CHAPTER 4 THE LAST STRAW

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. CONTENTS VII
3. PROLOGUE 1
4. CHAPTER 1. PIPE DREAMS: THE 1968 STATE WATER PLAN 9
5. CHAPTER 2. WHEN MINE IS YOURS AND YOURS IS OURS 27
6. CHAPTER 3. “THAT’S THE KIND OF THINKING THAT WILL GET YOUR LAND TOOK FROM YOU” 39
7. CHAPTER 4 THE LAST STRAW 59
8. CHAPTER 5. RICE IN THE DESERT 71
9. CHAPTER 6. WHAT MAKES THE DOLLAR FLIP 87
10. CHAPTER 7. DOW BY LAW 103
11. CHAPTER 8. AN OAK WITH ITS ROOTS IN THE RIVER, REDUX 113
12. CHAPTER 9. OLD MEN SHOUTING AT THE CLOUDS 135
13. CHAPTER 10. A TALE OF TWO COLONIAS 153
14. CHAPTER 11. UP AGAINST THE WALL 169
15. CHAPTER 12. FINDING A SOLUTION, COME HELL OR NO WATER 185
16. CHAPTER 13. MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER 209
17. CHAPTER 14. HANGED IN A FORTNIGHT 225
18. EPILOGUE 249
19. AFTERWORD 253
20. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 259
21. NOTES 263
22. SOURCES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING 271
23. INDEX 275