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Introduction to California Water Management and Ecosystem Restoration

X416 (1 semester unit in College of Natural Resources)

A required course in the Certificate Program in California Water Management and Ecosystem Restoration

For decades, water management in California revolved around large civil-works projects, with limited regard for the environment. Today, water management has come to mean much more than constructing a new dam for water supply or flood control. Ecosystem restoration has become inextricably linked with water management as a result of legal and societal needs and demands. As California copes with the challenges presented by its climate, population growth, and economy, these needs and demands have increased in order to provide water for urban, agricultural, and ecological systems. Flexibility, adaptive management, and, most important, partnerships have become essential tools of resource management in providing for a stable and sustainable future for California.

This course covers a brief history of water development in California and the physical and legal structures that are used to manage it. The development of the CALFED Bay/Delta Program and case examples of recent water management and ecosystem restoration projects and activities provide examples of successful (and not-so-successful) attempts to merge water management and ecosystem restoration. The course finishes with the outlook for California's future.

This course is of particular interest to those involved in the planning and implementation of water supply, water quality, and environmental programs. Enrollment is limited.

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