Contents
List of Illustrations
A Note on Method and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I. The Agencies and the Regional Water Economy
1. "The Mighty Met" : A Center of Power
2. Growth and Identity
3. The Politics of Groundwater
4. A Desert Conundrum
5. The Search for Cheap Water
Part II. Accountability
6. How Decisions Get Made and Who Gets to Make Them
7. Debating the Language of Policy
Part III. Innovation: A Problem of Management, Not Technology
8. Water Quality: New Issues, Old Priorities
9. Groping Toward Reallocation
10. The Role of Efficiency
11. Toward a New Mission
Part IV. Reference Material
Notes
Index