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peer-reviewed research article

Historical perspective on salinity and drainage problems in California

authors

Robert L. Kelley, University of California
Ronald L. Nye

publication information

California Agriculture 38(10):4-6. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v038n10p4. October 1984.

abstract

Not available – first paragraph follows:

Salinity and drainage problems have plagued agriculture in California from the time irrigation was introduced in the second half of the nineteenth century. The emergence and spread of such problems, and the variety of ways in which irrigators and public agencies have responded to them, may be traced in the histories of the Imperial and San Joaquin valleys.

author affiliations

Robert L. Kelley is Professor, Department of History, University of California, Santa Barbara; Ronald L. Nye is an advanced doctoral student in the department, specializing in California salinity problems, and a consulting historian in water management history.

author notes

This research was conducted under grant #W-610 from the Water Resources Center, University of California, Davis.


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