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Author:

Owen, David, 1955- author.

Title:

Where the water goes : life and death along the Colorado River / David Owen.

Publisher:

Riverhead Books,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

274 pages : map ; 24 cm

Subject:

Owen, David,--1955---Travel--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Water-supply--West (U.S.)
Stream ecology--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Description and travel.
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Environmental conditions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-266) and index.

Contents:

The headwaters -- The law of the River -- Tributaries -- Go West -- Grand Valley -- Salt, dry lots, and houseboats -- Lees Ferry -- Boulder Canyon Project -- Las Vegas -- Colorado River Aqueduct -- Central Arizona Project -- The rule of capture -- Boondocking -- Imperial Valley -- The Salton Sea -- Reclamation -- The delta -- What is to be done?

ISBN:

1594633770
9781594633775

OCLC:

(OCoLC)956479784

LCCN:

2016039410

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)