Unquenchable : America's water crisis and what to do about it / / Robert Glennon.
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 414 p. :; ill., map. |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Glennon, Robert Jerome, |d 1944- | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Unquenchable |h [electronic resource] : |b America's water crisis and what to do about it / |c Robert Glennon. |
| 260 | |a Washington [D.C.] : |b Island Press, |c c2009. | ||
| 300 | |a xii, 414 p. : |b ill., map. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-400) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Part I. The Crisis. 1. Atlanta's prayer for water -- 2. Wealth and the culture of water consumption -- 3. Our thirst for energy --4. Fouling our own nests -- 5. The crisis masked -- Part II. Real and surreal solutions. 6. Business as usual -- 7. Water alchemists -- 8. The ancient mariner's lament -- 9. Shall we drink pee? -- 10. Creative conservation -- 11. Water harvesting -- 12. Moore's law -- Part III. A new approach. 13. The enigma of the water closet -- 14. The diamond-water paradox -- 15. The steel deal -- 16. Privatization of water -- 17. Take the money and run -- 18. The future of farming -- 19. Environmental transfers -- 20. The buffalo's lament -- Conclusion : a blue print for reform -- Epilogue : The Salton Sea. | |
| 533 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Water-supply |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Droughts |z United States. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Water consumption |z United States |x Forecasting. | |
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