In Search of Sustainable Water Management: International Lessons for the American West and Beyond

Water issues in the American West share many similarities with those seen elsewhere in the world as population growth exacerbates longstanding problems of inappropriate water use and management. The contributors to this timely volume examine the universal challenge of sustainable water management to improve the use of water resources already developed and find ways to moderate our growing collective thirst.

The volume begins with an exploration of the opportunities, arguments, and mechanisms...