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Ashworth, William, 1942-

Title Ogallala blue : water and life on the High Plains / William Ashworth.

Publication Info.	New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2006]
	©2006

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Location	Call No.	Status
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department	553.79 ASH	Storage
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	553.79 AS39	Check Shelf

Edition	First edition.
Description	x, 330 pages : map ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-309) and index.
Contents	Prologue : the palisaded plain -- [pt]. 1. The underground ocean -- 1. The phantom reservoir -- 2. The flattest land -- 3. Pumping Kansas dry -- 4. Declining fortunes -- 5. A state of nature -- 6. Don't drink the water -- 7. Too important to stop -- 8. Paper water -- 9. To determine their destiny -- [pt]. 2. The ghosts of ancient rivers -- 10. Peering at the edge -- 11. To dig a hole -- 12. Holocene -- 13. "Wholly unfit for cultivation" -- 14. Finding the water -- 15. Circles on the plain -- 16. Apocalypse delayed -- [pt]. 3. Minimum water -- 17. Adaptation -- 18. The opportunity to be efficient -- 19. Making every bit count -- 20. A tenuous balance -- 21. An elephant in a dark room -- 22. Roberts County rancher -- 23. Drowning Texan Tech -- 24. The long farewell -- Epilogue : The buffalo spring -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index.
Subject	Irrigation water -- High Plains (U.S.) -- History.
	Ogallala Aquifer -- History.
	Irrigation -- High Plains (U.S.) -- History.
	Agriculture -- High Plains (U.S.) -- History.
	Agricultural ecology -- High Plains (U.S.) -- History.
ISBN	0393058425 hardcover
	9780393058420 hardcover

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