Authors: Marc Reisner
Tags: #Technology & Engineering, #Environmental, #Water Supply, #History, #United States, #General
migrations to
Ogallala Aquifer and
Texas Water Plan and
O’Mahoney, Joseph
O’Neill, Tip
Oregon
climatic extremes in
Columbia River diversion and
Oriel, Steven
Orme Dam
Oroville Dam
Otis, Harrison Gray
background of
and diverting Owens Valley water to Los Angeles
Johnson’s conflicts with
and migration to Los Angeles
San Fernando Valley development and
Owens Valley, Calif.
buying up water rights in
diverting water to Los Angeles from
diverting water to San Fernando Valley from
droughts in
irrigation in
power-license applications in
Owens Valley, Calif. (cont.)
settlement of
Smith and
tourism in
violence in
water returned by Los Angeles to
Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations (PCFFA)
Pacific Northwest:
dams and irrigation projects in
energy consumption in
Pacific Southwest Water Plan and
Pacific Southwest Water Plan
legislation on
as pyramid scheme
Pafford, Robert:
Auburn Dam and
Marysville Dam and
Page, John C.
Palmer, Bill
Parker, Robert Leroy
Parker Dam
Parsons, Ralph M.
Ralph M. Parsons Corporation
Path to Power, The
(Caro)
Patterson, Roger
Patton, James
Pecos River, salinity levels of
Peripheral Canal
Peterson, Ottis
Pettingill, Olin
Phoenix, Ariz.
CAP and
floods in
growth of
Pick, Lewis:
and drowning of Three Tribes
Missouri Basin projects and
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery
Pillsbury, Arthur F.
Pinchot, Gifford
Pine Flat Dam
Plastino, Ben
Plater, Zygmunt
plutonium production
Pomeroy, F. I.
Porter, Carley
Porter, Eliot
Powell, John Wesley
and arbitrary division of Colorado River Basin
on events at Lava Cliffs
expeditions of
in Grand Canyon
on Green River
mutiny against
Reclamation Act and
on western land policy
Powell, Walter
Prostka, Hal
Prudential Insurance Corporation
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Pytlak, Shirley
Rainbow Bridge
Rampart Dam
Randolph, Jennings
Rayburn, Sam
Reagan, Ronald
Dos Rios Dam and
Reclamation Act and
Reclamation Act
agriculture and
in California
Dominy and
events leading to
Fact Finder’s report on
financing projects under
Marysville Dam and
Missouri Basin projects and
Newlands and
passage of
reforming of
Tulare Basin rivers and
Red River Project
Reed, Nathaniel
Report
(Powell)
reservoir siltation
Rexburg, Idaho, Teton flood and
Reynolds, Stephen
Rhodes, John
Rickey, Thomas B.
Rifkind, Simon
Rio Grande
Ririe Dam
Riter, Randy
river-basin accounting
river-basin planning
Roberts, Daryl
Roberts, Ray
Robie, Ron
Robins, Thomas
Robinson, Michael
Robison, Ken
Robison, Robbie, Teton Dam and
Rockefeller, Larry
Rockefeller, Nelson
Rockwood, Charles
Rogers, William and Judith
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
CVP and
Grand Coulee Dam and
Hoover Dam dedicated by
Missouri Basin projects and
popularity of
public works glorified by
river-basin planning and
Tulare Basin rivers and
World War II and
Roosevelt, Theodore
and diverting Owens Valley water to Los Angeles
Reclamation Act and
Rose, H. H.
Rozengurt, Michael
Ruckel, Tony
Ruppel, Ed
Rusk, Dean
Sacajawea
Sacramento River, salmon in
Saint Francis Dam, collapse of
Saliman, Richard
Salton Sea
Salt River, flooding of
Salt River Project
San Bernardino Mountains, Mormons’ crossing of
San Fernando Valley, Calif.
agriculture in
annexation of
and diverting Owens Valley water to Los Angeles
irrigation in
land development in
Smith’s plan and
San Francisco, Calif.
growth of
Peripheral Canal and
rainfall in
San Francisco
Chronicle
San Joaquin Valley, Calif.
California Aqueduct and
contract water of
CVP and
groundwater in
irrigation in
largest farmers in
Marysville Dam and
New Melones Dam and
olive growing in
Pacific Southwest Water Plan and
salinity problem of
State Water Contractors on
State Water Project and
Tulare Basin rivers and
San Luis Dam
San Luis Drain
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Sartori, Joseph
Saunders, Glenn
Saylor, John
Schatz, Ben
Schleicher, David
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
Schroeder, Pat
Schultz, Charles
Schumacher, E. F.
Schurz, Carl
Sears, Paul
Seaton, Fred
Seedskadie Project
Sewall, Derreck
Shasta Dam
Sherman, Harris
Sherman, Moses
Shivers, Allan
Shuster, David
Sierra Club
California State Water Project and
Teton Dam and
Texas Water Plan and
Simpson, Alan
Singer, Rita
Sisk, Bernie
Six-State High Plains-Ogallala Area Study
Sjaagstad, Jerry
Sloan, Glenn
Small Is Beautiful
(Schumacher)
Smith, Fred
Smith, Jedediah
Smith, Lewis
Smith, Preston
Smith, Sylvester
Snaketown
(Haury)
Snedden. W.
Snyder, Nathan W.
South, water projects in
South Dakota:
Belle Fourche Project in
Dust Bowl in
Garrison Dam and
Oahe Project in
winter of 1886 in
Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
Southey, Robert
South Platte River, see Narrows Dam
Soviet Union, water projects of
Sparks, Felix
Narrows Dam and
Sparks, Mary
Spear, Beveridge R.
Speth, Gus
Spewrell Bluffs Dam
Stamm, Gil
Teton Dam and
Yellowstone River dams and
Stegner, Wallace
Steiger, Sam
Stennis, John
Stevens, J. C.
Stockman, David
Stonewall Jackson Dam
Storper, Michael
Strand, Bob
Straus, Michael W.
Belle Fourche Project and
CRSP and
demeanor of
Dominy and
Grand Coulee Dam and
Klamath Diversion and
salesmanship skills of
UWI and
wealth of
Strauss, Robert
Sublette, William
Sugar City, Idaho, Teton flood and
Sumner, Jack
Sundborg, George
Supreme Court, U.S.
and
Arizona v. California
Parker Dam and
Tellico Dam and
Symms, Steve
Symons, William
“Talking Columbia” (Guthrie)
Taylor, Fred
Tehachapi Tunnel
Tejon Ranch
Tellico Dam
Tenneco
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
criticisms of
Tellico Dam and
Terry, Claude
Teton Dam
authorization of
benefit-cost ratio for
calls for rebuilding of
collapse of
comparisons between Narrows Dam and
environmental-impact statement on
filling reservoir behind
as flood-control project
flood from
foundation of
leaks in
litigation over
official opposition to
outlet works of
questions about safety of
test-grouting program for
water-injection tests on
Tevis, Lloyd
Texas
Dust Bowl and
freakish and violent weather in
land allotment and
NAWAPA and
Ogallala Aquifer and
Texas Water Plan
cost of
opponents of
origins of
projected power consumption of
proponents of
Thomas, Cyrus
Thomson, Keith
Three Tribes
Timber and Stone Act
Timber Culture Act
Tinney, Roy
Tipton, Royce
Tocqueville, Alexis de
Tomky, Corky
Topock Marsh, dredging of
Trinity Dam
Trinity River Project
Pacific Southwest Water Plan and
Trinity Tunnel
Truckee Irrigation Project
Truman, Harry
Tucson, Ariz.
CAP and
Tulare Basin rivers
Twain, Mark
Udall, Morris
Udall, Stewart
background of
CAP and
Columbia River diversion and
Dominy’s relationship with
NAWAPA and
Orme Dam and