Annotated Bibliography

Achbar, M., Litvinoff, S. (Producers), & Bozzo, S. (Director). (2008). Blue Gold: World
Water Wars [Motion Picture]. United States of America: PBS Distribution.
This documentary captures the political aspect of our dwindling natural resource.
This film also discusses and looks into the possible negative effects of allowing
corporations and private investors to hold control over water distribution throughout
the world and what would happen to the environment and the people if they were
suddenly not granted any more water.
American Water Works Association. (1980). Water conservation strategies. Denver:
American Water Works Association.
This book talks about and goes over details of different possible strategies that
could be implemented to conserve water. Though these strategies could be useful
to address our current water shortage, there could be consequences for attempting
to follow such outdated techniques.
Baumann, D. D., & Sullivan, R. H. (1981). Planning and evaluating water
conservation measures. Chicago: American Public Works Association.
This particular book, like the one right before it, also goes over different techniques,
strategies, and measures that could be taken in order to save the nation's water
resource. However, like the other book, this one is also quite outdated and the
discussed material may be deemed too ineffective.
California Department of Water Resources. (2015, February 10). Drought
Information. Retrieved from California Department of Water Resources:
http://www.water.ca.gov/waterconditions/
This web page is a subpage for the State of California and deals with the state's
water supply and more specifically, its current drought. Featured on this page are a
multitude of news articles and press releases concerning recent and/or breaking
news pertaining to the drought as well as the ordinances and plan put out to
address it.
California Urban Water Conservation Council. (1993). Memorandum of
understanding regarding urban water conservation in California. California?:
s. n.
This book, created by the California Urban Water Conservation Council, served as a
reference at the time and recorded the details of different water conservation
methods put into action in the urban areas of California.
Chandler, A. E. (1913). The "Water Bill" Proposed by the Conservation Commission
of California. California Law Review, 1(2), 148-168.
This academic journal article explains the proposed legislation concerning the
adjudication of water rights in California in the 1900s. Chandler goes over how the

bill was drafted, each state's reaction to the bill, the measures taken by the court,
and the ultimate decision on the legislation.
Cowie, L. (Producer), & Smith, S. (Director). (2015). Crippling Drought in the Golden
State: California Soul [Motion Picture]. United States of America: Vice
Productions. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=lmUwjk4S3gw
This YouTube video is a short documentary featuring the astounding effects caused
by the current California drought. The people in this video went out to explore some
of the state's driest cities and interviewed locals in order to get a glimpse into just
how bad the drought is and what towns and their people are trying to do in order to
cope with it.
Eartheasy. (2014, March 5). 25 ways to conserve water in the home and yard.
Retrieved from Eartheasy: http://eartheasy.com/live_water_saving.htm
This website is a straightforward guide with a list of tips and methods geared
towards helping families and homeowners conserve water in their home, both
indoors and outdoors. Though these tips don't directly relate to the California
drought, we thought that they could be useful in helping us decide what sort of
project we hope to implement by the end of this course.
Friedman, J., Granger, W., & Management, M. W. (2012). Water Conservation Plan.
Sacramento: City of Sacramento.
This report is a detailed analysis of how the current drought has and is still affecting
the city of Sacramento and also contains the city's plan in order to fix it. It goes over
the current plan put forth to address the water shortage, gives a list of possible
alternatives, and ultimate provides a recommended plan to take in case the others
are deemed ineffective. Included are charts and graphs showing a multitude of
statistics concerning water demand and usage in our city.
Harris, B. (2014, April 23). Know Before You Owe: Drought Forces Strict Citywide
Water Reduction Ordinances. Sacramento Press, pp. 1-3. Retrieved from
http://sacramentopress.com/2014/04/23/know-before-you-owe-droughtforces-strict-water-reduction-ordinances/
This online news article informs the citizens of the city about the strict policies and
ordinances that were put into action last year in order to address the shortage of
water seen in our city as a result of the California drought. It lists the many new
rules and even lets readers know of the possible consequences for not following the
strict guidelines too.
Hughes, S. (2012). Voluntary Environmental Programs in the Public Sector:
Evaluating an Urban Water Conservation Program in California. Policy Studies
Journal, 40(4), 650-673. doi:10.1111/j.1541-0072.2012.00468.x
This academic article, published in the Policy Studies Journal, takes a look at the
conservation program that California has in play and evaluates it in order to

conclude if it will be effective in addressing water shortage or not. It's worthy to

note that the plan is only in regards to the urban areas of California.
Kostyrko, G. (2015, February 3). State Urban Water Users Exceed 20 Percent
Conservation Goal For December. Retrieved from State of California:
California Drought: http://ca.gov/drought/topstory/top-story-24.html
This particular webpage records the progress the state of California has in regards
to implementing its water conservation plan. The first article notes how the end of
last year proved more successful at conserving water than initially planned. A part
of this success could have been due to the large storms that the state had in
December.
Maddaus, W. O. (1987). Water conservation. Denver: American Water Works
Association.
This book served as a handbook for states looking to implement plans and methods
for water conservation at the time. It's important to note that the author, Maddaus,
is connected with the Maddaus Water Management Inc., the same organization that
had a part in creating the City of Sacramento's Water Conservation Plan.
Maupin, M. A., Kenny, J. F., Hutson, S. S., Lovelace, J., Barber, N. L., & Linsey, K. S.
(2014). Estimated Use of Water in the United States in 2010. Reston: U.S.
Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/cir1405
This reports documents that statistics and data related to the amount of water
usage in the United States in the year of 2010. All of the figures outlined in this
reports, such as the average amount of water used in a day nation-wide, were
compared to the data from 2005, which showed that the country was finally
learning how to use less water and was actually finding better ways to conserve it.
Milney, M. (1976). Residential water conservation. Davis: California Water Resources
Center, University of California, Davis.
This book, though very old and outdated, reported the findings of research
conducted by organizations of UC Davis. It includes the evaluation of water
conservation plans set forth in residential areas of California at the time.
Moffitt, B. (2014, May 8). Sacramento Water Conservation Cops Watch
Every...Last...Drop. Capital Public Radio, pp. 1-6. Retrieved from
http://www.capradio.org/articles/2014/05/08/sacramento-water-conservationcops-watch-everylastdrop/
This online article, just like a similar one referenced before this, also notes and
highlights the consequences that Sacramento residents could face if caught using
water irresponsibly.
Moore, L. (2014). Reclamation Announces Initial 2014 Central Valley Project Water.
Sacramento: The Bureau of Reclamation.

This press release reports on the announcement made last year by the Bureau of
Reclamation in regards to how 2014's water supply would be allocated to different
groups such as agricultural contractors and municipal and industrial contractors.
Organic Gardening. (2015, February 10). Top 10 Ways to Conserve Water. Retrieved
from Organic Gardening: http://www.organicgardening.com/learn-andgrow/top-10-ways-to-conserve-water
This web page provides methods to teach the average home gardener how to
conserve water starting from their own backyard and gardens.
Pagenhart, T. H. (1978). THE ROLE OF A NATIONAL CONSERVATION CONFERENCE IN
CALIFORNIA'S WATER REFORM. California Geographer, 18, 25-34.
This outdated academic journal article discusses on the importance of holding a
nation-wide conference in order to address California's water supply and its
conservation of it as well. The proposed conference would also discuss how the
different states should use their water supply and how water should be allocated
throughout the separate groups in a state, such a farmers, residents, businesses,
etc.
Pryde, P. R. (2002). A Coming Water Crisis in Southern California? California
Geographer, 42, 60-74.
This journal article, though written in the earlier time period of the century,
accurately predicts the critical dry spell and water shortage that California now
faces today. This article collected data pertaining to the water supply the state has
had in the past and made an estimate as to how that water supply would dwindle in
the future.
Reyes, E. A. (2014, August 4). Garcetti on UCLA pipeline break: 'This will not be the
last one'. Los Angeles Times, pp. 1-2. Retrieved from
http://www.latimes.com/local/cityhall/la-me-garcetti-20140805-story.html
This newspaper article from last year reports on the incident that occurred at UCLA
when an old and damaged water pipe had burst and flooded the campus, with an
estimate of over 20 million gallons worth of loss water. The article features
comments and interviews with the city's officials who warned that more events like
that would occur if changes aren't implemented on the old pipe systems.
Sacramento Water Conservation Advisory Group. (2015). Water Conservation
Update. Sacramento: City of Sacramento.
This report includes the most recent updates to the City of Sacramento's plans for
water conservation. Data collected points out new problem areas in the city where
water is wasted and illustrates plans and steps in order to take action against them.
Save Our Water. (2004, April 10). How you can help! Retrieved from Save Our Water
Web site: http://www.saveourwater.com
This website as a whole serves as a great resource to inform and educate the
citizens of California on the current critical drought and lets the people know of what

they could do in order to help stop the water crisis. The site features a page of facts
about the droughts, tips on how to conserve water right from home, and news
articles and press releases pertaining to events having to do with water
conservation in California or the drought in general.
Trumbo, C. W., & O'Keefe, G. J. (2001). Intention to Conserve Water: Environmental
Values, Planned Behavior, and Information Effects. A Comparison of Three
Communities Sharing a Watershed. Society & Natural Resources, 14(10), 889899. doi:10.1080/089419201753242797
This article examines and evaluates the levels of water conservation intentions in
three communities located in the California-Nevada-Truckee River Watershed. This
report uses the theory of planned behavior as a basic guide in understanding what
it really takes to get more communities wanting to conserve water.
United Nations: Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. (2001).
Water conservation : a guide to promoting public awareness. New York:
United Nations.
This book published by the United Nations contains information and guidelines to
help the countries within Asia and the Pacific raise awareness on how important it is
to conserve water.
Weiser, M. (2014, December 13). California needs more big storms to beat drought.
The Sacramento Bee, pp. 1-3. Retrieved from
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-anddrought/article4472349.html
This newspaper article points out that although we had a rather wet end of the year
in 2014, the storms still failed to relieve the state from its current and ongoing
water crisis. We still a long way to go before getting out of this drought so it's wise
for the state's citizens to know that a little rain coming in does not mean that water
can continue to be wasted and used irresponsibly again.
Weiser, M. (2014, December 2). California slips on water conservation. The
Sacramento Bee, pp. 1-4. Retrieved from
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-anddrought/article4252656.html
This article, just like the one before it, highlights the growing struggle California has
been having with water conservation. Though we've had a few storms and a nice
amount of rain, it still has not reached the point where we can slack off on
conservation.
Weiser, M. (2014, August 31). Conservation conundrum: Water use varies greatly
across California. The Sacramento Bee, pp. 1-5. Retrieved from
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article2608253.html
This Sacramento Bee article paints us a picture of just how drastic the differences
are in regards to the amount of water usage within the different cities of California.

For example, 163 gallons of water are consumed per person per day in Anaheim,
while in Folsom, it's a staggering 329 gallons daily.
Weiser, M. (2015, January 10). Sacramento beats L.A. in water conservation. The
Sacramento Bee, pp. 1-5. Retrieved from
http://www.sacbee.com/news/state/california/water-anddrought/article5957649.html
This article provides a bit of a brighter look at Sacramento's efforts toward water
conservation. Sacramento has been criticized for using too much water before,
while the city of Los Angeles has been praised for conserving well. In 2013,
Sacramento held the statistic of 93 gallons of water consumed per person per day,
while Los Angeles was only at 83 gallons. In 2014, however, figures flipped and
Sacramento was found to use only 73 gallons daily per person, with Los Angeles at
77 gallons a day.
Weiser, M., & Reese, P. (2015, February 14). States population growth expected to
outstrip water conservation in coming years. The Sacramento Bee, pp. 1-5.
Retrieved from
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/environment/article10311635.html
This article reports the prediction that, although California is working hard to
conserve as much water as possible now, it may all be meaningless in the coming
years. It was predicted that by 2030, the projected population growth would
overwhelm the amount of water saved, making it almost like none was saved at all.