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RECORD NUMBER: 5 OF 10| Main Title | Empire of water : an environmental and political history of the New York City water supply / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Soll, David, | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Cornell University Press, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2013 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 808245122 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780801449901 (cloth : alk. paper); 0801449901 (cloth : alk. paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Water-supply--Environmental aspects--New York (State)--New York--History ; Water-supply--Political aspects--New York (State)--New York--History ; Watershed management--New York (State)--New York--History ; Water-supply engineering--New York (State)--New York--History | |||||||||||
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| Collation | x, 283 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-273) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction : the evolution of a water system -- From Croton to Catskill -- Up country -- Drought, delays, and the Delaware -- Back to the Supreme Court -- The water system and the urban crisis -- The rise of watershed management -- Implementing the watershed agreement. |