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Water is the world€™s life source and essential to all living creatures. Although we live on the blue planet, only 3 percent of all our water is drinkable. Yet we€™ve grown accustomed to using it with abandon €“ individuals consume about 80 to 100 gallons per day adding up to the equivalent of an Olympic sized swimming pool every year. By this decade€™s end, when the world population is predicted to reach 8 billion, we will face severe shortages. In this ground breaking and forward-looking book, Harvard professor Peter Rogers and former general manager of the San Francisco Utilities Commission, Susan Leal give us a sobering perspective on the water crisis€”why it€™s happening, where it€™s likely to strike, and what puts the worst strain on our supply. They explain how water€™s unique status as a renewable but finite resource misleads us into thinking we can always produce more of it. They introduce exciting new technologies t
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Running out of Water, AA.VV.
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2010
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- Titolo
- Running out of Water
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- AA.VV.
- Editore
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Pubblicato
- 2010
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 245
- ISBN10
- 0230615643
- ISBN13
- 9780230615649
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienza e Matematica, Natura, Scienze Naturali, Biologia, Tematica ecologica, Ecologia
- Valutazione
- 3,45 su 5
- Descrizione
- Water is the world€™s life source and essential to all living creatures. Although we live on the blue planet, only 3 percent of all our water is drinkable. Yet we€™ve grown accustomed to using it with abandon €“ individuals consume about 80 to 100 gallons per day adding up to the equivalent of an Olympic sized swimming pool every year. By this decade€™s end, when the world population is predicted to reach 8 billion, we will face severe shortages. In this ground breaking and forward-looking book, Harvard professor Peter Rogers and former general manager of the San Francisco Utilities Commission, Susan Leal give us a sobering perspective on the water crisis€”why it€™s happening, where it€™s likely to strike, and what puts the worst strain on our supply. They explain how water€™s unique status as a renewable but finite resource misleads us into thinking we can always produce more of it. They introduce exciting new technologies t