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Blue revolution : unmaking America's water crisis
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Blue revolution : unmaking America's water crisis

Author: Cynthia Barnett
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, ©2011.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Discusses concerns over fresh- and groundwater supplies in the early twenty-first century, examines the efforts of individuals, businesses, and governments to reduce water use, and describes technologies that improve the amount of water used for agricultural irrigation, the amount of money businesses can save by recycling air conditioning condensation, and related topics.
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Genre/Form: Case studies
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Cynthia Barnett
ISBN: 9780807003176 0807003174
OCLC Number: 694832901
Description: 286 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The illusion of water abundance --
Reclamation to restoration --
The Netherlands : deluge, dams, and the Dutch miracle --
Powerful thirst --
Taproot of the crisis --
The water-industrial complex --
Singapore : of songbirds and sewage --
The big dipper --
The business of blue --
Australia : dry Down Under --
An American water ethic --
Local water.
Responsibility: Cynthia Barnett.

Abstract:

Discusses concerns over fresh- and groundwater supplies in the early twenty-first century, examines the efforts of individuals, businesses, and governments to reduce water use, and describes technologies that improve the amount of water used for agricultural irrigation, the amount of money businesses can save by recycling air conditioning condensation, and related topics.

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