Salinity and Drainage in San Joaquin Valley, California Science,
This book documents the history of irrigated agriculture and drainage in the San Joaquin Valley, and describes the hydrology and biogeochemical processes of salts and selenium, remediation technologies for salts and trace elements and policy and managemen
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Andrew C. Chang Deborah Brawer Silva Editors
Salinity and Drainage in San Joaquin Valley, California Science, Technology, and Policy
Salinity and Drainage in San Joaquin Valley, California
GLOBAL ISSUES IN WATER POLICY VOLUME 5
Editor-in-chief Ariel Dinar
Series Editors Jose´ Albiac Eric D. Mungatana Vı´ctor Pochat Rathinasamy Maria Saleth
For further volumes: http://www.springer.com/series/8877
Andrew C. Chang • Deborah Brawer Silva Editors
Salinity and Drainage in San Joaquin Valley, California Science, Technology, and Policy
Editors Andrew C. Chang University of California Center for Water Resources Riverside, CA, USA
Deborah Brawer Silva University of California Center for Water Resources Riverside, CA, USA
ISSN 2211-0631 ISSN 2211-0658 (electronic) ISBN 978-94-007-6850-5 ISBN 978-94-007-6851-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6851-2 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Kenneth K. Tanji University of California, Davis, California 1931–2007
Preface
Salinity and drainage are challenges of irrigated agriculture in semiarid and arid climates that transcend history and geography. Three thousand years before Christ, the Mesopotamia culture emerge
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