EnvS 163b Flashcards
(31 cards)
Describe the pros and cons of legal discretion
Legal discretion is how specific and concrete a law is (example is CA’s right to water)
Pro- Flexibility and adaptability to tailor to local or current conditions
Con-Little to no direction on appropriate components which can lead to broad interpretations
Why is it important to manage groundwater and surface water together?
Groundwater and surface water are connected. Depletion of groundwater affects rivers and GDEs.
What are the five sources of law? Give an example of each with regards to water quantity or quality.
US constitution- “takings” clause;
common law- adjudication of prior appropriation water rights;
statutory law- clean water act, safe drinking water act;
administrative- granting rights to agency, ie DWR;
executive orders- time sensitive, SWRCB imposed restrictions for CA drought
What is the difference between supply-side management and demand-side management?
Supply side- avoid shortages in time, storing water, importing water from elsewhere. Generally hard-path.
Demand side- Lessening amount of water used. Generally soft-path.
What are the pros and cons of a hard path and soft path according to Peter Gleick?
Soft Path (ie conservation)- pro- more flexible
con- time and resource intensive
Hard Path (technological), pro- easier to pass and create, last longer
con- expensive, inflexible
What is the EPA Secondary National Drinking Water Standard for tds?
500 ppm
What is the general agreement among researchers defining brackish water?
3000 ppm tds
What doctrine provides for written and formalized rights of Native American tribes?
Reserved Rights
The term that best defines water resources goals and management practices is…
Water governance
The term that best defines the action of meeting the defined goals through the identified management practices and the associated outcomes is…
Water management
Under common law, rights are not quantified until there is an adjudication (T/F)
True
What revolution brought technological innovations that allowed the global food supply to increase faster than the growth of the global population?
The Green Revolution
Country-level GDP and environment impact may follow a Kuznets curve. Countries who become affluent enough to follow this curve can undergo a transition of…
high to low environmental degradation
Technological innovations allowed global food supply to increase faster than the growth of global population. Because of these innovations, we were able to avoid the…
Malthusian Catastrophe
(occurs when population growth outpaces agricultural production, causing famine or war, resulting in poverty and depopulation)
Where is population greatest? Where is the largest population growth rate?
population is greatest in Asia; population growth is greatest in Africa
What is stakeholder engagement?
Integration of stakeholders (who would be affected by legislative, ie. farmers, DACs, domestic well owners) into management and legislation. Stakeholders should be described, engaged (with focus groups and advisory committees), taken into account for management practices, and considered through quantified impacts (minimum thresholds)
Give an example of each type of public engagement identified by the International Association for Public Participation
Inform- fact sheets, websites
Consult- public comment, surveys
Involve- workshops, polling
Collaborate- citizen advisory committee
Empower- ballots, citizen juries
What is potential missing from the International Association for Public Participation public involvement steps with regard to SGMA/GSAs/GSPs?
Who has power in the process? Spaces, levels, forms of participation and visibility of power
How would increasing evaporation impact the water cycle?
Increasing evaporation would cause both short periods of intense rainfall as well as long periods of extreme drought
What are the eight components of basin prioritization?
Population, Population growth, Public supply wells, Total wells, Irrigated acres, Groundwater reliance, Impacts, Habitat and other information
What does basin prioritization inform? What are the types of prioritization?
Basin prioritization informs how basins are categorized in relation to negative impacts from groundwater depletion. They are either high, medium, low, or very low.
Which basins were required to submit GSPs and by when?
Critically overdrafted basins were required by 2020. High/medium priority were required by 2022.
How many GSAs and GSPs can be formed within each basin?
There can be multiagency or single agency GSAs. Only multiagency GSAs can submit multiple GSPs (however they need a MOU). Otherwise only one GSP can be submitted.
What is the difference between consolidated governance and coordinated governance? Give an example of each.
Consolidated governance- single agency with single plan
Coordinated governance- GSAs need mechanisms to coordinate GSP development (need JSP or MOU)
