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Water follies : groundwater pumping and the fate of America's fresh waters / Robert Glennon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Glennon, Robert Jerome, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--United States.
- Water-supply.
- Groundwater--United States.
- Groundwater.
- Water use--United States.
- Water use.
- Water consumption--United States.
- Water consumption.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (328 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Santa Cruz River that once flowed through Tucson, Arizona is today a sad mirage of a river.Except for brief periods following heavy rainfall, it is bone dry.The cottonwood and willow trees that once lined its banks have died, and the profusion of birds and wildlife recorded by early settlers are nowhere to be seen.The river is dead.
- Contents:
- Intro
- About Island Press
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Ch 1: The Worth of Water in the UNited States
- Ch 2: Human Reliance on Groundwater
- Ch 3: How Does a River Go Dry?
- Ch 4: A River at Risk
- Ch 5: Tampa Bay's Avarice
- Ch 6: The Tourist's Mirage
- Ch 7: Suburban Development and Watershed Initiatives
- Ch 8: A Game of Inches for Endangered Chinook Salmon
- Ch 9: Wild Blueberries and Atlantic Salmon
- Ch 10: Size Does Count, at Least for French Fries
- Ch 11: The Black Mesa Coal Slurry Pipeline
- Ch 12: Is Gold or Water More Precious?
- Ch 13: All's Fair in Love and Water
- Ch 14: The Future of Water
- Ch 15: The Tragedy of Law and the Commons
- Appendix: Organizations Committed to Protecting the Environment from Groundwater Pumping
- Glossary
- List of Acronyms
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Island Press Board of Directors 2002.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-296) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-59726-787-2
- 1-4175-3943-7
- OCLC:
- 56416161
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