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Watershed : deciding our water future / Ticky Fullerton
Bib ID 1157387
Format BookBook
Author Fullerton, Ticky
Description Sydney : ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2001. 
354 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 0733309992 (pbk.)  0733309992 : 
Summary

"Punchy, pacy and perceptive, Watershed takes us through the fascinating history of water in this country. It examines the rise of water moguls unknown to most of us, and explains why water now pitches state premiers against each other and the Commonwealth. It's full of yarns of battles for water at the grass roots level, past and present, and issues clear warnings of the great environmental challenges facing the nation: dams, salination, pollution and conservation, and clean water for our cities. In Watershed, the who's who of water have their say, from business powerbrokers such as Dick Pratt and Hugh Morgan to environmentalist Petter Garrett, commentator Alan Jones and top politicians and scientists such as Peter Cullen and Graham Harris. Extensively researched, from big cities to Kununurra, Kalgoorlie, the Cooper Creek and beyond, Watershed is a wake-up call for every Australian." -- BOOK JACKET.

Full contents 1. The primary resources -- 2. Cryptic water -- 3. City limits -- 4. Pursed lips -- 5. Assalted -- 6. Go with the flow -- 7. Irate irrigators -- 8. Snowy's revenge -- 9. Water politics -- 10. Water wars -- 11. Out of the Ord -- 12. Dinosaur water -- 13. Pipes and pipedreams -- 14. Education, leadership and water -- Epilogue. 
Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-344) and index.

Subjects Water resources development - Australia.  |  Water use - Australia.  |  Water-supply - Australia.  |  Water - Pollution - Australia.  |  Water conservation - Australia.
Other Authors Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Also Titled Watershed : deciding our water future : juggling the interests of farmers, politicians, big business, ordinary people and nature

Cover Title Watershed : deciding our water future : juggling the interests of farmers, politicians, big business, ordinary people and nature 
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NL 333.9100994 F971
Copy: pbk
Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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N 333.9100994 F971
Copy: pbk
Main Reading Room (Australian Collection)
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