Bulletin 160-93, The California Water Plan Update, October 1994



Contents of Chapter 2 The Institutional Framework for Water Resource Management in California

Allocation and Management of California's Water Supplies

California Constitution Article X, Section 2; Riparian and Appropriative Rights; Water Rights Permits and Licenses; Ground Water Management; Public Trust Doctrine; Federal Power Act; Area of Origin Statutes

The Current Regulatory and Legislative Framework

Protection of Fish and Wildlife, Environmental Review and Mitigation, Protection of Wild and Natural Areas

Water Quality Protection

Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, Drinking Water Quality

San Francisco Bay and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

State Water Project and Federal Central Valley Project, Decision 1485, Racanelli Decision, Coordinated Operation Agreement, SWRCB Bay-Delta Proceedings, Fish Protection Agreement, Suisun Marsh Preservation Agreement

Surface Water Management

Regional Water Projects, Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992, Transfer of the CVP

Trends in Water Resource Management

Water Transfers, Water Use Efficiency, Management Programs

Interstate Water Resource Management

Colorado River, Truckee-Carson-Pyramid Lake Water Rights Settlement Act of 1991, Klamath Project

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