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| 050474 2006 |
Kassulke, Natasha and Laura Chern. Groundwater: Wisconsin's Buried Treasure. Madison: Wisconsin Dept. of Natural
Resources, 2006.
Also available on the Web at
http://www.wnrmag.com/supps/2006/apr06/intro.htm
This booklet is a short introduction
to Wisconsin's groundwater resources, the programs that protect
it, and what we can all do to safeguard it. The 2006 edition looks at new challenges to our groundwater resources and the progress that has been made since the first edition was published in 1983. |
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050645
2004 |
Wisconsin
Groundwater Coordinating Council. Report to
the Legislature. Madison: The Council, 2004.
Updated editions available on the Web at
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/dwg/gcc/index.htm
The
Groundwater Coordinating Council's annual report provides an
overview of the condition of Wisconsin's groundwater as well
as a summary of Council and other agency activities related
to groundwater protection and management.
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| 051231 |
Chapelle,
Frank and James E. Landmeyer. The Hidden Sea: Ground
Water, Springs, and Wells. Tucson, Ariz.: Geoscience
Press, 1997.
A
skillful writer, Chapelle provides an introduction to groundwater
hydrology suitable for the layman as well as the PhD. |
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| 051375 |
Schwalbaum,
W. Jesse. Understanding Groundwater. Commack,
N.Y.: Nova Science Pub., 1997.
A
longtime consultant to municipalities and public water suppliers,
hydrogeologist Schwalbaum clearly presents what groundwater
is and how it interacts with all of our lives. |
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| 051404 VIDEO
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Wisconsin
Public Television. Water Rich, Water Poor.
Madison: Wisconsin Public Television, 2000.
Most areas of Wisconsin rely on groundwater for their water
supply. Wisconsin has abundant groundwater, but parts of Wisconsin
with large populations and/or high water use are running into
water availability and quality problems. |
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| 051423 |
Fitts,
Charles R. Groundwater Science. Amsterdam,
Boston: Academic Press, 2002.
Fitts
provides a clearly written introductory text for students
and professionals in hydrogeology which should also be useful to the general reader who wants to know more about groundwater. |
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| 051431
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Ashley,
Jeffrey S. and Zachary A. Smith. Groundwater Management
in the West. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press,
1999.
This assessment of the West's groundwater resources also provides
an overview of the volatile subject of groundwater management
in the Western states. |
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| 051434 |
Wisconsin
Groundwater Coordinating Council. Wisconsin's Groundwater
Summit: Sharing Our Buried Treasure: Directions for the Protection
and Management of Wisconsin's Groundwater: A Summary of the
2001 Groundwater Summit. Madison: The Council, 2002.
The
Groundwater Summit was convened to discuss current groundwater
protection and management issues and to develop ideas and
solutions to better protect Wisconsin's groundwater quality
and quantity. This document is a summary of that meeting. |
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| 051439 |
Sampat,
Payal and Jane A. Peterson. Deep Trouble: The Hidden
Threat of Groundwater Pollution. Worldwatch Paper
154. Washington, D.C.: Worldwatch Institute, 2000.
Groundwater pollution is a problem in many parts of the world.
The Worldwatch Institute offers us a sampler of some of those
problems. |
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| 051440 |
Glennon,
Robert Jerome. Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping
and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters. Washington,
D.C.: Island Press, 2002.
In this absorbing account of the devastating effects of groundwater
pumping, the author provides examples from several states
including Wisconsin. |
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| 051466 |
Blomquist,
William A. and Elinor Ostrom. Dividing the Waters:
Governing Groundwater in Southern California. San
Francisco, Calif.: ICS Press, 1992.
Southern
California must rely on groundwater for its water supply.
To manage their precious groundwater resources, local users
have put together "self-governing institutional structures,
basin by basin, watershed by watershed," instead of depending
on government regulations. |
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| 051512 |
Opie, John. Ogallala: Water for a Dry Land. 2nd ed. Our Sustainable Future, v. 13. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2000.
This is the updated and enlarged second edition of John Opie's pioneering work on the environmental history of the
Ogallala aquifer and plains farming. He addresses the impact of the 1996 Farm
Bill and looks at the recent
movement of industrial hog farming onto the plains. |
