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  CSUS Center for Collaborative Policy | January 1, 2008...

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  In 2001, the California Department of Water Resources embarked on one of the most elaborate public involvement processes in state history. Over the...

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  Report on Voluntary Diversion Reduction Program Among in-Delta Riparian Water Right Claimants

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  California Water Supply And Demand: Technical Report

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  California Water Supply And Demand: Technical Report

  Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) | February 10, 2011...

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  The California Water Supply and Demand Model (CWSD) examines the ways in which California’s water supply and demand are likely to be affected...

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