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The Great Lakes water wars
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"The Great Lakes are one of the world's largest reservoirs, and more than forty million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. How that water is used by, or diverted from, those people is the...
"The Great Lakes are one of the world's largest reservoirs, and more than forty million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. How that water is used by, or diverted from, those people is the story of The Great Lakes Water Wars. Peter Annin writes an account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive sourcebook for the general public as well as policy makers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past - and future - of this unique resource."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Creator
- Peter Annin
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- Language
- English
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- Washington : Island Press, [2006]
- ©2006
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- xv, 303 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1559630876, 9781559630870
- OCLC
- ocm65205007
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-295) and index.
- Hope and hopelessness -- To have and have not -- The Aral experiment -- Rising temperatures, falling water? -- Aversion to diversion -- Battle lines and skirmishes -- Reversing a river -- Long Lac and Ogoki -- Pleasing Pleasant Prairie -- Sacrificing Lowell -- Tapping Mud Creek -- Akron gets the nod -- New rules of engagement -- The Nova group and Annex 2001 -- Marching toward a compact -- Waukesha worries -- Who will win the war?