Replenish : the virtuous cycle of water and prosperity / Sandra Postel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Postel, Sandra, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water.

Water conservation.

Water use.

Water-supply.

Water consumption.

Water resources development.

Water-supply engineering.

Physical Description:

ix, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D. C. : Island Press, [2017]

Summary:

Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, "sponge cities" are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding. Efforts like these will be essential as climate change disrupts both weather patterns and the models on which we base our infrastructure. We will be forced to adapt. The question is whether we will continue to fight the water cycle or recognize our place in it and take advantage of the inherent services nature offers. Water, Postel writes, is a gift, the source of life itself. How will we use this greatest of gifts? -- amazon.com.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Water Everywhere and Nowhere 1

Chapter 2 Back to Life 19

Chapter 3 Put Watersheds to Work 43

Chapter 4 Make Room for Floods 67

Chapter 5 Bank It for a Dry Day 85

Chapter 6 Fill the Earth 107

Chapter 7 Conserve in the City 129

Chapter 8 Clean It Up 151

Chapter 9 Close the Loop 173

Chapter 10 Let It Flow 189

Chapter 11 Rescue Desert Rivers 213

Chapter 12 Share 233.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-312) and index.

ISBN:

9781610917902

1610917901

OCLC:

1004746037