Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction-Water Web: Connected Californians -- TAPPING INTO A PLANETARY CYCLE -- A Great Water Wheel -- The Vital Molecule -- "Normal" Weather: Anything but "Average" -- Droughts -- Floods -- CALIFORNIA WATER LANDSCAPE -- Pristine Waterscape -- Groundwater -- Hydrologic Regions -- North Coast Region -- Sacramento River Region -- North Lahontan Region -- San Francisco Bay Region -- San Joaquin River Region -- Central Coast Region -- Tulare Lake Region -- South Lahontan Region -- South Coast Region -- Colorado River Region -- THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM -- Expanding Watersheds -- The State Water Project -- The Central Valley Project -- Colorado River Delivery Systems -- The Los Angeles Aqueduct -- The Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct -- The Mokelumne Aqueduct -- The North Bay -- CHALLENGES TO CALIFORNIA WATER MANAGEMENT -- Extinction Is Forever -- A Thirsty Garden -- The Salton Sea -- Animal Impacts -- Beneath Your Feet -- Out of Sight, Out of Control -- Can You Drink the Water? -- Giardia -- Mass Medication -- The Bottled-Water Phenomenon -- The Problem Is Us -- Where Does Your Dog Go? -- Unchecked Growth: Messing with the Cycle -- MEETING THE CHALLENGES: CALIFORNIA'S WATER FUTURE -- The Public Trust -- Restoration -- CALFED -- The Debate Over Dams -- Build More Behemoths? -- Off-Stream Dams? -- Raise Existing Dams? -- Raze Existing Dams? -- Storage in the Bank -- Transfers: Water As a Commodity -- Short-Cutting the Cycle -- Squeezing the Sponge -- Clean Water -- Lemonade from Lemons -- What Future Do You Choose? -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Historical Timeline -- Agencies and Organizations -- References -- Photo Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.