A thirsty land the making of an American water crisis /
"As a changing climate threatens the whole country with deeper droughts and more furious floods that put ever more people and property at risk, Texas has become a bellwether state for water debates. Will there be enough water for everyone? Is there the will to take the steps necessary to defend...
| Main Author: | McGraw, Seamus, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Austin, TX :
University of Texas Press,
2018.
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| Physical Description: |
277 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: |
Peter T. Flawn series in natural resource management and conservation ;
no. 9. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Pipe dreams, the 1968 state water plan
- When mine is yours and yours is ours
- "That's the kind of thinking that will get your land took from you"
- The last straw
- Rice in the desert
- What makes the dollar flip
- Dow by law
- An oak with its roots in the river, redux
- Old men shouting at the clouds
- A tale of two colonias
- Up against the wall
- Finding a solution, come hell or no water
- Must be something in the water
- Hanged in a fortnight
- Epilogue.