
Ogallala Blue: Water And Life On The Great Plains
A story of a crucial, dwindling natural resource: an invisible ocean of fresh water under the High Plains.The Ogallala Aquifer that lies deep beneath the Great Plains from Texas to Colorado contains enough water to fill Lake Erie nine times! Every year five trillion gallons are pumped out for irrigation, and if (or when) the aquifer goes dry, $20 billion worth of food and fiber grown with that irr...
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Countryman Press; Reprint edition (July 17, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780881507362
ISBN-13: 978-0881507362
ASIN: 0881507369
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 1083288
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“One of the largest aquifers in the world, is located under the Great Plains region of the US. It is a resource that could be pumped dry within a few generations, if steps are not taken to protect this valuable and life sustaining asset. The effects...”
gation will disappear. William Ashforth tells the fascinating history of the Ogallala from its formation millions of years ago to glimpses of the future when the Great Plains could return to their Sahara Desert-like past.1 map
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