1. Paying the price.
- Author
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Duplaix, Nicole
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WATER supply , *HYDROLOGY , *WATER pollution , *DRINKING water , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy , *RECLAMATION of land , *DAIRY farming , *WATER - Abstract
Discusses how the watery wilderness of south Florida, once shunned as mosquito-infested swampland, has been drained, dredged, and diked for farms and cities. How these spectacular feats of engineering have wreaked havoc on the environment; Manipulation of the area by man; Porous limestone of the region; Dairy cows as prime polluters; Disruption of Florida's natural water system; Water-recycling methods in Orlando. INSET: A watershed besieged..
- Published
- 1990