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03426aam a2200589 a 4500 001 8EFED85A214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 101029s2011 paua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2010045673 020 $a 0822961415 020 $a 9780822961413 035 $a (OCoLC)681534992 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d PIT $d CDX $d UPM $d SHH $d UKMGB $d MIX $d FXN $d HVC $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d IAP $d OCLCQ $d AGL $d FWR $d IL4J6 $d OCLCO $d UVA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a TD223 $b .M44 2011 070 0 $a TD223 $b .M44 2011 080 $a 363.610 082 00 $a 363.6/10973 $2 22 100 1 $a Melosi, Martin V., $d 1947- 245 10 $a Precious commodity : $b providing water for America's cities / $c Martin V. Melosi. 260 $a Pittsburgh, Pa. : $b University of Pittsburgh Press, $c ©2011. 300 $a xiv, 288 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a History of the urban environment 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-209) and index. 505 0 $a ch. One "Improving" Rivers in America: From the Revolution to the Progressive Era -- ch. Two How Bad Theory Can Lead to Good Technology: Water Supply and Sewerage in the Age of Miasmas -- ch. Three Pure and Plentiful: The Development of Modern Waterworks in the United States, 1880 -- 2000 -- ch. Four The Environmental Impact of the Big Dam Era -- ch. Five Private Water: The Curious Case of San Jose's Water Supply -- ch. Six The Historical Significance of Houston's Buffalo Bayou -- ch. Seven Houston's Public Sinks: Water and Wastewater Services -- Local Concerns to Regional Challenges -- ch. Eight Privatization of Water: U.S. and Worldwide Implications. 520 $a As an essential resource, water has been the object of warfare, political wrangling, individual and corporate abuse, and commodification, with multinational corporations vying for water supply contracts in many countries. In Precious Commodity, Martin V. Melosi examines water resources in the United States and addresses whether access to water is an inalienable right of citizens and if government is responsible for its distribution as a public good. 650 0 $a Water-supply $z United States. 650 0 $a Water use $z United States. 650 0 $a City planning $z United States. 650 0 $a Cities and towns $z United States. 650 0 $a Urbanization $x Environmental aspects. 650 6 $a Eau $x Approvisionnement $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Eau $x Utilisation $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Villes $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Urbanisation $x Aspect de l'environnement. 650 7 $a Cities and towns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00861748 650 7 $a City planning. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00862177 650 7 $a Urbanization $x Environmental aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01162728 650 7 $a Water-supply. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01172350 650 7 $a Water use. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01172188 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Water-supply $z United States. $2 nli 650 7 $a Water use $z United States. $2 nli 650 7 $a City planning $z United States. $2 nli 650 7 $a Cities and towns $z United States. $2 nli 650 7 $a Urbanization $x Environmental aspects. $2 nli 830 0 $a History of the urban environment. 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718090336.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8EFED85A214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search