Great Lakes Water Wars

Name: Great Lakes Water Wars
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ISBN: 9781559630870

ISBN-10: 1559630876

ISBN-13: 9781559630870

Edition: 2nd 2006

Authors: Peter Annin

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The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 8/16/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

A former correspondent with Newsweekmagazine,Peter Annin is associate director of the Institutes forJournalism and Natural Resources.



Author's Note


Prologue



Hope & Hopelessness



To Have and Have Not The Great Lakes and the global water picture



The Aral Experiment


Are there lessons that the Great Lakes can learn from the Aral Sea's desiccation?



Rising Temperatures, Falling Water?


Impacts of climate change on the Great Lakes watershed



A History of Desire


Diversion fears prompt protective measures in the Great Lakes region



Battle Lines & Skirmishes



Reversing a River


The conflicted history of the Chicago River diversion



Long Lac & Ogoki


Two large diversions into the Great Lakes affect the entire Basin



Pleasing Pleasant Prairie


A Wisconsin town's diversion permit prompts lingering questions



Sacrificing Lowell


An Indiana community's request for Great Lakes water is denied



Tapping Mud Creek


A consumptive use case tests the Great Lakes Charter



Akron Gets the Nod


An Ohio town gets Great Lakes water and controversy follows



New Rules of Engagement



The Nova Group & Annex 2001


An export idea sparks calls for more water controls



Marching Toward A Compact


Pulling together a modern, binding water management accord



Waukesha Worries


A Wisconsin suburb emerges as the next diversion battleground



Who'll Win the War?


How future Great Lakes water tensions will be resolved


Epilogue: The Water Awakening