Unquenchable : America's water crisis and what to do about it / Robert Glennon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glennon, Robert Jerome, 1944-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water-supply--United States.

Water-supply.

Droughts--United States.

Droughts.

Water consumption--United States--Forecasting.

Water consumption.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington [D.C.] : Island Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-400) and index.

ISBN:

9781597266390

1597266396

OCLC:

761326926