Blue Revolution Unmaking America's Water Crisis

Name: Blue Revolution Unmaking America's Water Crisis
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ISBN: 9780807003282

ISBN-10: 080700328X

ISBN-13: 9780807003282

Edition: 2012

Authors: Cynthia Barnett

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Americans see water as abundant and cheap: we turn on the faucet and out it gushes, for less than a penny a gallon. We use more water than any other culture in the world, much to quench what’s now our largest crop—the lawn. Yet most Americans cannot name the river or aquifer that flows to our taps, irrigates our food, and produces our electricity. And most don’t realize these freshwater sources are in deep trouble.Blue Revolutionexposes the truth about the water crisis—driven not as much by lawn sprinklers as by a tradition that has encouraged everyone, from homeowners to farmers to utilities, to tap more and more. But the book also offers much reason for hope. Award-winning journalist…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 9/4/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 296
Size: 6.04" wide x 9.01" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English




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


Acknowledgments


Notes


Index