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Price: $14.95
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Sale: $0.91
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Manufacturer: Celestial Arts
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Colin Ingram
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Publisher: Celestial Arts
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 628.162
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Publication Date: 2006-05-15
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Reading Level: 185
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Description: THE DRINKING WATER BOOK takes a level-headed look at the serious issues surrounding America’s drinking water supply. Unlike water purifier manufacturers and public health officials, Ingram presents unbiased reporting on what’s in your water and how to drink safely. Featuring all the latest scientific research, the book evaluates the different kinds of filters and bottled waters and rates specific products on the market.
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Price: $18.95
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Sale: $12.66
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Manufacturer: Island Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Robert Jerome Glennon
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Publisher: Island Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9104130973
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Publication Date: 2004-01-14
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Reading Level: 328
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Description: "...a book as rich in detail as it is devastating in its argument." -SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN "Water Follies deserves a place alongside the late Marc Reisner's classic Cadillac Desert." -ENVIRONMENT "a lively account of hydrology" -NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS "if you want to scare yourself silly, read Water Follies, by Robert Jerome Glennon. In it you'll learn how America is irrigating itself to death-just like the Sumerians-while sucking its groundwater aquifers dry."-TORONTO GLOBE & MAIL
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Price: $45.00
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Sale: $24.95
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Manufacturer: Earth Aware Editions
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Wade Davis::Chris Rainier
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Publisher: Earth Aware Editions
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Edition: 1st
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Dewey Decimal Number: 917.9130454
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Publication Date: 2008-04-28
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Reading Level: 160
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Description: It’s an alarming if little-known fact: one of the world’s mightiest rivers, the Colorado, no longer reaches the sea. Every drop of its water is allocated to agriculture and communities along the way and none remains for the Colorado Delta at river’s end, a once-thriving estuary that supported North America’s most diverse biosphere. Grand Canyon: A River at Risk draws attention the river’s plight as well as to the larger issue of the looming global water crisis. It follows Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading advocate for water conservation and river restoration, eminent ethnobotanist Wade Davis, and their two daughters on a rafting adventure down the Colorado. Their compelling journey illuminates both the challenges and the many opportunities that exist for conserving and restoring the world’s watersheds. Combining science and adventure with glorious imagery and locations, the book delivers a message of hope and inspiration for all people of the world.
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Price: $12.95
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Sale: $6.48
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Manufacturer: Modern Library
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Arundhati Roy
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Publisher: Modern Library
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Edition: 0
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9115095475
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Publication Date: 1999-10-01
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Reading Level: 144
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Description: From the bestselling author of The God of Small Things comes a scathing and passionate indictment of big government's
disregard for the individual.
In her Booker Prize-winning novel, The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy turned a compassionate but unrelenting eye on one family in India. Now she lavishes the same acrobatic language and fierce humanity on the future of her beloved country. In this spirited polemic, Roy dares to take on two of the great illusions of India's progress: the massive dam projects that were supposed to haul this sprawling subcontinent into the modern age--but which instead have displaced untold millions--and the detonation of India's first nuclear bomb, with all its attendant Faustian bargains.
Merging her inimitable voice with a great moral outrage and imaginative sweep, Roy peels away the mask of democracy and prosperity to show the true costs hidden beneath. For those who have been mesmerized by her vision of India, here is a sketch, traced in fire, of its topsy-turvy society, where the lives of the many are sacrificed for the comforts of the few.
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Price: $37.50
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Sale: $32.92
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Manufacturer: Island Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Peter H. Gleick::Heather Cooley::David Katz::Emily Lee
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Publisher: Island Press
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Edition: 2006-2007
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363
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Publication Date: 2006-11-02
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Reading Level: 392
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Description: Produced biennially, The World's Water provides a timely examination of the key issues surrounding freshwater resources and their use. Each new volume identifies and explains the most significant current trends worldwide, and offers the best data available on a variety of water-related topics.
The 2006-2007 volume features overview chapters on:
* water and terrorism
* business risks of water
* water and ecosystems
* floods and droughts
* desalination
* environmental justice and water
This new volume contains an updated chronology of global conflicts associated with water, as well as an assessment of recent water conferences, including 4th World Water Forum. It also offers a brief review of issues surrounding the use of bottled water and the possible existence of water on Mars.
From perhaps the world's leading authority on water issues, The World's Water is the most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information and analysis on freshwater resources and the political, economic, scientific, and technological issues associated with them. It is an essential reference for water resource professionals in government agencies and nongovernmental organizations, researchers, students, and anyone concerned with water and its use.
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Price: $19.95
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Sale: $12.56
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Manufacturer: University of Texas Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Andrew Sansom
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Publisher: University of Texas Press
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Dewey Decimal Number: 363.6109764
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Publication Date: 2008-08-01
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Reading Level: 333
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Description: No natural resource issue has greater significance for the future of Texas than water. The state's demand for water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational uses continues to grow exponentially, while the supply from rivers, lakes, aquifers, and reservoirs is limited. To help Texans manage their water resources today and plan for future needs, one of Texas's top water experts has compiled this authoritative overview of water issues in Texas. Water in Texas covers all the major themes in water management and conservation: - Living with a Limited Resource
- The Molecule that Moves Mountains
- A Texas Water Journey
- The Gulf Shores of Texas
- Who's Who in Water
- Texas Water Law: A Blend of Two Cultures
- Does Texas Have Enough Water?
- Planning for the Future
- What's in Your Water?
- How Much is Water Worth?
- Water is Our Legacy
Illustrated with color photographs and maps, Water in Texas will be the essential resource for landowners, citizen activists, policymakers, and city planners.
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Price: $27.95
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Sale: $6.95
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Manufacturer: Jossey-Bass
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Alan Snitow::Deborah Kaufman::Michael Fox
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Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9100973
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Publication Date: 2007-03-16
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Reading Level: 304
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Description: Out of sight of most Americans, global corporations like Nestlé, Suez, and Veolia are rapidly buying up our local water sources—lakes, streams, and springs—and taking control of public water services. In their drive to privatize and commodify water, they have manipulated and bought politicians, clinched backroom deals, and subverted the democratic process by trying to deny citizens a voice in fundamental decisions about their most essential public resource. The authors' PBS documentary Thirst showed how communities around the world are resisting the privatization and commodification of water. Thirst, the book, picks up where the documentary left off, revealing the emergence of controversial new water wars in the United States and showing how communities here are fighting this battle, often against companies headquartered overseas. Read a review...http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/03/18/RVGS9OHPKT1.DTL
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Price: $129.95
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Sale: $93.50
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Manufacturer: CRC
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Robert H. Kadlec::Scott Wallace
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Publisher: CRC
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Edition: 2
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Dewey Decimal Number: 628.35
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Publication Date: 2008-07-22
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Reading Level: 1048
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Description: Completely revised and updated, Treatment Wetlands, Second Edition is still the most comprehensive resource available for the planning, design, and operation of wetland treatment systems. The book addresses the design, construction, and operation of wetlands for water pollution control. It presents the best current procedures for sizing these systems, and describing the intrinsic processes that combine to quantify performance. The Second Edition covers: · New methods based on the latest research · Wastewater characterization and regulatory framework analyses leading to detailed design and economics · State-of-the-art procedures for analyzing hydraulics, hydrology, substrates and wetlands biogeochemistry · Definition of performance expectations for traditional pollutants such as solids, oxygen demand, nutrients and pathogens, as well as for metals and a wide variety of individual organic and inorganic chemicals · Discussion of methods of configuration, construction, and vegetation establishment and startup considerations · Ancillary benefits of human use and wildlife habitat · Specific examples of numerous applications · Extensive reference base of current information The book provides a complete reference that includes: detailed information on wetland ecology, design for consistent performance, construction guidance and operational control through effective monitoring. Case histories of operational wetland treatment systems illustrate the variety of design approaches presented allowing you to tailor them to the needs of your wetlands treatment projects. The sheer amount of information found in Treatment Wetlands, Second Edition makes it the resource you will turn to again and again.
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Price: $31.95
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Sale: $25.57
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Manufacturer: Practical Action
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Erik Nissen-Petersen::John Gould
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Publisher: Practical Action
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Dewey Decimal Number: 320
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Publication Date: 2000-02
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Reading Level: 320
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Description: This book provides a state-of-the-art review of practice in the collection of rainwater. It presents case studies with numerous examples from around the world which will help anyone intending to design or construct a rainwater catchment system.
The prime focus of the book is on implementation of roof and ground catchment systems for meeting either total or supplementary household water requirements. All aspects of design and construction are covered including simple methods of sizing systems, erection of gutters, choice of materials, construction techniques, training, operation, and maintenance. Ina addition, non-technical factors such as water quality, health, social, financial, cultural, political, institutional, and general issues are discussed.
The text is fully supported with drawings, photographs, and detailed step-by step accounts for several different types of household rainwater tanks. The material is based on practical experience learned over 20 years of constructing and researching rainwater systems in Africa and Asia. It will be of use and interest to project managers, development workers, water engineers, architects, builders, and researchers.
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Price: $25.00
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Sale: $22.47
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Manufacturer: Island Press
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Paperback
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Author: Sandra Postel::Brian Richter
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Publisher: Island Press
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Edition: 1
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Dewey Decimal Number: 333.916216
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Publication Date: 2003-10-01
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Reading Level: 220
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Description: "...a clarion call to society for the need to balance human demands with the needs of our world's rivers, the arterial system of life on this planet. The authors describe the vanguard movement to restore rivers and to reconnect rivers with their flood plains, portraying the under-appreciated life support services our rivers perform, their ecological function, and the threats to riverine ecosystems." -MIKE DOMBECK, CHIEF EMERITUS OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND PIONEER PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT "Finally! A book that pays attention to flow, not just pollutants, as central to river restoration. Blending science and readability, Rivers for Life offers refreshing insights into allocating limited water to meet the needs of humans and rivers." -JAMES R. KARR, PROFESSOR, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, SEATTLE The conventional approach to river protection has focused on water quality and maintaining some "minimum" flow that was thought necessary to ensure the viability of a river. In recent years, however, scientific research has underscored the idea that the ecological health of a river system depends not on a minimum amount of water at any one time but on the naturally variable quantity and timing of flows throughout the year. In Rivers for Life, leading water experts Sandra Postel and Brian Richter explain why restoring and preserving more natural river flows are key to sustaining freshwater biodiversity and healthy river systems, and describe innovative policies, scientific approaches, and management reforms for achieving those goals. Sandra Postel and Brian Richter: explain the value of healthy rivers to human and ecosystem health; describe the ecological processes that support river ecosystems and how they have been disrupted by dams, diversions, and other alterations; consider the scientific basis for determining how much water a river needs; examine new management paradigms focused on restoring flow patterns and sustaining ecological health; assess the policy options available for managing rivers and other freshwater systems; explore building blocks for better river governance Sandra Postel and Brian Richter offer case studies of river management from the United States (the San Pedro, Green, and Missouri), Australia (the Brisbane), and South Africa (the Sabie), along with numerous examples of new and innovative policy approaches that are being implemented in those and other countries. Rivers for Life presents a global perspective on the challenges of managing water for people and nature, with a concise yet comprehensive overview of the relevant science, policy, and management issues. It presents exciting and inspirational information for anyone concerned with water policy, planning and management, river conservation, freshwater biodiversity, or related topics.
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