| Main Title |
Water in the 21st-century West : a High country news reader / |
| Other Authors |
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| Publisher |
Oregon State University Press, |
| Year Published |
2009 |
| OCLC Number |
277197332 |
| ISBN |
9780870715662 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0870715666 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Subjects |
Water conservation--West (US) ;
West (US)--Environmental conditions ;
Water use--Social aspects--West (US) ;
Water use--Political aspects--West (US) ;
Water use--Environmental aspects--West (US) ;
Water-supply--Social aspects--West (US) ;
Water-supply--Political aspects--West (US) ;
Water-supply--Environmental aspects--West (US) ;
Wasserverbrauch ;
Wasser ;
Wasserreserve ;
Amerika
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EOAM |
TD223.6.W475 2009 |
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Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
08/09/2010 |
| ESAM |
TD223.6.W475 2009 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
09/27/2010 |
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| Collation |
312 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes index. |
| Contents Notes |
Dry spell / Char Miller -- Save our snow / Michelle Nijhuis -- Into thin air? / Matt Jenkins -- Unnatural preservation / M. Martin Smith and Fiona Gow -- Floyd Dominy: an encounter with the west's undaunted dam builder / Ed Marston -- River of dreams / Adam Burke -- The terrifying saga of the west's last big dam / Joshua Zaffos -- As dams fall, a chance for redemption / Daniel McCool -- Super-sized dam could be a cash register for California farmers / Hilary Watts -- Elwha river dams move closer to destruction / Michelle Blank -- A downside to downing dams? / Michelle Nijhuis -- Bracing against the tide / Rebecca Clarren -- The new water czars / Daniel Kraker -- Protecting the treaties, saving the fish / Tim Sullivan -- Tribal victory / Terri C. Hansen -- Turning the tide / Eve Rickert -- Seeking the water jackpot / Matt Jenkins -- Tribes make controversial deal on salmon / Rocky Barker -- Grand Canyon oases face faraway threats / Anne Minard -- Pipe dreams / Matt Jenkins -- Idaho gets smart about water / Rocky Barker -- Getting fresh with the west's groundwater / Morgan Heim -- Facing the yuck factor / Peter Friederici -- Colorado community battles a toxic shipment / Gail Binkly -- Hispanic community takes on polluters / Enrique Gili -- Cold war toxin seeps into western water / Lin Alder -- Former employees blow the whistle on Nevada mine / Rosemary Winters -- A chemical cocktail pollutes western water / Michelle Nijhuis -- The Great Salt Lake's dirty little secret / Patrick Farrell -- Smoke alarm / Kat Leitzell -- Toxic legacy / Stephanie Hiller -- Dust settles in Owens Valley / Jane Braxton Little -- A dusty lake is plumbed halfway back to life / Matt Jenkins -- L.A. bets on the farm / Matt Jenkins -- The water empress of Vegas / Michael Weissenstein -- Squeezing water from a stone / Matt Jenkins -- Water pressure / Ed Marston -- Drought unearths a water dinosaur / Allen Best -- Colorado's thirsty suburbs get state in trouble / Allen Best -- Suburbanites compete for the lake's fresh water / Matt Jenkins -- Great Salt Lake mystery / Tim Westby -- Delta blues / Susan Zakin -- Death in the delta / Francisco Tharp -- Hold the salt / Jennifer Weeks. |
