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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825388503321

Autore

Glennon Robert Jerome <1944->

Titolo

Water follies : groundwater pumping and the fate of America's fresh waters / / Robert Glennon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Island Press, c2002

ISBN

1-59726-787-2

1-4175-3943-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (328 p.)

Disciplina

333.91/0413/0973

Soggetti

Water-supply - United States

Groundwater - United States

Water use - United States

Water consumption - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Ch 1: The Worth of Water in the UNited States -- Ch 2: Human Reliance on Groundwater -- Ch 3: How Does a River Go Dry? -- Ch 4: A River at Risk -- Ch 5: Tampa Bay's Avarice -- Ch 6: The Tourist's Mirage -- Ch 7: Suburban Development and Watershed Initiatives -- Ch 8: A Game of Inches for Endangered Chinook Salmon -- Ch 9: Wild Blueberries and Atlantic Salmon -- Ch 10: Size Does Count, at Least for French Fries -- Ch 11: The Black Mesa Coal Slurry Pipeline -- Ch 12: Is Gold or Water More Precious? -- Ch 13: All's Fair in Love and Water -- Ch 14: The Future of Water -- Ch 15: The Tragedy of Law and the Commons -- Appendix: Organizations Committed to Protecting the Environment from Groundwater Pumping -- Glossary -- List of Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Island Press Board of Directors 2002.