Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
- ISBN-10
- 0140178244
- ISBN-13
- 9780140178241
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 582
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Marc Reisner
Description
Details the achievements of creating a desert civilization and projects on the future problems of limited groundwater reserves, silting up of reservoirs, and contamination of soil
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