Desert Water : The Future of Utah's Water Resources / edited by Hal Crimmel.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crimmel, Hal, 1966- editor of compilation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--Utah.

Water-supply.

Water resources development--Utah.

Water resources development.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hal Crimmel has brought the findings of science together with the experienced voices of environmental social scientists, humanists, and activists to provide perspective on Utah water issues.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction / Hal Crimmel

The coming challenge : population growth and water decline / Eric C. Ewert

The miracle at the end of the line / Stephen Trimble

Bear River : learning from a river that closes our circle / Craig Denton

The restoration of all things : the case of the Provo River delta / George Handley

Climate change and the future of Great Salt Lake / Daniel Bedford

Chicken little's new career : how Utah's water development industry sows false fears and misinformation / Zachary Frankel

Time to rethink policy : ideas for improving the health of Great Salt Lake / Rob Dubuc

The Colorado : archetypal river / Brooke Williams

Going with the flow : navigating to stream access consensus / Sara Dant

The return of Glen Canyon : the beginning of a more sustainable future for the colorado / Annette McGivney

Land of 20,000 wells : impacts on water from oil and gas development in eastern Utah / Hal Crimmel

Moving water / Jana Richman

A new water ethic / Daniel McCool

Selected bibliography

List of contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-250) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60781-373-4

OCLC:

899008407