Unquenchable America's Water Crisis and What to Do about It

Name: Unquenchable America's Water Crisis and What to Do about It
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ISBN: 9781597264365

ISBN-10: 1597264369

ISBN-13: 9781597264365

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Robert Jerome Glennon

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In the middle of the Mojave Desert, Las Vegas casinos use billions of gallons of water for fountains, pirate lagoons, wave machines, and indoor canals. Meanwhile, the town of Orme, Tennessee must truck in water from Alabama because it has literally run out. Robert Glennon captures the irony-and tragedy-of America's water crisis in a book that is both frightening and wickedly comical. From manufactured snow for tourists in Atlanta to trillions of gallons of water flushed down the toilet each year, Unquenchable reveals the heady extravagances and everyday inefficiencies that are sucking the nation dry. Glennon's answers to this crisis are fittingly provocative. He proposes market-based…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Island Press
Publication date: 5/11/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English



Introduction



The Crisis



Atlanta's Prayer for Water



Wealth and the Culture of Water Consumption



Our Thirst for Energy



Fouling Our Own Nests



The Crisis Masked



Real and Surreal Solutions



Business as Usual



Water Alchemists



The Ancient Mariner's Lament



Shall We Drink Pee?



Creative Conservation



Water Harvesting



Moore's Law



A New Approach



The Enigma of the Water Closet



The Diamond-Water Paradox



The Steel Deal



Privatization of Water



Take the Money and Run



The Future of Farming



Environmental Transfers



The Buffalo's Lament


Conclusion: A Blueprint for Reform


Epilogue: The Salton Sea


Acknowledgments


List of Figures


Sources


Index