Empire of water : an environmental and political history of the New York City water supply

Empire of water : an environmental and political history of the New York City water supply /

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...

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Main Author: Soll, David, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2013
Subjects:
Water-supply > Environmental aspects > New York (State) > New York > History.
Water-supply > Political aspects > New York (State) > New York > History.
Watershed management > New York (State) > New York > History.
Water-supply engineering > New York (State) > New York > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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