Contested waters : an environmental history of the Colorado River /
"The Colorado River is a vital resource to urban and agricultural communities across the Southwest, providing water to 30 million people. Contested Waters tells the river's story-a story of conquest, control, division, and depletion. Beginning in prehistory and continuing into the present...
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Boulder, Colorado :
University Press of Colorado,
[2013]
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. A river through time. Conquering the wild Colorado : the river before 1945 ; Farming the desert : agricultural water demands ; Saving the river : the environmental movement ; Sharing the shortage : a river in control
- Part 2. Currents of today. The metropolis and the desert : growing cities in the West ; Owning the river : Indian water rights and settlements ; Crossing the border : US-Mexico relations and the river ; The water market : banking and selling the Colorado River
- Conclusion