Owens Valley revisited : a reassessment of the West's first great water transfer
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Owens Valley revisited : a reassessment of the West's first great water transfer
Stanford Economics and Finance, c2007
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In the contemporary West, pressures to more effectively reallocate water to meet growing urban and environmental demands are increasing as environmental awareness grows and climate change threatens existing water supplies.
The legacy of Owens Valley raises concerns about how reallocation can occur. Although it took place over seventy years ago, the water transfer from Owens Valley to Los Angeles still plays an important role in perceptions of how water markets work. The memory of Owens Valley transfer is one of theft and environmental destruction at the hands of Los Angeles. In reassessing the infamous transfer, one could say that there was no "theft." Owens Valley landowners fared well in their land and water sales, earning more than if they had stayed in agriculture. In another sense, however, "theft" did occur. The water was not literally stolen, but there was a sharp imbalance in gains from the trade-with most of the benefits going to Los Angeles. Owens Valley, then, demonstrates the importance of distributional issues in water trades when the stakes are large.
Los Angeles water rights in the Owens Valley and Mono Basin have again been a front-page issue since 1970. New environmental and recreational values and air pollution concerns have ushered in demands to curtail the shipment of water from source regions for urban use.
Owen's Valley Revisited: A Reassesment of the West's First Great Water Transfer carefully explores how these sagas were addressed, considering the costs involved, and alternative approaches that might have resulted in more rapid and less contentious remedies. This analysis offers insights to guide the ongoing conversation about water politics and the future thereof.
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Table of Contents
@fmct:Contents @toc4:Acknowledgments xxx @toc2:Chapter 1 Owens Valley and Western Water 1 Chapter 2 The Owens Valley Syndrome 00 Chapter 3 The History of the Owens Valley-to-Los Angeles Water and Land Exchange 00 Chapter 4 The Bargaining Costs of Land and Water Rights Exchanges in Owens Valley 00 Chapter 5 An Assessment of the Owens Valley Transfer: The Distribution of the Gains of Exchange and the Origin of the Notion of "Theft" 00 Chapter 6 Water Rights and Water Re-allocation: Los Angeles and the Owens Valley, 19352006 00 Chapter 7 Water Rights and Water Re-allocation: Los Angeles and the Mono Basin, 19352006 00 Chapter 8 The Costs of Judicial Re-allocation of Water Rights and the Public Trust Doctrine 00 Chapter 9 Concluding Thoughts: Owens Valley and Western Water @toc4:Notes 00 References 00 Index 00
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