Snowpack
Climate Change
Flood Management
Coordinated State Planning
Downstream Urban Area
Lake Tahoe
Federal CVP
Water Management Infrastructure
Flood Frequency Analyses
Flood Risk Management
Major Water Infrastructure
State Water Resources Control Board
Levee Failure
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Summary:California’s extensive system of major statewide and region-al-scale water infrastructure, together with its robust institutional infrastructure for water management, were developed in response to long-recognized needs to connect locations of water supplies with areas of water supply deficiencies and to deal with temporal variability in precipitation. Managing water in California is about managing for the extremes—droughts and floods. The historical context for development of the state’s management capacity has set the stage for dealing with another stressor being added to an already significant list of water supply and flood risk reduction chal-lenges—that of adapting to extreme events related to climate change. California has put in place a framework for climate change adaptation, one that will facilitate res-ponding to expected long-term impacts such as loss of mountain snowpack and the storage capacity it provides for water supply and flood management purposes. All views expressed in this chapter are the author’s; nothing herein represents views of the California Department of Water Resources or the State of California.
ISBN:1482227975
1138490865
9781482227970
9781138490864
DOI:10.1201/b19534-11