Regional water plan to be reviewed by public
The Region C Water Planning Group (RCWPG) recently approved a draft of the 2011 Region C Water plan, and residents from all over North Texas will soon have the chance to provide input.
LCRA seeks public input on water supply plan
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The Great Lakes Water Wars
$12.79 The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimatel... |
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Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California
$20.97 As urban growth outstrips water supplies, how can the global challenge of providing "liquid gold" be met? Mixing history and policy analysis, Steven Erie tells the compelling story of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD)—one of the world’s largest and most important public water agencies—and its role in building the world’s 8th largest economy in a semi-desert. No taw... |
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Water Wisdom: Preparing the Groundwork for Cooperative and Sustainable Water Management in the Middle East
$24.55 Israel and Palestine are, by international criteria, water scarce. As the peace process continues amidst ongoing violence, water remains a political and environmental issue. Thirty leading Palestinian and Israeli activists, water scientists, politicians, and others met and worked together to develop a future vision for the sustainable shared management of water resources that is presented in Water... |
