Sacramento River Basin, California

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Domagalski J. (2001) Mercury and methylmercuiy in water and sediment of the Sacramento river basin, California. Appl. Geochem. 16, 1677-1691. 

Ma, Q.L. Smith, A.E. Hook, J.E. Smidi, R.E. Bridges, D.C. Water runoff and pesticide transport from a golf course fairway Observations vs. Opus model simulations. J. Environ. Qual 1999,28,1463-1473. Domagalski, J. Pesticides and pesticide degradation products in stormwater runoff Sacramento River Basin, California. Water Res. Bull 1996,32, 953-964. 

Two major rivers in California influenced by a Mediterranean climate are the Sacramento River and the San Joaquin River. The Sacramento River drains 72,132 km with a relief of 4,317 m. Mean discharge is 650 m /s with peak flows in the winter and early spring and with minimum flows in the late summer and early fall. The San Joaquin River drains 83,409 km with a relief of 4,418 m. Mean discharge is 130 m /s with peak flows in spring and low flows in late summer and fall. Population density is 24 people/km in the Sacramento River basin and 29 people/km in the San Joaquin basin. Agriculture in the Central Valley of California that encompasses parts of both basins is the primary user of water in both basins [1]. 

Giddings, J.M., L.W.J. Hall, and K.R. Solomon (2000). An ecological risk assessment of diazinon from agricultural use in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River basins, California. Risk Anal., 20 545-572. 

Buehler, B. (1975). Corps guidelines for dam safety inspection need revamping. Civil Engineering 45 ) 7A-75. P Clapp, W.B., Murphy, E.C., Martin, W.F. (1908). The flood of March 1907 in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Basins, California. Trans. ASCE 61 281-376. (P) (relating to William B. Clapp)... 

Lettenmaier D.P. and T.Y. Gan, 1990 Hydrologic Sensitivities of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Basin, California, to Global Warming, Water Resources Research, 26 (1), 69-86. 

Angeles, for example, spent 220 million dollars to bring Colorado River water more than 300 miles from Parker Dam. Ohio, with some 400 reservoirs already, plans more. Texas has more than 40 major surface storage facilities with a total capacity of over 13 million acre-ft. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation now proposes its 3 billion dollar basin development plan for California s Central Valley applying the multiple-purpose philosophy to the entire basin, the bureau envisions 38 reservoirs, plus dams, power plants, transmission lines, pumping stations, and hundreds of miles of transfer canals. This plan would conserve the water resources of the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers and of the Central Valley Basin as a whole. 

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