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33. Lance Gunderson and others, Barriers & Bridges to the Renewal of Ecosystems and Inst.i.tutions (New York: Columbia University Press, 1995), 114.[back]

34. Bill Kovarik, aHenry Ford, Charles F. Kettering, and the Fuel of the Future,a Automotive History Review, no. 32 (Spring 1998): 7a"27, http://www.radford.edu/~wkovarik/papers/fuel.html.[back]

35. Ibid.[back]

36. Phil McKenna, aMeasuring Corn Ethanolas Thirst for Water,a Technology Review, April 14, 2009.[back]

37. Ibid.[back]

38. Mark Schleifstein, aDead Zone as Big as Ma.s.sachusetts Along Coast of Louisiana and Texas, Scientists Say,a Times-Picayune (New Orleans), August 3, 2010.[back]

39. Schnoor, aWater Sustainability in a Changing World.a[back]

40. Ibid.[back]

41. Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (New York: Ballantine Books, 1970; originally published by Oxford University Press, 1949), 6.[back]

42. Robert F. Sayre, aAldo Leopold on Agriculture,a Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University, http://www.leopold.iastate.edu/pubs/other/aldoonag.htm.[back]

43. Author interview with Frederick Kirschenmann, distinguished fellow at Iowa State Universityas Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, September 21, 2010.[back]

44. Author interview with Kirschenmann; and Frederick Kirschenmann, aFood in Dry Times: How to Grow Food with Less Water,a Yes magazine, May 27, 2010.[back]

45. Sayre, aAldo Leopold on Agriculturea; and Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 260.[back]

46. Author interview with Kirschenmann; and Kirschenmann, aFood in Dry Times.a[back]

47. aAgricultureas Next Revolutiona"Perennial Graina"Within Sight,a Science News, June 27, 2010.[back]

48. Cynthia Barnett, aSqueezed: Does Big Citrus Have a Future in Florida?a Florida Trend, March 2003.[back]

49. David Millar and others, aQuantification and Implications of Soil Losses from Commercial Sod Production,a Soil Science Society of America Journal 74, no. 3 (February 2010): 892.[back]

50. The $80 billion figure is what Global Industry a.n.a.lysts Inc. project the landscaping-services market will reach in 2015.[back]

51. C. Milesi and others, aA Strategy for Mapping and Modeling the Ecological Effects of U.S. Lawns,a International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 3rd International Symposium Remote Sensing and Date Fusion Over Urban Areas, Tempe, AZ, March 2005.[back]

52. Ibid.[back]

53. The Texas story was recounted to me by employees of the San Antonio Water System. See also Jerry Needham, aUpdate Coming on Drought-Tolerant Gra.s.ses,a San Antonio Express-News, December 31, 2006. The Florida story was recounted in news articles, including Janet Zink, aFertilizer Restrictions Creating Turf Wars,a St. Petersburg Times, December 6, 2009, which calculated that the turf industry had paid $505,000 for research projects at the University of Floridaas Inst.i.tute of Food and Agricultural Sciences since 2006. Comparisons of UF/IFAS publications since 2008 demonstrate increase in fertilizer-rate recommendations. There also has been an increase in the annual amount of nitrogen recommended for St. Augustine gra.s.s in much of Florida.[back]

54. Steven C. Blank, aSustainable Agriculture: Golf Courses, Nurseries and Turf Farms,a in Blank, The End of Agriculture in the American Portfolio (Westport, CT: Greenwood Publis.h.i.+ng Group, 1998).[back]

55. Ibid., 117.[back]

56. John E. Ikerd, Crisis & Opportunity: Sustainability in American Agriculture (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008), 2a"3.[back]

57. Author interview with land planner Matthew aQuinta Redmond, September 21, 2010. [back]

58. Kirschenmann, aFood in Dry Times.a[back]

59. Douglas C. Sackman, foreword to Carey McWilliams, Factories in the Field (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999), ixa"xv.[back]

60. Arnold Schwarzenegger, speech at San Luis Reservoir, Los Banos, CA, April 17, 2009.[back]

61. Malia Wollan, aHundreds Protest Cuts in Water in California,a New York Times, April 17, 2009.[back]

62. Schwarzenegger speech, April 17, 2009.[back]

63. Wollan, aHundreds Protest Cuts in Water in California.a[back]

64. Ibid.[back]

65. Myron Levin, aSmoker Groupas Thick Wallet Raises Questions,a Los Angeles Times, March 30, 1998; and Dan Morain, aBehind Fuming Bar Owners Is Savvy, Well-Heeled Group,a Los Angeles Times, January 30, 1998.[back]

66. Author interview with Stephen Levy, director and senior economist at the Center for Continuing Study of the California Economy, August 5, 2010. At the beginning of the recession, in December 2007, California had 850,800 construction jobs and 343,900 farm jobs. Fast forward to December 2009, and there were 564,500 construction jobs and 320,600 agricultural jobs.[back]

67. Danielle E. Gains, aMerced Countyas Jobless Rate Holds Steadya"At Awful,a Merced Sun-Star, April 17, 2010.[back]

68. Merced County, a2009 Annual Report on Agriculture,a http://www.co.merced.ca.us/archives/36/2009_merced_ag_report.pdf.[back]

69. The word was from agricultural lobbyist and dairyman George Soares, as quoted in Harry Cline, aCalifornia Water Crisisa Human Face,a Farm Press, November 9, 2009.[back]

70. George Skelton, aTrim Pork from Water Bond,a Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2010.[back]

71. E. J. Schultz, aGov. Wants to Delay Vote on $11 Billion Water Bond,a Fres...o...b..e, June 29, 2010.[back]

72. South Florida Water Management District, aSFWMD Board Approves Affordable Plan for River of Gra.s.s Acquisition,a news release, August 12, 2010.[back]

73. Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, 245.[back]

74. Author interview with Levy.[back]

Chapter 6 The Water-Industrial Complex.

1. Louis Uchitelle and others, aSteep Job Losses Add to Pressure for U.S. Stimulus,a New York Times, December 6, 2008.[back]

2. Adam Nagourney, aObama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls,a New York Times, November 4, 2008.[back]

3. James Surowiecki, aThe Stimulus Strategy,a New Yorker, February 25, 2008.[back]

4. John M. Broder, aProposal Ties Economic Stimulus to Energy Savings,a New York Times, December 4, 2008.[back]

5. The phrase is often attributed to former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, Republican presidential candidate John McCainas running mate. But it was first uttered at the 2008 Republican National Convention by Michael Steele, chairman of GOPAC, an influential party political action committee.[back]

6. Gallup, a2009 Gallup Environment Survey,a http://www.gallup.com/poll/117079/Water-Pollution-Americans-Top-Green-Concern.aspx/.[back]

7. Ibid.[back]

8. Author interview with Mary Ann d.i.c.kinson, executive director, Alliance for Water Efficiency, December 18, 2009.[back]

9. Dan McCarthy, aWater Didnat Start the Fight,a white paper, Black & Veatch Global Water Business, August 31, 2009.[back]

10. Author interview with d.i.c.kinson.[back]

11. Ibid.[back]

12. American Rivers and Alliance for Water Efficiency, aCreating Jobs and Stimulating the Economy through Investment in Green Water Infrastructure,a white paper, 2008, 3, 8.[back]

13. Michael Grabell and Christopher Weaver, aThe Stimulus Plan: A Detailed List of Spending,a ProPublica, February 13, 2009, http://www.propublica.org/special/the-stimulus-plan-a-detailed-list-of-spending.[back]

14. Sen. Bob Bennett, aBennett: The Only Thing This Bill Will Stimulate Is the National Debt,a press release, February 13, 2009.[back]

15. ProPublica, aBennett Gets $50 Million Utah Water Project in Stimulus Bill,a Salt Lake Tribune, February 21, 2009. [back]

16. American Society of Civil Engineers, aDrinking Water,a http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/fact-sheet/drinking-water/. [back]

17. Valerie I. Nelson, aTruly Sustainable Water Infrastructure,a WE&T Magazine [Water Environment Federation] 20, no. 9 (September 2008).[back]

18. Author interview with Glen T. Daigger, president of the International Water a.s.sociation, September 2, 2010; and Glen T. Daigger, aEvolving Urban Water and Residuals Management Paradigms: Water Reclamation and Reuse, Decentralization, and Resource Recovery,a Water Environment Research 81, no. 8 (August 2009): 809a"23.[back]

19. Daigger, aEvolving Urban Water and Residuals Management Paradigms.a[back]

20. Ibid.[back]

21. Author interview with Valerie Nelson, director of the Ma.s.sachusetts-based Coalition for Alternative Wastewater Treatment, September 13, 2010.[back]

22. Center for Public Integrity, aThe Top 100 Private Contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004a"2006,a http://www.publicintegrity.org/tools/entry/122/.[back]

23. aUncertainty Clouds Recovery Picture,a Engineering News-Record, April 26, 2010, 58.[back]

24. Debra Rubin and others, aThe Top 200 Environmental Firms,a Engineering News-Record 263, no. 4 (August 3, 2009): 33.[back]

25. Ibid.[back]

26. Charles F. Wilkinson, Crossing the Next Meridian: Land, Water, and the Future of the West (Was.h.i.+ngton, DC: Island Press, 1992), 21.[back]

27. Donald Worster, Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West (New York: Pantheon Books, 1985), 5.[back]

28. Katherine Baer, aAmerican Rivers Helps Redefine Water Infrastructure,a press release, Aspen Inst.i.tute, July 29, 2009.[back]

29. TWDB agendas are archived at http://www.twdb.state.tx.us/BoardMembers/TWDBCurrentAgendas.asp/.[back]

30. Eve Samples, aPublic Eager to Be Heard on Lake O Discharges as Meeting Continues Thursday,a Palm Beach Post, May 12, 2010.[back]

31. Jake Berry, aLevel Playing Field Sought for Sewage,a Cape Cod Times, April 30, 2010.[back]

32. Federal campaigna"contributions data courtesy of the Center for Responsive Politics; Debra K. Rubin, aCH2M Hillas Ralph Peterson, Industry Icon, Dies at 64,a Engineering News-Record, September 2, 2009.[back]

33. Federal Elections Commission, 2009 PAC count; 4,611 registered PACs covering U.S. presidential and congressional races.[back]

34. California Secretary of Stateas Office, Cal-Access campaign-finance database, contributions made by CH2M Hill Inc. Details for Proposition 50 are from California Resource Agency, aSummary of Programs in Proposition 50,a http://www.resources.ca.gov/bond/Prop_50_Summary_of_Programs2.pdf.[back]

35. Salton Sea Authority, aSalton Sea Restoration: Final Preferred Project Report,a July 2004, 28.[back]

36. California Secretary of Stateas Office, Cal-Access campaign-finance database, contributions made by Parsons.[back]

37. California Secretary of Stateas Office, Cal-Access campaign-finance database, contributions made by CH2M Hill Inc.[back]

38. Melanie Turner, aCH2M Hill Awarded $9.5 Million for Delta Plan,a Sacramento Business Journal, May 6, 2010.[back]

39. California Secretary of Stateas Office, Cal-Access campaign-finance database, contributions made by AECOM.[back]

40. John Wildermuth, aNewsom Rakes in Double His Rivalas Haul,a Chronicle (San Francisco), May 30, 2010.[back]

41. aAECOM Awarded U.S. $26 Million Construction-Management Contract for San Francisco Public Utilities Commission,a press release, AECOM, April 15, 2010.[back]

42. Bradley Olson, aFundraising Shows Mayoras Race Is Open,a Houston Chronicle, July 15, 2009.[back]

43. Kacey Bacchus and others, aPlaying the Game: Big Campaign Contributions and Political Influence in Houston,a Campaigns for People, October 2003, 5, http://www.click2houston.com/pdf/playingthegame.pdf.[back]

44. National Inst.i.tute for Engineering Ethics, aEthics Case Study 2: Political Contributions,a http://www.niee.org/EthicsModule/Ethics2.htm.[back]

45. Frances E. Griggs Jr., aNew Look at the Code of Ethics,a Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice (January 2009): 46.[back]

46. Cynthia Barnett, aCulture of Trust,a Florida Trend, March 2007.[back]

47. Cynthia Barnett, aStimulus Made Easy,a Florida Trend, June 2009.[back]

48. Barnett, aCulture of Trust.a[back]

49. Federal Elections Commission, MUR 5903, in the matter of PBSJ Corporation and others, aGeneral Councilas Report No. 2,a September 22, 2009, 5.[back]

50. Federal Elections Commission, aGeneral Councilas Report No. 2.a[back]

51. United States of America v. Richard A. Wickett, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, March 8, 2007.[back]

52. Federal Elections Commission, aGeneral Councilas Report No. 2,a 3.[back]

53. Ibid., 8.[back]

54. USA v. Wickett.[back]