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World Water Resources at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century (International Hydrology) by I. A. Shiklomanov Publisher Comments This volume provides a modern assessment of the state of the world's water resources. It collects in one place a huge amount of data. A uniform methodological approach for each continent is then built upon to analyse the dynamics of water resources... (read more) Your price: $158.25 New - Trade Paper 
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Rainfall-Runoff Modelling: The Primer (Advances in Mass Spectrometry in Biochemistry and Medicine) by Keith Beven Publisher Comments Rainfall-Runoff Modelling: The Primer and Beyond is the second edition of this popular and authoritative text, first published in 2001. The book provides both a primer for the novice and detailed descriptions of techniques for more advanced practitioners,... (read more) Your price: $103.75 New - Hardcover
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Water Matters: Why We Need to ACT Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource by Tara Lohan Publisher Comments Who controls our water resources and how much water do we have left? Can we enact meaningful changes in our personal lives, our policies and our laws to protect our remaining freshwater reserves? Can we learn to share water equitably with each other and... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the Twenty-First Century by Alex Prud'homme Publisher Comments Will there be enough drinkable water to satisfy future demand? What is the state of our water infrastructure—both the pipes that bring us freshwater and the levees that keep it out? How secure is our water supply from natural disasters and... (read more) Your price: $17.00 New - Trade Paper
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century by Fred Pearce Publisher Comments In this groundbreaking book, veteran science correspondent Fred Pearce travels to more than thirty countries to examine the current state of crucial water sources. Deftly weaving together the complicated scientific, economic, and historic dimensions of... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Last Call at the Oasis: The Global Water Crisis and Where We Go from Here (Participant Guide Media) by Participant Media (cor) Publisher Comments “If there was a price placed on clean water we might start treating it like it has value. Maybe when it’s gone we'll realize we can’t drink oil or money.” —Dave Matthews Less than 1 percent of the world... (read more) Your price: $15.99 New - Trade Paper
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Life's Matrix: A Biography of Water by Philip Ball Publisher Comments One of the four elements of classical antiquity, water is central to the environment of our planet. In Life's Matrix, Philip Ball writes of water's origins, history, and unique physical character. As a geological agent, water shapes mountains, canyons... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia by Blaine Harden Publisher Comments After a two-decade absence, Washington Post journalist Blaine Harden returned to his small-town birthplace in the Pacific Northwest to follow the rise and fall of the West's most thoroughly conquered river. Harden's hometown, Moses Lake, Washington... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground by Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and Laura Allen and July Oskar Cole and Annie Danger Publisher Comments Dam Nation combines environmental victories in the sustainable use movement with hands-on, participatory options for country and city dwellers. Not just a "how-to" but a "why-to," the book begins with the story of dams in the American West, and... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Modeling Water Quality in Distribution Systems, 2e by Robert M. Clark Publisher Comments This comprehensive text expands on the 1998 edition and addresses the many new developments including full review of EPANET and coverage of water quality modeling and its potential for understanding the effects of contaminated transport in drinking water... (read more) Your price: $152.25 New - Hardcover
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When the Rivers Run Dry: Water-The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century by Fred Pearce Publisher Comments Throughout history, rivers have been our foremost source of fresh water both for agriculture and for individual consumption, but now economists say that by 2025 water scarcity will cut global food production by more than the current U.S. grain harvest... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $14.00 Used - Hardcover
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Water: A Natural History by Alice Outwater Publisher Comments Important reading for students of environmental studies, the heart of this history is a vision of our land and waterways as they once were, and a plan that can restore them to their former glory: a land of living streams, public lands with hundreds of... (read more) List Price $16.50 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Future of Water (11 Edition) by Steve Maxwell Publisher Comments The authors present scenarios for the broad trends that will have a significant impact upon future water challenges-- population, economic growth, energy, climate change, and general demographic trends. Examine what might be in store for us and how... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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Transboundary Aquifers in the Eastern Borders of the European Union: Regional Cooperation for Effective Management of Water Resources (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental) by Tomasz (edt) Nacz Publisher Comments This... (read more) Your price: $189.95 New - Hardcover
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Water (Bookworms: Nature's Cycles) by Dana Meachen Rau Synopsis This new set at the emergent level offers a simple introduction to the basic cycles in nature.... (read more) Your price: $22.75 New - Library Bound
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Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource by Marq De Villiers Publisher Comments Examines the political and ecological consequences of the uses and misuses of water as increasing demands threaten the global supply--issues compounded by decreasing water table levels and rampant pollution.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $14.80 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Rivers of Empire: Water, Aridity, and the Growth of the American West by Donald Worster Publisher Comments When Henry David Thoreau went for his daily walk, he would consult his instincts on which direction to follow. More often than not his inner compass pointed west or southwest. "The future lies that way to me," he explained, "and the earth seems more... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Analysis of Tidal Stream Power by Jack Hardisty Publisher Comments The Analysis of Tidal Stream Power integrates a wide range of research and tidal resource theory and data to present, for the first time, a detailed analysis of the physics and oceanography of tidal stream power devices together with a world-wide... (read more) Your price: $119.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Iste #437: Environmental Hydraulics: Modeling Software by Jean-michel (edt) Tanguy Publisher Comments This series of five volumes proposes an integrated description of physical processes modeling used by scientific disciplines from meteorology to coastal morphodynamics. Volume 1 describes the physical processes and identifies the main measurement devices... (read more) Your price: $158.00 New - Hardcover
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Groundwater Resources: Sustainability, Management, and Restoration by Neven Kresic Publisher Comments Written by professional hydrogeologist Dr. Neven Kresic Groundwater Resources offers an authoritative, comprehensivetreatment of groundwater resources development and management,offering sustainability methods and detailed principleson groundwater... (read more) Your price: $125.00 New - Hardcover
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