Drought Management and Its Impact on Public Water Systems -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS -- RESEARCH CONCERNS -- MANAGEMENT CONCERNS -- LEGAL CONCERNS -- CONCLUSIONS -- BACKGROUND PAPERS -- 1 Dimensions of Drought Management for Public Water Supplies (Colloquium Keynote Address) -- DIMENSIONS -- WATER AMONG OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES -- DROUGHT AS ONE HAZARD AMONG MANY -- TIME -- SPACE -- ORGANIZATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- 2 Causes and Occurrence of Drought -- DEFINITION OF DROUGHT -- CAUSES OF DROUGHT IN TEMPERATE LATITUDES -- POTENTIAL FOR DROUGHT FORECASTING -- CURRENT OPERATIONAL DROUGHT FORECASTING TECHNIQUES IN CALIFORNIA AND THE WESTERN UNITED STATES -- Meteorological Forecasts -- Hydrologic Forecasts -- FORECAST ACCURACY -- POTENTIAL PROBLEMS IN DROUGHT FORECASTS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- 3 What are Acceptable Risks for Public Systems? -- FLOOD MANAGEMENT PLANNING -- AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT MANAGEMENT -- THE GREAT CALIFORNIA DROUGHT OF 1976-1977 -- DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1977 -- WATER PLANNING IN CALIFORNIA -- POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF URBAN WATER SHORTAGES -- URBAN AND AGRICULTURAL COMPETITION AND COOPERATION -- PUBLIC COMMITENT -- WATER AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY -- FINANCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PROBLEMS -- DROUGHT MANAGEMENT DECISION-MAKING -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCE -- 4 Drought Management Options -- THE "DESIGN DROUGHT" APPROACH -- DROUGHT EMERGENCY PROGRAMS -- MINIMIZING THE LONG-RUN COST OF COPING WITH DROUGHTS -- AVAILABILITY OF ANALYTICAL TOOLS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Legal and Institutional Aspects of Drought Management -- SYSTEM NEEDS -- ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPLY WATER -- CONTRACT PROTECTIONS -- POWER TO REGULATE -- THE NEED FOR MANAGEMENT OF DROUGHT CONDITIONS -- WATER ALLOCATION AND CONJUNCTIVE USE -- PREFERENTIAL USE -- INTERSTATE TRANSFERS -- PUBLIC TRUST -- CONCLUDING REMARKS.

APPENDIXES -- Appendix A The Emergency Water Conservation Plan of the City of Los Angeles and the Summary of the Los Angeles Emergency… -- The Emergency Water Conservation Plan of the City of Los Angeles [Added by Ord. No. 149,700, Effecti ... -- Article I -- Summary of Los Angeles Emergency Water Conservation Ordinance -- Appendix B Salt Lake County Water Conservancy District Rationing Plan -- Notice of Water Restrictions -- What Does Four Hours of Watering Per Week Mean? -- Update of Water Situation -- Present Water Situation -- Our Position -- What You Can Do -- Will This Situation Exist During Every Dry Year? -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Principal Contributors -- Appendix D Attendees at Boulder Colloquium.