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The problem with a litigious approach to allocating water is not only that it is hugely expensive but that it weakens property rights and the ability of markets to promote investment, ... In the future more cases like Mono Lake will arise. The question is, how should we respond to them? Water markets are more efficient,
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www.hoover.org/publications/digest/4559542.html
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survey did not correspond with the alternative lake levels and suggested in- ...... backstop processes when problems or conflicts arise. ...
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www.springerlink.com/index/n36p252732658r22.pdf
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MONO LAKE: A LESSON IN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM SOLVING; ... Mono Lake is one of the oldest lakes in North America. Located in the high desert on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, it is a strangely beautiful salt lake. Tufa towers - large deposits of calcium carbonate - are located on its shores and protrude...
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www.naturestudy.org/projects/mono.htm
www.naturestudy.org/projects/mono.htm
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20) Compare the situation in Mono Lake in California with that of the Aral Sea. 21) How did the Mono Lake problem arise? 22) Describe three ways the problems of Mono Lake are similar to those of the Aral Sea. 23) Discuss three ways the problems of Mono Lake are different from those of the Aral Sea.
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www.kwanga.net/apesnotes/water-diversions.pdf
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Mono Lake FAQ; ... Lake conditions are not suitable for speedboats or jet skis, since the water is very salty and alkaline and there are many submerged obstacles. All boats should use extreme caution, since dangerous winds can arise without warning.
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www.monolake.org/about/faq
www.monolake.org/about/faq
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The usual way of thinking about Mono Lake is that the lake was saved by taking water away from Los Angele—thus, increasing the water problem for the Southland and, by extension, for the San Francisco Bay Delta because more water "would have to be imported from there" or from somewhere else to make up the short fall.
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www.monolake.org/mlc/outsidebox
www.monolake.org/mlc/outsidebox
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Then he opened his palm and released her back to Rush Creek, a major tributary to Mono Lake in the panorama of the eastern Sierra, and the focus of an agonizingly complex and decades-long effort to heal a vast wilderness devastated by Los Angeles' insatiable thirst.
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www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/30/BA...
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/30/BAQ2120OPT.DTL&hw=Mono+Lake&sn=002&sc=389
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By 1924 Owens Lake, deprived of its only water source the Owens River, dried up, which in turn decimated a unique ecosystem. The aqueduct was extended to the Mono Basin in 1941 and diverted the water sources for Mono Lake, a salt lake similar to Owens Lake, ... A major impetus to raise the lake level was the dust problem.
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www.american.edu/ted/mono.htm
www.american.edu/ted/mono.htm
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DECISION AND ORDER AMENDING WATER RIGHT LICENSES TO ESTABLISH FISHERY PROTECTION FLOWS IN STREAMS TRIBUTARY TO MONO LAKE AND TO PROTECT PUBLIC TRUST RESOURCES AT MONO LAKE AND IN THE MONO LAKE BASIN...
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www.monobasinresearch.org/images/legal/d1631text.htm
www.monobasinresearch.org/images/legal/d1631text.htm
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