Inter-Basin Water Transfer: Case Studies from Australia, United States, Canada, China and India (International Hydrology Series)
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 1/11/2007
EAN 9780521869690, ISBN10: 0521869692
Hardcover, 462 pages, 27.9 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Increasing demands for irrigation, domestic and industrial water have generated a massive growth world-wide in the number of large water infrastructure projects involving the transfer of water from basins considered to have surplus water to those where the demand for water has exceeded or is expected to exceed supplies. Using the experiences of projects in Australia, United States, Canada, China and India, this book examines case studies within the diverse geographical, climatic, economic, and policy regimes operating in these countries. It examines the water resources of Australia, the driest inhabited continent, and explores inter-basin water transfer projects in the United States, Canada, China and India, examining their benefits and impacts within these nations' contrasting economies and governance systems. This comprehensive and well-illustrated text will be of great interest to professionals and researchers in the fields of hydrology, water resources, and to those engaged in environmental science, policy and regulation.
Foreword
Overview and scope
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Part I. The Challenges
1. World population and pressures on land, water and food resources
2. Issues in inter-basin water transfer
Part II. Inter-basin Water Transfer in Australia
3. Land and water resources of Australia
4. The Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme
5. Inter-basin water transfer from coastal basins of New South Wales
6. The Bradfield and Reid Schemes in Queensland
7. Three schemes for flooding Lake Eyre
8. The Goldfields pipeline scheme of Western Australia
9. Supplying Perth, Western Australia with water
the Kimberley pipeline scheme
10. Other schemes in Australia
Part III. Inter-basin Water Transfer in Other Selected Countries
11. Inter-basin water transfer in the United States of America
12. Inter-basin water transfer in Canada
13. Inter-basin water transfer in China
14. India
the National River-Linking Project
15. Inter-basin water transfer, successes, failures and the future
Part IV. Appendices
A. Some of the Australian pioneers of inter-basin water transfer
B. Construction timetable of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme
C. Details of diversion schemes from the Clarence River Basin
D. Chronological table of the most important events in the Goldfields Pipeline Scheme, Western Australia
E. Flooding of the Sahara depressions
F. The Ord River Irrigation Scheme
G. The West Kimberley Irrigation Scheme
H. Some other water transfer schemes in Australia
I. Selected technical features of the Central Valley Project in California
J. Selected technical features of the State Water Project in California
K. Selected characteristics of some of the completed or proposed inter-basin water transfer projects in Australia, United States, Canada, China and India, in chronological order
Glossary
Index.
'This book, supported as it is by a most extensive list of references, will surely be of great value to anyone interested in water resources development.' Tom Chapman, Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney 'All in all, this book is a treasure of analysis and documentation for those of us who know too little about water projects beyond the limits of our national borders.' Frank Quinn, Formerly, Chief of Water Policy and Transboundary Issues, Environment Canada, Ottawa 'This study is a 'must read' for anyone formulating water policy which may result in, or anyone studying or interested in, inter-basin transfers of water.' Brit Allan Storey, Senior Historian, US Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colorado