Reading Materials

Our primary text will be:

Applied Principles of Hydrology 3rd Edition by John C Manning

This book should be available in the W&L bookstore.

We will also be reading the following texts:

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition by Marc Reisner

Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen

In addition to the three books above, one half of the class will be reading:

Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water by Maude Barlow

and the other half of the class will be reading:

Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It by Elizabeth Royte

Please read the additional reviews and summaries for Blue Covenant here and here (a preview is available in Google books here) and for Bottlemania here and here. Once you have decided which one you would like to read, send me an e-mail indicating your preference- If you have a strong preference either way, just be sure to be one of the first 18 people to e-mail me (lowp (at) wlu (dot) edu. Toward the end of the semester, you will be responsible for writing a summary and a critical book review of your selected book and your your half of the class will be responsible for teaching the other half of the class about your book (including lectures, homework, and a quiz).