Register of the Dickenson California Water Issues Collection, 1941-present

BOX I: WATER & THE LAW

1.1: FEDERAL-STATE CONFLICT (1962-63)

-Richard W. Dickenson. "The crisis in federal-state relationships in water rights," 3-8-62

-Do. "The Federal-state conflict in water rights & the Western Water Law Symposium," 3-28-63

1.2: CORRESPONDENCE FROM US GOVT. H2O OFFICIALS (1963-64)

-Richard D. Andrews, Minority Counsel US Senate Comm. on Interior & Insular Affairs to Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel, LA Co., 12-3-63

-Do. to James H. Kreiger, Chmn. Southern California Water Conference, 2-13-64

-C.H. Kadie, Asst. Reg. Dir., Bur. Reclamation to Richard W. Dickenson, 5-12-64

-Richard D. Andrews to Harvey O. Banks, Leeds, Hill & Jewitt Inc., SF, 11-5-64

1.3: TOM SHEPHARD. "HISTORY OF WATER IN THE DELTA & WATER RIGHTS" (1963)

1.4: RICHARD W. DICKENSON. "STATEMENT TO US SENATE COMM. ON INTERIOR & INSULAR AFFAIRS, SUBCOMM. ON IRRIGATION RECLAMATION, MARCH 10 & 11, 1964"

1.5: RICHARD W. DICKENSON. "FEDERAL CLAIMS VERSUS STATE WATER RIGHTS -- SENATE BILL 1275," APRIL 23, 1964

1.6: RICHARD W. DICKENSON. "DEVELOPMENTS IN WATER LAW IN CALIFORNIA..."

-"...during the period May 1, 1962 to Apr 30, 1963"

-"...during the period May 1, 1963 to Apr 30, 1964"

-"...during the period May 1, 1964 to Apr 30, 1965"

1.7: RICHARD W. DICKENSON. "STATE WATER RIGHTS, FEDERAL CLAIMS AND SENATE BILL 1636, 89TH CONGRESS," 4-9-65

1.8: FRANK FARGO, STOCKTON CITY MANAGER. "THE CITY MANAGER'S ROLE IN WATER POLLUTION CONTROL," 4-27/30-66

1.9: PRINTED MATTER

-"Army engineers air 50-year Delta Plan..." Stockton Record (5-26-66)

-Delta Water Users Assn. The Delta & its future...If any! (n.d.)

-Calif. H2O Resources Control Board. A Guide to Califoria Water Right Permits (1984)

-Water Education Fdtn. Layperson's Guide to Water Rights Law (1989)

BOX 2: SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WATER ISSUES

2.1: DELTA WATER

-San Joaquin Co. Flood Control & H2O Conservation District. "Presentation before the Assembly Interim Committee on H2O" (1960)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. The Delta & the Delta Water Project (1960)

-Interagency Delta Committee. Proposed Report on Plan of Development: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (1964)

-"New hearings on requests for Delta Water shipment," Stockton Record (2-24-68)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. Alternative courses of action to provide Delta protection & adequate water supplies for California (1975)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. "Announcement of public meetings on the review of Delta facilities alternatives to be conducted by the ..." (1976)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. "Selection of a Delta Water Transfer Facility" (1977)

-Do. Delta levee maintenance subventions (1978)

-Do. Interim Report to the Calif. State Legislature on the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Levees Study (1978)

-Do. 2d interim report: Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta levees study (1979)

-Do. 3d interim report... (1980)

-Do. Findings & recommendations based on the inspection of Delta levees during October 1980

-Carl Irving. "Project threatens Delta fish," SF Examiner (3-15-81)

-Commonwealth Club of California. "Federal Cooperations in the Delta" (1984)

-Water Education Fdtn. Layperson's Guide to San Francisco Bay (1987)

-Water Education Fdtn. Layperson's Guide to the Delta (1989)

2.2: FLOOD CONTROL

-Wilder E.M. Hadden. "Stockton Flood Control" (1941) [COP student paper, 14 pp]

-"Stricken Areas," Stockton Record (12-27-55)

-US Army Corps of Engineers. Status Report:Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (c1974)

2.3: SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WATER QUALITY

-Central Valley H2O Pollution Control Board. Water Pollution Study: San Joaquin River Watershed (1955)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. Progress report: San Joaquin Valley drainage investigation quality & treatment studies through Dec. 31, 1967 (1968)

-Do. San Joaquin Valley Drainage Investigation; Appendix D: Waste Water Quality, Treatment & Disposal (1969)

-Terry L. Pritchard. Univ. Calif. Ag Ext. County of San Joaquin. "Water quality & soil salinity guidelines" (1977)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. San Joaquin Valley Drainage Monitoring Program-1980; San Joaquin District Report (1981)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. Ground Water; San Joaquin Valley (c1981)

-UC Ag Ext. Farming & Water Quality: A Handbook for the San Joaquin River Basin (1983)

-California Agriculture; Special salinity issue 38:10 (Oct 1984)

2.4: SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY LAND & WATER

-Walter W. Weir. "Subsidence of Peat Lands of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta" (1949)

-Don Villarejo. New lands for agriculture; A report on land ownership & land use in the State Water Project service area of the Upper San Joaquin Valley (1981)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. San Joaquin Valley Post-Project Economic Impact (1980)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. San Joaquin Valley Post-Project Economic Impact 1980 (1981)

-John Thompson. Discovering & rediscovering the fragility of levees and land in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, 1870-1879 and Today (1982)

-US Fish & Wildlife Service. Wetlands of the California Central Valley: Status & trends, 1939 to mid-1980s (1989)

-California State Lands Commission (1990)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. California Aqueduct Bikeway; San Joaquin Valley Section (c1977)

2.5: DELTA ADVISORY PLANNING COUNCIL & THE DELTA WATERWAYS REGULATION ACT (1975)

-Delta Advisory Planning Council. Delta Country No. 2-75 (Mar 1975)

-Do. "Delta Plan Summary; Preliminary Draft" (Mar 1975)

-Do. "Agenda for a special meeting of DAPC regarding the Delta Waterways Regulation Act" (Apr 1975)

2.6: THE PERIPHERAL CANAL CONTROVERSY (1965-82)

-Calif. Dept. Water Resources. "The Peripheral Canal" (c1965)

-Peripheral Canal statistics & map of proposed facilities (n.d.)

-"Should the Peripheral Canal be built?" TheCommonwealth 69:37 (9-15-75)

-California Coalition to stop the Peripheral Canal. "A brackish, lifeless salt marsh is about to replace this still beauty..." (1980)

-Do. "Unless you help stop the Peripheral Canal..." (1980)

-Do. "Dear Californian..." (1980)

-Friends of the Earth. "The Peripheral Canal will be about the size of the Suez Canal..." (n.d. c1981)

-Wm. J. Miller. "Reflections on the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB)" (1981)

-Stuart T. Pyle. "What SB 200 means to Kern County" (1981)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. "Dept. of Water Resources' position on the Peripheral Canal & other SB 200 facilities" (1981)

-Harold Chadwick. "Will the Peripheral Canal and SB-200 enhance the Delta & SF Bay?" (1982)

-"Proposition 9: Water Facilities including a Peripheral Canal," The Comonwealth 76:18 (May 3, 1982)

-Commonwealth Club of California. "Should more water projects be built in California?: Report of the Water Section," 1982

-Santa Clara Valley Water District. California Water Commission Position Paper on SB 200, Proposition 8, & the Peripheral Canal (1982)

2.7: KESTERSON RESERVOIR POLLUTION CONTROVERSY (1984-87)

-Misc. clippings from Stockton Record regarding Kesterson Reservoir (1984-85)

-Sam Wilson. "Selenium storm swells over Kesterson," California Farmer (1-5-85)

-US Geological Survey. Directions & rates of ground-water movement in the vicinity of Kesterson Reservoir, San Joaquin Valley, California (1986)

-"The Battle of Kesterson," Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Aqueduct (No. 1, 1987)

BOX 3: CALIFORNIA WATER ISSUES

3.1: CALIFORNIA WATER--GENERALITIES

-Report of the Joint Comm. of the Senate & Assembly for an intensive study of the water resources of California & the State Engineers coordinated plan for their development (1927)

-California Joint Federal-State Water Resources Commisssion. Report of the ... to the President of the United States & the Governor of the state of California (1930)

-James Rolph Jr. Message of the Governor to the people of California dealing with their Water Problem (1931)

-Joint Committee of the Senate & Assembly. Report of the ... dealing with the Water Problems of the State (1931)

-California Joint Legislative Water Committee. Report of the ... Dealing with the Water Problems of the state of California (1932)

-California Water Resources Commission. Report of the ... to the Governor of California on State Water Plan (1932)

-Joint Legislative Committee on Water Problems. Report to the Legislature (55th Session) on Water Problems pursuant to Ch. 130, Statutes of 1941 (1943)

-Joint Committee on Water Problems of the California Legislature. Partial Report to the Legislature 1952 Regular Session on Water Problems of the State of California (1952)

-Joint Committee on Water Problems of the California Legislature. 2d Partial Report on Water Problems of the State of California ...created pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 80, Res. Ch. 223, Statutes of 1951 (1952)

-Speeches of Sen. J. Howard Williams, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Water Problems (1953)

-US Geological Survey. Activities of the Water Resources Division in California during the 1964 fiscal year (1963)

-Wm. E. Warne. California commands her water destiny (1966)

-US Geological Survey. Geologic & Water-Supply Reports & Maps (1967) [bibliography]

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. California's Department of Water Resources (1976)

-"California's Amazing Water System---How it Works," SF Chronicle (2-21-77) [incl. map]

-US Geological Survey. California: Surface-water resources (c1986)

-Water Education Fdtn. Layperson's Guide to California Water (1987)

-Do. Layperson's Guide to Water Reclamation (1989)

-Do. Layperson's Guide to Ground Water (1991)

3.2: WATER CONSERVATION

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. Water Conservation in California (1976)

3.3: DROUGHT

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. Drought conditions in California, September 15, 1988

-Assn. Calif. H2O Agencies. California's Continuing Water Crisis; Lessons from recurring drought, 1991 update

3.4: FLOOD CONTROL

-Blackie & Wood. "Report to the honorable City Council of the City of Oroville on flood conditions in the Feather River..." (1939)

-"Push button forecasters to control state floods," Oakland Tribune (12-16-51)

-"3 wrecked cities point up flood control need," SF Chronicle (12-30-55)

-US House of Representatives. Comm. on Public Works. The California Flood of 1958 (1958)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. Flood Emergency Operations Manual (1972)

3.5: WATER POLLUTION

-California Tahoe Conservancy. Progress Report,1985-1991

3.6: WATER SUPPLY--COLORADO RIVER

-Colorado River Board of California. California's stake in the Colorado River (1949) [2 copies]

-Colorado River Board of California. California's Stake in the Colorado River (rev. 1979)

-Do. Layperson's Guide to the Colorado River (1987)

3.7: WATER SUPPLY--LOS ANGELES

-Don J. Kinsey. The Romance of Water & Power (1926)

-Calif. Div. H2O Resources. Reports on State H2O Plan prepared pursuant to Chapt. 832, Statutes of 1929: Bulletin No. 32: South Coastal Basin (1930)

-Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. The Great Aqueduct; The Story of the Planning & Building of the Colorado River Aqueduct (1941)

-LA Bureau of Water Works & Supply. Water Wheels of Progress; An account of Los Angeles & its water supply from 1781 -- 1941 (1941)

-Neil Morgan. "Owens Valley water war," SF Examiner & Chronicle (2-6-77)

-Harold Gilliam. "The destruction of Mono Lake is on schedule," SF Chronicle (2-11-79)

-"Urbanites from north & south pool water quality concerns," Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Focus No. 3 (1986)

3.8: WATER SUPPLY--OAKLAND

-Henry Anderson Laflar. "The history of water & water companies in the City of Oakland, 1866-1910," (n.d. c1981)

-Thos. Bowhill. The Alvarado artesian water of the Oakland Water Company compared with the surface waters of Lake Temescal & Lake Chabot of the Contra Costa Water Company (1895)

-East Bay MUD. Mokelumne Water: Protection of the Water Supply (1937)

3.9: WATER SUPPLY--SAN FRANCISCO

-Spring Valley Water Co. "1921-1927: A Report of Progress," San Francisco Water 6:4 (Oct 1927)

-SF PUC. Facts about the proposed Cherry Valley Dam (c1949)

-San Francisco Water & Power (1967)

-Paul Knoblich. "The role of the five Secretaries of the Interior in the Hetch Hetchy controversy" (1972) [UOP student paper]

-Commonwealth Club of California. "Impact of the Water Shortage on San Francisco" (1977)

3.10: WATER SUPPLY--MISC. CALIFORNIA CITIES

-Calif. Div. H2O Resources. Reports on State H2O Plan...Bull. No. 31: Santa Ana River Basin (1930)

-Do. Reports on State H2O Plan...Bull. No. 32: South Coastal Basin (1930)

-Joint Committee on Water Problems of the California Legislature. 5th Partial Report on Water Problems of the State of California by the ...: Allocation of the Waters of the Tijuana River... (1953)

-Pamo Valley--A regional park, a key to the past, or a much-needed emergency water supply?" Aqueduct No. 4 (1986)

-Santa Barbara News-Press. Water & Santa Barbara (1957)

BOX 4: CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT & CALIFORNIA STATE WATER PROJECT

4.1: CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT--GENERALITIES

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Central Valley Project (n.d. c1940)

-Calif. Water Project Authority. The story of the Central Valley Project of California (n.d. c1940)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Central Valley Project, California (n.d. c1940) [map]

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Central Valley Project, California (c1946)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Central Valley Project, California (1950)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Working Water for California's Central Valley (1950)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. 1962 Annual Report: Central Valley Project

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Central Valley Project: 1963 Annual Report

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Central Valley Project, California (1966)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Central Valley Project, California (1969)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Factual data on the Central Valley Project (1979) [incl. map]

4.2: AMERICAN RIVER DIVISION, CVP

-US Bureau of Reclamation. "Facts about American River Division, Central Valley Project" (1951)

-Water Education Fdtn. Layperson's Guide to the American River (1988)

4.3: SAN FELIPE DIVISION, CVP

-US Mid-Pacific Region Water & Power Resources Service. Central Valley Project; San Felipe Division (1980)

4.4: SAN LUIS UNIT, CVP

-US Bureau of Reclamation. San Luis Unit; Central Valley Project (1964)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. "Fact Sheet: San LuisUnit" (1965)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. San Luis Unit; Central Valley Project (1969)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. San Luis Unit, California (1975) [map]

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. San Luis Reservoir (1977)

-Calif. Dept. Parks & Rec. San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area (1977)

-Do. Central Valley Project; San Luis Unit, West San Joaquin Division (1980)

4.5: SHASTA DAM, CVP

-US Bureau of Reclamation. "Facts about Shasta Dam-Shasta Power Plant-Shasta Lake" (1951)

-Jerome M. Raphael. Shasta Dam (1954)

-US Bureau of Reclamation. Shasta Dam (1963)

-Shasta Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. Shasta Lake and Shasta Dam Area (1966) [map]

-Mike Roberts. Shasta Dam (n.d.) [color slides]

-Pit River Bridge across Shasta Lake (n.d.) [color postcard]

4.6: TRACY PUMPING PLANT, CVP

-US Bureau of Reclamation. "Facts about Tracy Pumping Plant" (1951)

4.7: CALIFORNIA STATE WATER PROJECT--GENERALITIES

-Bank of America, Economics Dept. Is there water for California? (1955)

-Calif. State Water Resources Board. Preview of the California Water Plan (1956)

-Wm. E. Warne. Working together for water (1965)

-Do. California's State H2O Project; Halfway Through a Decade of Construction (1966)

-Do. Water Plans of California (1966)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. Implementation of the California H2O Plan, Bull. No. 160-66 (1966)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. The California State Water Project in 1966

-"$91 Millions in Water Project Contracts Slated" [clipping, n.s., n.d. c1966]

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. The California State Water Project; Creating a better California (1977)

-Western Water Education Fdtn. Layperson's Guide to New Melones Dam (1982)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. The California State Water Project (1988)

-Map of Calif. State H2O Project

4.8: MANAGEMENT OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER PROJECT

-Management of the California State Water Project, Bulletin 132-84 (1984)

-Do., Appendix D: Costs of Recreation & Fish & Wildlife Enhancement (1984)

-Do., Appendix E: Water Operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta during 1981 (1984)

-Do., Appendix E: Water Operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta during 1982 (1985)

-Do., Appendix E: 1983 Water Operations in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (1985)

4.9: FEATHER RIVER PROJECT & OROVILLE DAM

-Calif. Div. H2O Resources. Program for Financing & Constructing the Feather River Project (1955)

-Calif. Div. H2O Resources. Investigation of Upper Feather River Basin Development; Appendix A: Recreational Benefits from Upper Feather River Basin Development (1959)

-State Dept. Water Resources map of Oroville Dam

-Oroville Dam Souvenir Book (1968)

-Calif. Dept. H2O Resources. Upper Feather River Reservoirs of the California State Water Project (c1970)

-Facts about Oroville Dam (c1970)