Market allocation of agricultural water resources in the Salinas River Valley

The current drought conditions that the Central California coast has been facing and the increasing threat of saltwater intrusion have forced the Salinas Valley to consider alternatives that provide for conserving and allocating limited groundwater resources. Currently, groundwater resources are treated as a common pool resource where there are no clearly defined property rights for groundwater and there is no regulation of use. This thesis examines the question of how to implement a market system for groundwater in the Salinas Valley. The study compares a free-market approach of water allocation to other centralized water management practices. This study found that, in theory, the establishment of clearly defined groundwater rights and a free market system for groundwater would be an efficient method to allocate agricultural groundwater resources.http://archive.org/details/marketllocationo1094527639Lieutenant, United States NavyCaptain, United States ArmyApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited

AN ANALYSIS OF NUTRIENT TRADING AS A MECHANISM TO MEETING TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOADS FOR NAVAL INSTALLATIONS IN THE CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED

The Department of Defense is one of the largest Federal landholders in the Chesapeake Bay watershed with over 420,000 acres spread among 68 installations. Navy Installations located within the Chesapeake Bay watershed face constraints on construction, training operations and higher facility costs due to their impact on water quality. The Navy manages water quality and nutrient discharge, into the bay through a number of mitigation efforts to include upgrades to waste water treatment plants, adoption of best management practices (BMP’s) and changes to land use. Navy installations are required to meet nutrient discharge requirements established in state Watershed Implementation Plans. Nutrient trading, is a new market based tool some states are employing to meet these requirements. Nutrient trading is a form of exchange (buying & selling) of nutrient reduction credits. A nutrient market works by establishing a mandatory cap on the combined pollution loads from multiple sources while allowing users to exchange of pollution allocations between sources. This paper examines the feasibility of nutrient trading by the Navy to meet TMDL requirements. A review of current legal environmental statues and Department of Defense policies was conducted to determine the barriers, policy, and economic considerations for the Navy to participate in the Virginia Nutrient Credit Exchange. Data was collected from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren VA, and Marine Corp Base Quantico VA, and various technical reports to assess the viability of nutrient trading both to meet total maximum daily load (TMDL) and Department of Defense (DoD) environmental requirements. The study found that legal statutes and DoD policy would permit trading between Navy facilities; however, federal statutes and policy changes would be required for the Navy to participate in the Virginia Nutrient Credit Exchange and other state nutrient markets. Additionally assuming other Federal Agencies and Departments require a similar legislative change to allow the purchase of nutrient offsets, other statutes should be considered to address this issue in a consistent manner for all Federal entities. Trading may not meet the Navy’s other environmental requirements for low impact development (LID), and employing best management practices and other regulatory controls to meet TMDL requirements creates additional environmental benefits that should be considered

A biography of Linda Neagley

Linda Neagley is an Associate Professor of Art History and was appointed chair of the Department of Art and Art History at Rice University in 2013. Professor Neagley’s areas of expertise and research interest include Late Gothic architecture and design, pictorial narrative in the Middle Ages, and medieval urban planning. She has authored numerous articles published in various scholarly journals, individual chapters in edited collections, and the monograph Disciplined exuberance : the parish church of Saint-Maclou and Late Gothic architecture in Rouen

Handbook for effective supervision of instruction

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Handbook for effective supervision of instruction

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Handbook for effective curriculum development

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