NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

Support for this project was provided by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Agreement No. 2103, East Bay Municipal Utility District, Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 9-FG-81-15550, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Contract No. 815848-01-O/R, and Ford Foundation Grant No. 890-0807.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Water transfers in the West: efficiency, equity, and the environment / Committee on Western Water Management, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Water transfer—West (U.S.) 2. Water transfer—Law and legislation—West (U.S.) I. National Research Council (U.S.). Water Science and Technology Board. Committee on Western Water Management.

HD1695.A17W39 1992

333.91'00978—dc20

92-5740

CIP

This book is printed with soy ink on acid-free recycled stock.

Original cover art by Sally Groom, Washington, D.C.