Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North AmericaBetween global warming and ever-increasing consumption, the world is fast running out of water. And while water's scarcity will challenge the success of North America's fastest-growing regions, other areas of the continent will experience dramatic flooding. Dry Spring looks at how the coming water crisis will devastate communities unless urgent action is taken. In many areas, the damage has already begun. Author Chris Wood relates compelling stories of people all over the continent coping with new conditions: Okanagan orchardists facing an uncertain future; a Mexican fisherman on the now-dry Colorado River Delta, which has been reduced to desert because of upstream usage by the American West; a Las Vegas water cop who monitors excessive lawn watering; a New Brunswick couple fleeing their coastal house because of the encroaching ocean; and more. Wood also shows how practical solutions like xeriscaping, water "recycling," and run-off containment can preserve water for future generations. |
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... Less than four - fifths of one percent of all the water on earth is fresh , liquid and available for human and other terrestrial life . That's still a very great deal , more than five times the water contained in all of the earth's ...
... Less than four - fifths of one percent of all the water on earth is fresh , liquid and available for human and other terrestrial life . That's still a very great deal , more than five times the water contained in all of the earth's ...
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... less wealthy countries generally use less water , their withdrawals like- wise cover a range and aren't always thrifty : Mexicans , for instance , withdrew nearly as much as Australians in 2004 , at 375 litres per per- son . India's ...
... less wealthy countries generally use less water , their withdrawals like- wise cover a range and aren't always thrifty : Mexicans , for instance , withdrew nearly as much as Australians in 2004 , at 375 litres per per- son . India's ...
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... less of it , and our existing supply goes further . By one estimate , charging North Americans the full , real cost ... less conventional supplies . Even paying somewhat more but still less than full cost helps . One study in California ...
... less of it , and our existing supply goes further . By one estimate , charging North Americans the full , real cost ... less conventional supplies . Even paying somewhat more but still less than full cost helps . One study in California ...
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Thanks9 | 9 |
Prologue The Marble and the Bowl | 11 |
Why the Worlds Forests Are Burning23 | 23 |
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