Heads above water : the inside story of the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program /

Gulley, Robert L., 1945-

Heads above water : the inside story of the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program / Robert L. Gulley ; foreword by Andrew Sansom. - First edition. - College Station : Texas A&M University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - Conservation leadership series .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The "Edwards issue" -- "What's past is prologue" -- John Hall and the Edwards underground river -- Judge Lucius Bunton and Sierra Club v. Babbitt -- Senate bill 1477 and the creation of the Edwards Aquifer Authority -- Sharpening the "blunt axe" of federal intervention -- Attempts by the Edwards Aquifer Authority to tackle the Edwards issue -- The Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program -- Organizing the Program -- Tackling the minimum flow issue -- Funding and allocating costs -- Reflections -- Appendix 1. Participants in the Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program -- Appendix 2. The Endangered Species Act -- Appendix 3. Texas water law -- Appendix 4. Elements of the bottom-up approach.



9781623492694


Edwards Aquifer Recovery Implementation Program.


Water-supply--Management.--Texas--Edwards Aquifer Region
Endangered species--Texas--Edwards Aquifer Region.
Water quality management--Texas--Edwards Aquifer Region.
Environmental law--Texas.
Water rights--Texas--Edwards Aquifer Region.


Electronic Books.

TD224 / .H433 2015