A Thirsty Land : : The Fight for Water in Texas / / Seamus McGraw.
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 ourse...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2022] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PROLOGUE
- CHAPTER 1. PIPE DREAMS: THE 1968 STATE WATER PLAN
- CHAPTER 2. WHEN MINE IS YOURS AND YOURS IS OURS
- CHAPTER 3. “THAT’S THE KIND OF THINKING THAT WILL GET YOUR LAND TOOK FROM YOU”
- CHAPTER 4 THE LAST STRAW
- CHAPTER 5. RICE IN THE DESERT
- CHAPTER 6. WHAT MAKES THE DOLLAR FLIP
- CHAPTER 7. DOW BY LAW
- CHAPTER 8. AN OAK WITH ITS ROOTS IN THE RIVER, REDUX
- CHAPTER 9. OLD MEN SHOUTING AT THE CLOUDS
- CHAPTER 10. A TALE OF TWO COLONIAS
- CHAPTER 11. UP AGAINST THE WALL
- CHAPTER 12. FINDING A SOLUTION, COME HELL OR NO WATER
- CHAPTER 13. MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER
- CHAPTER 14. HANGED IN A FORTNIGHT
- EPILOGUE
- AFTERWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- SOURCES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- INDEX