Red water, black gold
Subtitle: the Canadian River in western Texas, 1920-1999
By: Margaret A. Bickers
Publisher: Texas State Historical Association
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Denton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781625110022
Subjects: Water rights; History; Petroleum industry and trade; Water-supply
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: A typically atypical stream; title: Agriculture and oil; title: A small river in the big legal picture; title: Saving water to save the soil; title: Shortages and negotiations; title: The paper river and a lot of dam talk; title: The wet river in a dry decade; title: Building a dam times two; title: Changes in the river: lawsuits, leaks, and brine; title: Paper plus water makes (legal) fire; title: Two suits and an act of Congress; title: Conclusion: a once and future river; title: Appendix A: Abbreviations, acronyms, and terms; title: Appendix B: Conversions, climatology, and methodology; title: Appendix C: For further reading.