Wry Jeremiah saw folly in dam construction's 'go-go years'

摘要

"Have you read 'Cadillac Desert'?"rnThe question about Marc Reisner's 1986 masterpiece comes up in nearly every conversationrnabout the American West's intractable water problems.rnReisner's vivid descriptions of opaque water policies and projects illuminated the environmentalrnand economic consequences of projects gone awry.rn"In the West ... water flows uphill towards money," he wrote.