TY - BOOK ID - 78147307 TI - Red Water, Black Gold : The Canadian River in Western Texas, 1920–1999 PY - 2014 SN - 1625110286 9781625110282 9781625110022 1625110022 PB - Denton : Texas State Historical Association, DB - UniCat KW - Water rights KW - Petroleum industry and trade KW - Rights, Water KW - Water KW - Riparian rights KW - Water trusts KW - Energy industries KW - Oil industries KW - History KW - Water-supply KW - Law and legislation KW - Canadian River UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78147307 AB - Red Water, Black Gold: The Canadian River in Texas 1920-1999 tells the story of the Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle. It is a tale of grand designs, high hopes, deep holes, politics, fishing, follies, foibles, and environmental change.Although efforts had been made to tap the Canadian River's waters before 1920, the discovery of oil in the Panhandle gave new urgency to the search for permanent water supplies.Additionally, the spread of groundwater irrigation amid the discovery of the limits of Ogallala Aquifer spurred regional interests to tap the Canadian. But overestimates of the river' ER -