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Author Barnett, Cynthia, 1966-

Title Blue revolution : unmaking America's water crisis / Cynthia Barnett.

Imprint Boston : Beacon Press, c2011.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  333.91 B264b 2011    ---  Available
Description 286 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Subject Water-supply -- Government policy -- United States.
Water-supply -- Case studies.
Water resources development -- Moral and ethical aspects.
ISBN 9780807003176 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0807003174 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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