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with some emphasis on San Diego

Water

" les forêts précèdent les peuples, les deserts les suivent" (Chateaubriand)
[Image of Salton Sea] [Image of Lower Otay Reservoir] [Image of Lake Murray Dam]
 

Recommended reading:

Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California / Steven P. Erie

Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water / Marc Reisner

Dead pool : Lake Powell, global warming, and the future of water in the west / James Lawrence Powell

The Great Thirst: Californians and Water, 1770s-1990s / Norris Hundley, Jr.

Introduction to Water in California / David Carle

Overtapped Oasis: Reform or Revolution for Western Water / Marc Reisner and Sarah Bates

Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West / Donald Worster

Rivers of Gold: Designing Markets to Allocate Water in California / Brent M. Haddad

Salt Dreams: Land & Water in Low-Down California / William deBuys & Joan Myers

Searching out the Headwaters: Change and Discovery in Western Water Policy / Sarah F. Bates [et al.]

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