The West’s refusal to confront the issue of water quality will haunt the region.
Drained rivers rouse Montana
During the droughty summer of 1988, irrigators sucked many Montana streams dry. The backlash could re-order the way the state manages water. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Subterranean toxics threaten city
Southwestern cities are famous for drawing down their aquifers. But Albuquerque, New Mexico, may exhaust its aquifer while still leaving it in the ground. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Bleeding from a million wounds
In the case of Colorado’s Arkansas River, it’s more accurate to talk of a pollution-shed than a watershed. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
Getting off on the wrong foot
The Newlands project in Nevada has become a diabolical machine whose main products are poisoned and deformed birds. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E
The West’s right to pollute shall never be denied
The West’s refusal to confront the issue of water quality will haunt the region. Download entire issue to view this article: http://country-survey-collabs.info/issues/21.22/download-entire-issue%3C/p%3E