TY  - BOOK
AU  - Glennon,Robert Jerome
TI  - Unquenchable: America's Water Crisis and What to Do about It
SN  - 9781597266390
AV  - TD223 .G578 2009 
U1  - 363.6/10973 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Washington, D. C.
PB  - Island Press
KW  - Water-supply--United States
KW  - Droughts--United States
KW  - Water consumption--United States--Forecasting
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: The Crisis -- Chapter 1: Atlanta's Prayer for Water -- Chapter 2: Wealth and the Culture of Water Consumption -- Chapter 3: Our Thirst for Energy -- Chapter 4: Fouling Our Own Nests -- Chapter 5: The Crisis Masked -- Part Two: Real and Surreal Solutions -- Chapter 6: Business as Usual -- Chapter 7: Water Alchemists -- Chapter 8: The Ancient Mariner's Lament -- Chapter 9: Shall We Drink Pee? -- Chapter 10: Creative Conservation -- Chapter 11: Water Harvesting -- Chapter 12: Moore's Law -- Part Three: A New Approach -- Chapter 13: The Enigma of the Water Closet -- Chapter 14: The Diamond-Water Paradox -- Chapter 15: The Steel Deal -- Chapter 16: Privatization of Water -- Chapter 17: Take the Money and Run -- Chapter 18: The Future of Farming -- Chapter 19: Environmental Transfers -- Chapter 20: The Buffalo's Lament -- Conclusion: A Blueprint for Reform -- Epilogue: The Salton Sea -- Acknowledgments -- List of Figures -- Sources -- Index
N2  - Robert Glennon, author of Water Follies, 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
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