Water in the West

Jacqueline Vaughn, Ph.D., is professor emerita of political science at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA. Her published works include ABC-CLIO's Conflicts over Natural Resources: A Reference Handbook.

• PREFACE CHAPTER 1: WESTERN WATER CONFLICTS: BACKGROUND AND HISTORYIntroductionBringing Water to Los AngelesSurface Water Sources and ChallengesGroundwater Sources and ChallengesThe Evolution of Western Water Rights and LawNative American Water RightsFederalism and Interstate Water AgreementsManaging Water Across International Boundaries: Mexico and CanadaThe Dam Builders of the West: The Bureau of ReclamationThe Other Dam Builders: The United States Army Corps of EngineersRemoving the Dams and Restoring the RiversThe Other Water Agency: The United States Geological SurveyThe Role of Non-Governmental and Non-Profit OrganizationsDroughts, Megadroughts, and Water ScarcityFor Further ReadingCHAPTER 2: MOVING TOWARD WATER SUPPLY RESILIENCY: WESTERN WATER DEMANDS AND COPING STRATEGIES IntroductionDividing Up the Colorado RiverContingencies and Conservation of the Colorado RiverArizona: Agriculture and GrowthCalifornia: Thinking Big, Really BigNevada: Conservation and the Southern Nevada Water Authority New Mexico: Planning Beyond the AcequiaThe Pacific Northwest: Challenges to Managing Water in Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and WashingtonThe Rocky Mountain West: How Colorado, Utah and Wyoming Manage WaterTraditional vs. Alternative Water Management StrategiesUnconventional and Futuristic Strategies For Further Reading CHAPTER 3: PERSPECTIVESDr. Amrith Gunasekara, Director of Science and Research, California Bountiful FoundationTaylor Hawes, Colorado River Program Director, The Nature ConservancyDr. Jay Lund, Vice-Director, Center for Watershed Sciences, University of California, DavisDr. Sally Manning, Environmental Director, Big Pine Paiute TribeCHAPTER 4: PROFILESAlan Bible, Senator (NV)Delph Carpenter, Advocate for a Colorado River CompactColorado Water TrustFloyd E. Dominy, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of ReclamationJohn Samuel Eastwood, Dam DesignerBenjamin Harrison Eaton, Governor of ColoradoCarl Hayden, Senator (AZ)Kyl Center for Water PolicyElwood Mead, Commissioner, U.S. Bureau of ReclamationWilliam Mulholland, Superintendent, Los Angeles Department of Water and PowerPatricia Mulroy, Superintendent, Southern Nevada Water AuthorityFrancis G. Newlands, Senator (NV)John Wesley Powell, Colorado River ExplorerMarc Reisner, Environmental WriterPhilip David Swing, Member, House of Representatives (CA)Water Education FoundationMark Wilmer, Water Rights AttorneyCHAPTER 5: DATA AND DOCUMENTSList of FiguresFigure 5.1: Colorado River Allocation (Upper Basin by state)Figure 5.2: Colorado River Allocation (Lower Basin, by state)List of Tables Table 5.1: Interstate Water Allocation Agreements of the WestList of DocumentsNewlands Reclamation Act (1902)Convention Between the United States and Mexico. Equitable Distribution of the Waters of the Rio Grande (1907)U.S. Supreme Court, Winters v. United States, (1908)Colorado River Compact (1922)Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928)U.S. Supreme Court, Arizona v. Navajo Nation, (2023)WaterSense Statistics and FactsCHAPTER 6: RESOURCESCHAPTER 7: CHRONOLOGYGLOSSARYABOUT THE AUTHOR