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Scientific perspectives on integrated aquatic resources management of the Colorado River

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Title Scientific perspectives on integrated aquatic resources management of the Colorado River
Creator Paulson, Larry J.
Description When management requires water quality standards, we should establish standards in a scientific and logical manner to serve the long-term needs of the users. It was this very process that led to enactment of the Reclamation Act of 1902 and the Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928 - legislation that still serves the needs of users in the Colorado River Basin. This process can work again if we can make the "tradeoffs" that are so vital in management of a multi-purpose river. In order to do this,...
Date 1983-01-01T08:00:00Z
Type chapter
Format application/pdf
Identifier https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/water_pubs/62 https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/context/water_pubs/article/1068/viewcontent/LJPaulsonLMLRCColoradoRiver_1983.pdf
Source Publications (WR)
Language English
Publisher Digital Scholarship@UNLV
Subject Environmental laws Environmental monitoring Lake Mead (Ariz. and Nev.) Phosphorus Salinity Water quality Environmental Engineering Natural Resource Economics Natural Resources Management and Policy Water Resource Management

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