Groundwater. Chapter 7. The Operation of the Modern Water System (continued).

Shows undeveloped and developed basins with tables of statistics. Also shows Artifical Recharge in 1972, and Pumpage in 1972. Text portion: Chapter 7. The Operation of the Modern Water System (continued). Text box: The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
A detailed, lavishly illustrated description of water and water issues in California. When published in 1979, Charles Wollenberg in the California Historical Quarterly called it "a very big and beautiful book...well-written, spectacularly illustrated, and filled with useful information for expert and layman alike...an indispensable sourcebook for decades to come." The Quarterly Review of Biology said it was "a major reference work of interest to applied ecologists concerned with water supply and usage and to ecologists in general in California." Illustrations, maps, charts, graphs, diagrams, and bibliography. ISBN 0-913232-68-8.