ESPM 50AC Chapter 17: FL'16-36 - Plumbing the Golden State 2.3 - outline
18 Nov 2016
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Lecture 36 california water plumbing the golden state 2. Expands authority at federal and state level to reshape management policies. Congress authorized allocation of funds to protect wild and scenic river, Passing own more rigorous wild and scenic rivers act. Importnat because we have wild and scenic rivers in the state. A good third of water fall on north coast. Established flood water control projects to be preceded by environmental analysis report. Considering options that make more and less sense that is based on value of water management systems and so on. Way for decisionmakers to stop and act in court. Federal water pollution control act amendments = clean water act (1972) Importnat in effectively authorizing swrcb to assume responisbility in implementing clean water standrads. Set standrads to preserve all beneficial uses of water reosurce in the state. Envrionmental quality tied to water quality and quantity.
