Dam removal continues to garner attention as a potential river restoration tool. The
increasing possibility of dam removal through the FERC relicensing process, as well as …

River damming has dramatic environmental impacts and while changes due to reservoir
flooding are immediate, downstream impacts are more spatially extensive. Downstream …

Population growth and climate change will combine to pose substantial challenges for water
management in the United States. Projections of water supply and demand over the 21st …

The vast majority of the world's rivers are now being tapped for their water supplies, yet only
a tiny fraction of these rivers are protected by any sort of environmental flow standard. While …

Human demands on the world's available freshwater supplies continue to grow as the global
population increases. In the endeavor to manage water to meet human needs, the needs of …

The conventional approach to river protection has focused on water quality and maintaining
some" minimum" flow that was thought necessary to ensure the viability of a river. In recent …

The Public Policy Institute of California is dedicated to informing and improving public policy
in California through independent, objective, nonpartisan research. It does not take or …

HYDROLOGICAL ALTERATIONS impoundment of water has reduced sea levels; moreover,
the concentration of water in reservoirs at high latitudes has increased, albeit minutely, the …

Updated edition of a comprehensive introduction to the economics of water management,
with self-contained treatment of all necessary economic concepts. Economics brings …

Technological development of America's rivers, including the installation of more than
80,000 dams, has segmented the streams and fragmented their watersheds. A vision for the …