Water Engineering
1. 
Cathedral, Forge, and Waterwheel: Technology and Invention in the Middle Ages
by:
Frances Gies
3.88 avg rating — 925 ratings 
4. 
Water to the Angels: William Mulholland, His Monumental Aqueduct, and the Rise of Los Angeles
by:
Les Standiford
3.86 avg rating — 861 ratings 5. 
Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation 3.81 avg rating — 599 ratings
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
by:
David McCullough
4.22 avg rating — 22,134 ratings 7. 
Groundwater for the 21st Century: A Primer for Citizens of Planet Earth
by:
John A. Conners
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 7. 
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World
by:
Steven Johnson
3.89 avg rating — 55,256 ratings 7. 
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Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water
by:
Marc Reisner
4.28 avg rating — 11,658 ratings 11. 
Designing the Bayous: The Control of Water in the Atchafalaya Basin, 1800-1995 (Volume 4) (Gulf Coast Books, sponsored by Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
by:
Martin Reuss
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings 11. 
Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia
by:
Michael Buckley
4.01 avg rating — 73 ratings 11. 
The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
by:
Jeff Goodell
4.30 avg rating — 7,743 ratings 14. 
Connecting the Drops: A Citizens' Guide to Protecting Water Resources really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles
by:
Gary Krist
4.14 avg rating — 2,026 ratings 16. 
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Liquid Assets: A History of New York City's Water System
by:
Diane Galusha
4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings 
18. 
A Millstone Round My Neck: The Restoration of a Cornish Water Mill
by:
Norman Thelwell
3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings 18. 
Parting the Desert: The Creation of the Suez Canal
by:
Zachary Karabell
3.75 avg rating — 197 ratings 18. 
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World
by:
Jeff Goodell
4.18 avg rating — 4,916 ratings 
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The Edge of the World: How the North Sea Made Us Who We Are
by:
Michael Pye
3.57 avg rating — 2,755 ratings 