Includes bibliographical references and index.

Adapting California's water sector to a changing climate / John T. Andrew -- The water, energy, climate nexus in California / Robert Wilkinson -- California's dysfunctional surface water rights / Michael Hanemann, Caitlin Dyckman and Damian Park -- The reasonable use doctrine in California water law and policy / Brian E. Gray -- Urban water demand and pricing in California / Juliet Christian-Smith and Matthew Heberger -- Coping with delta floods, protecting California's water supply in a regional flood management system / Howard Foster and John Radke -- Portfolio approaches to reduce costs and improve reliability of water supplies / Ellen Hanak and Jay Lund -- The challenge of sustainable groundwater management in California / Daniel Wendell and Maurice Hall -- People, resources and policy in integrated water resource management / Celeste Cant -- The history of water reuse in California / Sasha Harris-Lovett and David Sedlak -- A drinking water disparities framework for community water systems in California / Carolina Balazs and Isha Ray -- The incendiary mix of salmon and water in Mediterranean-climate California / Matthew Deitch and G. Mathias Kondolf -- Adaptive management in federal energy regulatory commission relicensing / Kristen Podolak and Sarah Yarnell -- Emerging cultural waterscapes in California cities connect rain to taps and drains to gardens / Cleo Woelfle-Erskine -- California's water footprint is too big for its pipes / Julian Fulton and Fraser Shilling.

"Water scarcity, urban population growth, and deteriorating infrastructure impact water security around the globe. As California wrestles with the most significant drought in its recorded history, struggling to secure reliable water supplies for the future, it faces all of these crises. The story of California water, its history and its future, includes cautions and solutions for any region seeking to manage water among the pressures of a dynamic society and environment. Written by leading policy makers, lawyers, economists, hydrologists, ecologists, engineers and planners, Sustainable Water reaches across disciplines, uncovering connections and intersections. The solutions and provocations put forward in this book integrate water management strategies to increase resilience in a changing world"--Provided by publisher.