5 Best Books on Water Resources Management, selected by Bruce M. Simonson

The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, by Charles Fishman. Free Press, 2011.

Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly, and the Politics of Thirst, by Diane Raines Ward. Riverhead Books, 2002.

Mirage: Florida and the Vanishing Water of the Eastern U.S., by Cynthia Barnett. University of Michigan Press, 2007.

Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West, by James Lawrence Powell. University of California Press, 2008.

Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought, by James G. Workman. Walker & Company, 2009.

Bruce M. Simonson, earth and planetary science, Oberlin College,