| Description |
1 online resource (x, 314 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-296) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Worth of water in the United States -- 2. Human reliance on groundwater -- 3. How does a river go dry : the Santa Cruz in Tucson -- 4. A river at risk : the Upper San Pedro River in Arizona -- 5. Tampa Bay's avarice : Cypress Groves, wetlands, springs, and lakes in Florida -- 6. Tourist's mirage : San Antonio's River Walk, the Edwards Aquifer, and endangered species -- 7. Suburban development and watershed initiatives : Massachusetts' Ipswich River Basin -- 8. A game of inches for endangered Chinook salmon : California's Cosumnes River, the Army Corps of Engineers, and Sacramento sprawl -- 9. Wild blueberries and Atlantic salmon : down east Maine -- 10. Size does count, at least for French fries : Minnesota's Straight River -- 11. Black Mesa Coal Slurry Pipeline : the Hopi Reservation in Arizona -- 12. Is gold or water more precious : mining in Nevada -- 13. All's fair in love and water -- 14. Future of water : tourism and Grand Canyon National Park -- 15. Tragedy of law and the commons. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Includes material on the effects of groundwater pumping on the Santa Cruz in Tucson, the Upper San Pedro River in Arizona, Florida wetlands, the Edwards Aquifer in Texas, the Ipswich River Basin in Massachusetts, the Cosumnes River of California, Maine, the Straight River of Minnesota, the Hopi Reservation in Arizona, Nevada, and the Grand Canyon. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- United States.
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Water-supply. |
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United States. |
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Groundwater -- United States.
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Groundwater. |
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Water use -- United States.
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Water use. |
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Water consumption -- United States.
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Water consumption. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Glennon, Robert Jerome, 1944- Water follies. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, ©2002 1559632232 (DLC) 2002007977 (OCoLC)49935997 |
| ISBN |
1417539437 (electronic book) |
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9781417539437 (electronic book) |
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9781597267878 (electronic book) |
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1597267872 (electronic book) |
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1559632232 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781559632232 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1559634006 (paperback) |
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9781559634007 (paperback) |
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