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02470aam a2200337Ii 4500 001 95AE27660F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190103010119 008 181004t20182018dcuab g b 001 0 eng 020 $a 1610919920 020 $a 9781610919920 035 $a (OCoLC)1055677493 040 $a GO9 $b eng $e rda $c GO9 $d WLL $d UAP $d OCLCF $d GZM $d SILO 043 $a nl----- 050 00 $a HD1695 G69 A56 2018 100 1 $a Annin, Peter, $e author. 245 14 $a The Great Lakes water wars / $c Peter Annin. 250 $a Revised edition. 264 1 $a Washington, DC : $b Island Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xxii, 356 pages : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-341) and index. 505 0 $a Part I. Hope and hopelessness. To have and have not -- The Aral experiment -- Climate change and water levels : going to extremes? -- Aversion to diversion -- Part II. Battle lines and skirmishes. Reversing a river -- Carp in the CAWS -- Long Lac and Ogoki -- Pleasing Pleasant Prairie -- Sacrificing Lowell -- Tapping Mud Creek -- Akron gets the nod -- Part III. New rules of engagement. The Nova group and Annex 2001 -- Marching toward a compact -- Waukesha worries -- New Berlin : the compact's forgotten test case -- Waukesha takes its shot -- Who will win the war? 520 $a The Great Lakes are the largest system of freshwater lakes in the world and America's greatest freshwater resource. For over a century they have been the target of controversial diversion schemes designed to sell, send, or ship water to thirsty communities, sometimes far from the source. In part to protect the Great Lakes from overzealous entrepreneurship, the Great Lakes Compact was signed in 2008. Although the Compact fulfills that promise and ensures that Great Lakes water stays within the Basin, some would say it has only shifted the controversy closer to home. Now water diversion controversies of a different kind are some of the most fought-over environmental issues in the region. Will the water wars ever be settled? -- $c Amazon.com 651 0 $a Great Lakes (North America) 650 0 $a Water resources development $z Great Lakes (North America) 650 0 $a Water-supply $z Great Lakes (North America) 941 $a 2 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220506014517.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214021601.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=95AE27660F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search