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Angel Creek / by Howard, Linda,1950-(CARDINAL)351804; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)(CARDINAL)376993;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Water rights;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Angel Creek [sound recording] / by Howard, Linda,1950-(CARDINAL)351804; Ross, Natalie,narrator.;
Read by Natalie Ross.The death of Dee Swann's father brings with it one unexpected opportunity: Dee becomes sole owner of Angel Creek Valley and attains complete independence. When Lucas Cochran comes to town, however, he sets his sights on the clear, cool water running from Angel Creek. In this drought-ridden high country, water is a hot commodity and Cochran needs it to create his cattle dynasty. He'll try anything to get what he wants, including seduction.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Love stories.; Western stories.; Water rights;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Contemporary eastern water rights regulation / by Heath, Milton S.,Jr.(Milton Sydney),1928-2019.(CARDINAL)126838; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Institute of Government.(CARDINAL)158318;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-43).
Subjects: Water rights; Water;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The water knife [large print] / by Bacigalupi, Paolo.(CARDINAL)356706;
"With the American Southwest decimated by drought, three women find themselves pawns in a game far bigger, more corrupt, and dirtier than any of them could have imagined. Their only hope for survival rests in one another's hands. But when water is more valuable than gold, alliances shift like sand"--
Subjects: Large print books.; Dystopias.; Fiction.; Droughts; Water rights;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The water knife [sound recording] / by Bacigalupi, Paolo,author.(CARDINAL)356706; Guerra, Almarie,narrator.;
Read by Almarie Guerra.Working as an enforcer for a corrupt developer, Angel Velasquez teams up with a hardened journalist and a street-smart Texan to investigate rumors of California's imminent monopoly on limited water supplies.
Subjects: Dystopias.; Audiobooks.; Droughts; Water rights;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The water knife (tote bundle) [kit] / by Bacigalupi, Paoloauthor(CARDINAL)356706;
The Water Knife -- The Water Knife -- The Water Knife -- The Water Knife -- The Water Knife.The American Southwest has been decimated by drought. Nevada and Arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California watches, deciding if it should just take the whole river all for itself. Into the fray steps Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel "cuts" water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring that lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert and that anyone who challenges her is left in the gutted-suburban dust. When water is more valuable than gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Dystopian fiction.; Science fiction.; Droughts; Water rights;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The Water Knife. [kit] a novel ; by Bacigalupi, Paolo,author.(CARDINAL)356706;
The American Southwest has been decimated by drought. Nevada and Arizona skirmish over dwindling shares of the Colorado River, while California watches, deciding if it should just take the whole river all for itself. Into the fray steps Las Vegas water knife Angel Velasquez. Detective, assassin, and spy, Angel "cuts" water for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, ensuring that lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert and that anyone who challenges her is left in the gutted-suburban dust. When water is more valuable than gold, alliances shift like sand, and the only truth in the desert is that someone will have to bleed if anyone hopes to drink.
Subjects: Dystopias.; Western fiction.; Droughts; Water rights;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Cuchillo de agua / by Bacigalupi, Paolo,author.(CARDINAL)356706; Reyes, Manuel de los,translator.(CARDINAL)430082;
En un futuro no muy lejano, tras siglos de sobreexplotación, el río Colorado se está secando. La catástrofe obliga a miles de ciudadanos a emigrar a zonas más fértiles de Estados Unidos, pero los estados deciden construir barreras para impedir la marea de refugiados que se les viene encima.A medida que la sequía se extiende y se prolonga, el campo y las ciudades se convierten en páramos sin ley, presas de especuladores que empiezan a comerciar con la desesperación de los seres humanos.
Subjects: Dystopias.; Fiction.; Droughts; Water rights;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Edge of the desert [large print] / by Cheshire, Giff,1905-1973,author.(CARDINAL)635452;
"When land promoter Rodney Gallant comes to Nebraska and tries to tie up water rights around Silver Lake, Jim Carlin hoped to head off trouble peacefully with a ranchers' meeting until a bushwhacker's bullet tried to keep him from the meeting. Now it's obvious that trouble is already there and Gallant is willing to use violence to get what he wants"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Large print books.; Western fiction.; Water rights;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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Aquanomics : water markets and the environment / by Gardner, B. Delworth,1928-; Simmons, Randy T.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Water quality markets: institutional design and performance -- Market-like water quality trading: why it matters and how to make it happen -- Buying water for the environment -- Auctions of water rights -- The economic effects of using property taxes in lieu of direct user fees to pay for water -- The economics of dam decommissioning for ecosystem restoration: making informed decisions to remove aging U.S. dams -- Markets for freshwater ecosystem services -- Lessons from Los Angeles: dealing with diminishing predictability in Los Angeles water sources: the evolving public trust doctrine: an obstacle to water marketing -- Dams, water rights, and market transfers in California -- The Sacramento-San Joaquin delta and the political economy of California water -- Allocation transaction costs and water -- Markets: the anticommons perspective.
Subjects: Water quality trading.; Water rights.; Water-supply.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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