Salinity and Drainage in San Joaquin Valley, California Science, Technology, and Policy

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 management options. The contents are comprised of four...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chang, Andrew C. (Editor), Brawer Silva, Deborah (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Global Issues in Water Policy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: E. W. Hilgard and the History of Irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley: Stunning Productivity, Slowly Undone by Inadequate Drainage
  • Chapter 2: Salinity and Drainage Problems and the Framework for a Response
  • Chapter 3: Scales and Scaling as a Framework for Synthesizing Irrigated Agroecosystem Research on the Westside San Joaquin Valley
  • Chapter 4: Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements: Reactions in Soils
  • Chapter 5: Uptake, Metabolism, and Volatilization of Selenium by Terrestrial Plants
  • Chapter 6: Microbial Volatilization and Reduction of Selenium
  • Chapter 7: Chemistry and Biology of Agricultural Evaporation Ponds
  • Chapter 8: Management of Evaporation Basins to Reduce and Avoid Adverse Impacts to Water Birds
  • Chapter 9: Integrated Irrigation and Drainage Water Management
  • Chapter 10: Drainage water reuse: Concepts, Practices and Potential Crops
  • Chapter 11: Membrane Desalination of Agricultural Drainage Water
  • Chapter 12: Advances in Wetland Salinity Management
  • Chapter 13: Regional Economics and Management in Closed Drainage Basins
  • Chapter 14: Beyond California: An International Perspective on Sustainability of Irrigated Agriculture
  • Index