| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 356 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
For over a century the Great Lakes have been the target of controversial diversion schemes to sell, send, or ship water to thirsty communities, sometimes far from the source. In 2008, eight US states signed the historic Great Lakes Compact designed to protect the region's precious freshwater resources. Now water diversion controversies of a different kind are pitting communities and states against one another. Will the water wars ever be settled? With three new chapters and significant revisions that bring the story up to date over the past decade, this is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of the people and stories behind hard-fought battles to protect this precious resource that makes the region so special for the millions who call it home. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and index. |
| Contents |
To have and have not -- The Aral experiment -- Climate change and water levels-going to extremes? -- Aversion to diversion -- Reversing a river -- Carp in the CAWS -- Long Lac and Ogoki -- Pleasing pleasant prairie -- Sacrificing Lowell -- Tapping Mud Creek -- Akron gets the nod -- The Nova Group and Annex 2001 -- Marching toward a compact -- Waukesha worries -- New Berlin: the compact's forgotten test case -- Waukesha takes its shot -- Who will win the war? |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Water resources development -- Great Lakes (North America)
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Water resources development. |
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Water-supply -- Great Lakes (North America)
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Water-supply. |
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Great Lakes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Annin, Peter. Great Lakes water wars. Revised edition. Washington, DC : Island Press, [2018] 9781610919920 (OCoLC)1055677493 |
| ISBN |
9781610919937 (electronic book) |
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1610919939 (electronic book) |
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9781610919920 (paperback) |
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1610919920 (paperback) |
| Standard No. |
10.5822/978-1-61091- |
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