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Groundwater Citizenship
Well Owners, Environmentalism, and the Depletion of the High Plains Aquifer
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2022
Summary
The tremendous loss of groundwater has been a longstanding concern in Kansas, where areas of the High Plains aquifer have plummeted. Groundwater Citizenship: Well Owners, Environmentalism, and the Depletion of the High Plains Aquifer investigates water conservation efforts, environmental priorities, and water supply awareness among private water well owners, a key social group whose water usage is pivotal to safeguarding aquifers. This book discusses how reliance on private and public water supplies influences watering practices by asking if owning a well changes the propensity to conserve water. To explore how water supplies shape environmental actions and beliefs, sociologist Brock Ternes constructed a one-of-a-kind dataset by surveying over 850 well owners and non-well owners throughout Kansas. His analyses reveal that well ownership influences several dimensions of water consumption, and he identifies how Kansans’ notions of environmentalism are recalibrated by their systems of water provision. This book frames well owners as unique conservationists whose water use is shaped by larger structures—aquifers, water laws, and food systems. Groundwater Citizenship takes a sociological look at water systems to facilitate adaptive approaches to sustainable resource management.
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Edition
1/2022
Copyright Year
2022
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-0346-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-0347-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
222
Product Type
Monograph
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Foreword No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Ch01. The Overworked Ogallala No access Pages 1 - 22
Ch02. Strategies to Manage Groundwater in Kansas No access Pages 23 - 42
Ch03. Water Supplies and Practice No access Pages 43 - 56
Ch04. Investigating Groundwater Citizenship No access Pages 57 - 84
Ch05. Hydrologic Habitus and Unique Environmentalism No access Pages 85 - 112
Ch06. Saving for a Dry Day No access Pages 113 - 142
Ch07. Policymaking for Groundwater Economies No access Pages 143 - 160
Ch08. Aquifer Ethics and Resiliency in Lands of Underground Rain No access Pages 161 - 182
