Water in the 21st-Century West offers a timely look at the central
issue facing the American Westathe regionas diminishing water
supply. It collects the best reporting on the subject, drawn from
the pages of High Country News, the newspaper that sets the
standard for coverage of environmental issues in the West. This
book provides compelling perspectives on the water issues and
controversies that roil the region, from the Pacific Northwest to
the Great Plains, from the interior mountains to the southwestern
deserts. The bookas contributorsaamong them activists, scholars,
scientists, and many of the nationas finest environmental
journalistsaoffer hardhitting analyses of regional dilemmas,
including the unpredictable impact of climate change; intense
debates over decommissioning dams; emerging Native American water
power; toxic threats to groundwater quality; and the escalating
urban demands for water in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Denver, Salt
Lake City, and the Bay Area. Water in the 21st-Century West
captures the range and nature of the arguments that have defined
water politics in the region over the past decade. The collection
probes the issues and explores creative attempts to find solutions,
bringing a focus and clarity to the most contentious environmental
issue the West faces. Water in the 21st-Century West will be an
essential primer in assessing and mapping the Westas water future.
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