Author: Lawrence J. MacDonnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Navigating a Pathway Toward Colorado's Water Future
Author: Lawrence J. MacDonnellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Report of A.W. Whipple ... route near the 35th parallel
Author: United States. War DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Where the Water Goes
Author: David OwenPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698189906
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
“Wonderfully written…Mr. Owen writes about water, but in these polarized times the lessons he shares spill into other arenas. The world of water rights and wrongs along the Colorado River offers hope for other problems.” —Wall Street Journal An eye-opening account of where our water comes from and where it all goes. The Colorado River is an essential resource for a surprisingly large part of the United States, and every gallon that flows down it is owned or claimed by someone. David Owen traces all that water from the Colorado’s headwaters to its parched terminus, once a verdant wetland but now a million-acre desert. He takes readers on an adventure downriver, along a labyrinth of waterways, reservoirs, power plants, farms, fracking sites, ghost towns, and RV parks, to the spot near the U.S.–Mexico border where the river runs dry. Water problems in the western United States can seem tantalizingly easy to solve: just turn off the fountains at the Bellagio, stop selling hay to China, ban golf, cut down the almond trees, and kill all the lawyers. But a closer look reveals a vast man-made ecosystem that is far more complex and more interesting than the headlines let on. The story Owen tells in Where the Water Goes is crucial to our future: how a patchwork of engineering marvels, byzantine legal agreements, aging infrastructure, and neighborly cooperation enables life to flourish in the desert—and the disastrous consequences we face when any part of this tenuous system fails.
Report of Explorations for a Railway Route
Author: Lieutenant A. W. WhipplePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Foreign Relations of the United States
Author: United States. Department of StatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 836
Book Description
Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean
Author: Water Resources
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on National Water ResourcesPublisher:
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Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyers
Author: P. Andrew JonesPublisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 0870819690
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Why do people fight about water rights? Who decides how much water can be used by a city or irrigator? Does the federal government get involved in state water issues? Why is water in Colorado so controversial? These questions, and others like them, are addressed in Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyers. This concise and understandable treatment of the complex web of Colorado water laws is the first book of its kind. Legal issues related to water rights in Colorado first surfaced during the gold mining era in the 1800s and continue to be contentious today with the explosive population growth of the twenty-first century. Drawing on geography and history, the authors explore the flashpoints and water wars that have shaped Colorado’s present system of water allocation and management. They also address how this system, developed in the mid-1800s, is standing up to current tests—including the drought of the past decade and the competing interests for scarce water resources—and predict how it will stand up to new demands in the future. This book will appeal to at students, non-lawyers involved with water issues, and general readers interested in Colorado’s complex water rights law.
Preliminary Report upon a reconnaissance through Southern and Southeastern Nevada, made in 1869, By Geo. M. Wheeler, assisted by D. W. Lockwood ...
Author: Geo. M. WheelerItinerary
Author: Amiel Weeks WhipplePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Discoveries in geography
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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