Drowning the Dream: California's Water Choices at the Millennium

by David Carle

Book Overview

Imported water has transformed the Golden State's environment and quality of life. In the last one hundred years, land ownership patterns and real estate boosterism have dramatically altered both urban and rural communities across the entire state. The key has been water from the Eastern Sierra, the Colorado River and, finally, Northern California rivers. Whoever brings the water, brings the people wrote engineer William Mulholland, whose leadership...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275967190
• ISBN13: 9780275967192
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.6"