Empire of Water An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply

Name: Empire of Water An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply
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ISBN: 9780801449901

ISBN-10: 0801449901

ISBN-13: 9780801449901

Edition: 2013

Authors: David Soll

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Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation's largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water system in 1842, it began to expand the network, eventually reaching far into the Catskill Mountains, more than one hundred miles from the city. Empire of Water explores the history of New York City's water system from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, focusing on the…

Book details

List price: $43.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 3/26/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: The Evolution of a Water System



From Croton to Catskill



Up Country



Drought, Delays, and the Delaware



Back to the Supreme Court



The Water System and the Urban Crisis



The Rise of Watershed Management



Implementing the Watershed Agreement


Epilogue Putting Politics in Its Place


Notes


Bibliography


Index