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Dead pool : Lake Powell, global warming, and the future of water in the west /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Powell, James Lawrence, 1936-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Global warming > West (U.S.)
Water-supply > West (U.S.)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Glen Canyon Dam (Ariz.) > History.
Powell, Lake (Utah and Ariz.) > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. River of surprise : The dam is not going to break
  • Playing dice with nature
  • Part 2. River of empire : Appointment in Samarra
  • One simple fact
  • The reality of empire
  • This vast plain of opulent soil
  • Lonely lands made fruitful
  • Part 3. River of controversy : Natural menace becomes national resource
  • Shall we let them ruin our national parks?
  • We want to be dammed
  • To have a deep blue lake
  • The biggest boondoggle
  • Part 4. River of limits : Time machines
  • A new climatology
  • Rainmakers
  • Let people in the future worry about it
  • A hundred green lagoons
  • Part 5. River of tomorrow : River of law
  • The west against itself.