Task Force on California's Water Future records
Finding aid prepared by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Task Force on California's Water Future records
Date (inclusive): 1981-1982
Collection Number: WRCA 111
Creator:
Task Force on California's Water Future
Extent:
0.83 linear feet
(2 boxes)
Repository:
Rivera Library. Special Collections Department.
Abstract: The collection consists of the working papers for the Task Force's final report, published in 1982 by the California Commission
for Economic Development. Includes report materials pertaining to levees, hydrology of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and
the Peripheral Canal.
Languages: The collection is in English.
Access
The collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[identification of item], [date if possible]. Task Force on California's Water Future records (WRCA 111). Water Resources
Collections and Archives. Special Collections & University Archives, University of California, Riverside.
Acquisition Information
Provenance unknown.
Processing History
Processed by Water Resources Collections and Archives staff, 1999.
Collection Number
Collection number updated February 2019. Legacy collection number was MS 83/1. This change was part of a project in 2018/2019
to update the collection numbers for collections in the Water Resources Collections and Archives.
Collection Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the working papers for the Task Force's final report, published in 1982 by the California Commission
for Economic Development. Includes report materials pertaining to levees, hydrology of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and
the Peripheral Canal.
Collection Arrangement
The collection is arranged topically.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
California. Commission for Economic Development
California State Water Project
Delta Region (Calif.)
Levees -- California -- Delta Region
Peripheral Canal (Calif.)
Water resources development -- California -- Delta Region
Water-supply -- California
Genres and Forms of Materials
Notes
Reports
Box 1, Folder 1
Roster of members of the Task Force on California's Water Future (of the California Commission for Economic Development; agenda;
minutes of meetings held
November 30, 1981, December 16, 1981, January 6, 1982, January 27, 1982, and February 17, 1982
Box 1, Folder 2
Bibliography, State and federal publications relating to the Peripheral Canal; Dialog search; Orbit IV search, San Francisco
Chronicle 1977-1981; Orbit IV search, Los Angeles Times 1977-1981
1958-1980
Box 1, Folder 3
"The California State Water Project", foldout brochure; "Department of Water Resources position on the Peripheral Canal and
other SB 200 facilities", 27 p.; "Review of the report (of California's Commission for Economic Development) Task Force on
California's water future"
Box 1, Folder 4
Delta water transfer without a Peripheral Canal, Central Delta Water Agency
Scope and Contents
"Delta water facilities" Preliminary edition, DWR Bulletin no. 76; Correspondence: exchanges between the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta Task Force and DWR, Law offices of Zuckerman Hartmann, et al. re. levees, breaks.
"Delta water facilities" Preliminary edition, DWR Bulletin no. 76; Correspondence: exchanges between the Sacramento-San Joaquin
Delta Task Force and DWR, Law offices of Zuckerman Hartmann, et al. re. levees, breaks.
Box 1, Folder 5
Labeled FINANCE
Scope and Contents
News clippings; Environmental Defense Fund "Testimony of the EDF on Department of Water Resources cost and water rate projections",
1982; "Water Resources Control Board"; "Overview of SB 200 fiscal impact"; "Water conservation in California and the Peripheral
Canal Bill", by Harold E. Rogers, Jr., reprinted from Municipal Finance Journal, Fall 1980, v. 1, no. 2, pages 257-272; Statement
of Department of Finance to Task Force on the Peripheral Canal on December 16, 1981; Statement of State Treasurer's Office
to California Water Task Force on January 6, 1982; "Water pricing and rent seeking in California agriculture", by B. Delworth
Gardner; "Analysis of Department of Water Resources' position on the alternative water transfer plan proposed by the Central
Delta Water Agency," by G. T. Orlob, March 2, 1982; "Department of Water Resources SB 200 pay-as-you go study", DWR Water
Project Analysis Office, March 9, 1982; "Analysis of Senate Bill no. 200 (Ayala) as amended..", by Legislative Analyst, July
1, 1980; letter dated February 11, 1982, Dillon, REad & Co., Inc., to Ronald Robie, DWR, re. financing schedule for SB 200.
Box 1, Folder 6
Labeled ENVIRONMENT. "A study of estuarine water conservation by the control of tidal action by a weir system", by E. A. Salo
1980
Box 2, Folder 7
Fish and Wildlife
1981
1981
1981
1982
January 6, 1982
January 6, 1982
Scope and Contents
"Fish and wildlife implications of the SB 200 referendum", by Harold K. Chadwick; "U.S. Fish and Wildlife position.."; "Cost
estimates for alternative water transfer plan", by G. T. Orlob; "Dept. of Fish and Game Testimony, H. K. Chadwick"; "Comments
on the presentation of Dr. H. K. Chadwick", by G. T. Orlob; "Effects of the Peripheral Canal and other water projects on fisheries",
by William Sweeney, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; correspondence with the California Striped Bass Association, California
Dept. of Fish and Game, and J. G. Boswell Company.
"Fish and wildlife implications of the SB 200 referendum", by Harold K. Chadwick; "U.S. Fish and Wildlife position.."; "Cost
estimates for alternative water transfer plan", by G. T. Orlob; "Dept. of Fish and Game Testimony, H. K. Chadwick"; "Comments
on the presentation of Dr. H. K. Chadwick", by G. T. Orlob; "Effects of the Peripheral Canal and other water projects on fisheries",
by William Sweeney, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; correspondence with the California Striped Bass Association, California
Dept. of Fish and Game, and J. G. Boswell Company.
Box 2, Folder 8
Labeled LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS. Letter from California Legislature, Assembly Committee on Policy Research Management, addressed
to Leo T. McCarthy: analysis of the potential impact of Prop. 9 on the financing of the Peripheral Canal and related water
development facilities; "Analysis of Assembly Constitutional Amendment no. 90 (Kapiloff)", by Legislative Analyst, 3 p.; Assembly
Constitutional Amendment no. 90, Resolution Chapter 49, (Kapiloff); Senate Bill no. 200, Chapter 632, (Ayala); Correspondence
with Legislative Counsel re SB 200: J. G. Boswell Company, State Water Resources Control Board
February 21, 1980
June 9, 1980
June 26, 1980
July 20, 1980
Box 2, Folder 9
Need and Usage
September 1981
February 17, 1982
February 19, 1982
November 25, 1981
Scope and Contents
"Preliminary report on the administration of the State Water Project, or, 'Who's wasting our water?'", by Stanley M. Barnes,
assisted by Brent L. Graham and W. S. Tompkins; "Pricing of water in California", by Charles V. Moore; "Workshop on agricultural
water conservation, summary of proceedings", California Water Commission et al.; "Making water run for the public", Phillip
LeVeen,
California today,v. 11, no. 3; "Answers to questions posed to Metropolitan Water District by Lieutenant Governor Curb's Task Force on Water";
letter from Stanley Barnes, J.G. Boswell Company, on agricultural water conservation; letter from Robert F. Raab, "State Water
Project electric power bill will approach two billion dollars by the year 2000.."
"Preliminary report on the administration of the State Water Project, or, 'Who's wasting our water?'", by Stanley M. Barnes,
assisted by Brent L. Graham and W. S. Tompkins; "Pricing of water in California", by Charles V. Moore; "Workshop on agricultural
water conservation, summary of proceedings", California Water Commission et al.; "Making water run for the public", Phillip
LeVeen,
California today,v. 11, no. 3; "Answers to questions posed to Metropolitan Water District by Lieutenant Governor Curb's Task Force on Water";
letter from Stanley Barnes, J.G. Boswell Company, on agricultural water conservation; letter from Robert F. Raab, "State Water
Project electric power bill will approach two billion dollars by the year 2000.."
Box 2, Folder 10
Orlob through Delta Plan
February 17, 1982
dated January 26, 1982
January 27, 1982
September 5, 1981
February 24, 1982
March 23, 1982
March 23, 1982
Scope and Contents
"Effects on water quality of levee failures in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta", G. T. Orlob; "Impact of upstream storage
and diversions on salinity balance in estuaries", Gerald T. Orlob, reprinted from Estuarine Processes, Vol. II; memo. DWR,
"Effect of Delta levee breaks on salinity distribution"; "Flood control benefits of the alternative water transfer plan",
G. T. Orlob; construction cost index; construction schedule and costs; Summary of Department of Fish and Game testimony; Cost
estimates for alternative water transfer plan, G. T. Orlob; Estimates of cost for the Peripheral Canal, G. T. Orlob; Alternate
plan, impact of levee failures, Dante John Nomellini; Comparison of yield of "Orlob Plan" to Peripheral Canal, D. J. Nomellini.
"Effects on water quality of levee failures in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta", G. T. Orlob; "Impact of upstream storage
and diversions on salinity balance in estuaries", Gerald T. Orlob, reprinted from Estuarine Processes, Vol. II; memo. DWR,
"Effect of Delta levee breaks on salinity distribution"; "Flood control benefits of the alternative water transfer plan",
G. T. Orlob; construction cost index; construction schedule and costs; Summary of Department of Fish and Game testimony; Cost
estimates for alternative water transfer plan, G. T. Orlob; Estimates of cost for the Peripheral Canal, G. T. Orlob; Alternate
plan, impact of levee failures, Dante John Nomellini; Comparison of yield of "Orlob Plan" to Peripheral Canal, D. J. Nomellini.
Box 2, Folder 11
Peripheral Canal SB 200
September 8, 1980
June 1981
June 8, 1979
Scope and Contents
The case for the Peripheral Canal, Stuart T. Pyle; The Peripheral Canal, some questions and answers; Key elements SB 200 (maps);
Summary incidental effects of agricultural water conservation, by David C. Davenport and Robert M. Hagan; Letter report, DWR
Special Task Force on AB 1328 (Delta water transfer); California Water Commission position paper on SB 200, Proposition 8,
---and the Peripheral Canal.
The case for the Peripheral Canal, Stuart T. Pyle; The Peripheral Canal, some questions and answers; Key elements SB 200 (maps);
Summary incidental effects of agricultural water conservation, by David C. Davenport and Robert M. Hagan; Letter report, DWR
Special Task Force on AB 1328 (Delta water transfer); California Water Commission position paper on SB 200, Proposition 8,
---and the Peripheral Canal.
Box 2, Folder 12
Labeled POST NOTES: MEETINGS: REPORTS. Worksheets, notes, draft "conclusions" with handwritten notes
