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Water From Heaven: the Story of Water From the Big Bang To the Rise of Civilization, and Beyond
by Robert S. Kandel  Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-298) and index....
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Rivers of the United States Volume 1 Estuari
by Ruth Patrick Book News Annotation Begins a series of six volumes on the structure and functioning of ecosystems in headwaters, main stems, and estuaries of riverine systems of the US. Estuaries were selected primarily to represent geohydrological types, e.g., fjords, drowned river...
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Tales of Water/Cuentos del Agua: A Child's View/Una Vision de Un Nino
by Taco Anema Publisher Comments Water is both the most ordinary and extraordinary of resources; without it, nothing can survive. Yet, 1.1 billion people around the world do not have ready access to clean water, and more than 2.6 billion people lack access to basic sanitation. If there...
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Pillar of Sand: Can the Irrigation Miracle Last? (Environmental Alert Series)
by Sandra Postel Publisher Comments The overriding lesson from history is that most irrigation-based civilizations fail. As we enter the third millennium, the question arises: Will ours be any different?...
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Disconnected Rivers: Linking Rivers and Landscapes
by Ellen E. Wohl Publisher Comments This important and accessible book surveys the history and present condition of river systems across the United States, showing how human activities have impoverished our rivers and impaired the connections between river worlds and other ecosystems...
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Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment
by Jacques Leslie Publisher Comments Taking the reader to the sites of controversial dams, Leslie shows why dams are at once the hope of developing nations and a blight on their people and landscape....
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Simulation Modeling for Watershed Management
by James Westervelt Publisher Comments Simulation models enable land and watershed managers to make precise, authoritative determinations about the affects of various changes on the environment over time. This book discusses the role of modeling in the management process and gives an overview...
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River and Stream Ecosystems of the World
by C E Cushing Publisher Comments This ia a synopsis and review of the major rivers of the world....
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Electric Water: The Emerging Revolution in Water and Energy
by Christopher C. Swan Publisher Comments What if it was possible to combine energy and water in such a way that would contribute to the reversal of global warming and the restoration of the planet? What if it were possible to have a better quality of life, without having to give up anything...
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Flood Hazards and Health: Responding to Present and Future Risks
by Roger Few Publisher Comments With the tragedy of New Orleans still the focus of the world's media, this highly topical book combines rigorous analysis of the human health impacts of flooding with an appraisal of how individuals and society respond to those risks. The first detailed...
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What the River Reveals: Understanding and Restoring Healthy Watersheds
by Valerie Rapp Synopsis Exploration of Pacific NW's rivers and watersheds explains the state of crisis and healthy solutions....
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Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource
by Marq De Villiers Publisher Comments WATER is an eloquent and thought-provoking look at our most precious resource, the source of all life and its nurturer. The presence of water has permitted the development of many great civilizations; its absence (sometimes its shockingly sudden absence)...
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Not a Drop to Drink: America's Water Crisis (and What You Can Do)
by Ken Midkiff Publisher Comments In some parts of the United States, water is disappearing as consumption exceeds supply. In other parts, battles are raging that will determine both the cost and the quality of a simple glass of water. Not a Drop to Drink comprehensively examines the...
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Rivers Under Siege: The Troubled Saga of West Tennessee Wetlands (Outdoor Tennessee)
by Jim W Johnson Synopsis Rivers under Siege is a wrenching firsthand account of how human interventions, often well intentioned, have wreaked havoc on West Tennessee's fragile wetlands. For more than a century, farmers and developers tried to tame the rivers as they became...
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Awwa Manual #37: Operational Control of Coagulation and Filtration Processes (M37)
by Awwa Publisher Comments This manual discussed the latest techniques, procedures, and equipment necessary to assure efficient and effective treatment processes of coagulation and filtration. Provides thorough topical coverage to assure regulations are met....
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Last Oasis: Facing Water Scarcity
by Sandra Postel Book News Annotation Postel, vice president for research of the Worldwatch Institute, examines the worldwide limits--ecological, economic, and political--of water, and discloses existing methods to make water go further, decreasing the likelihood of both scarcity and...
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Restoring Life in Running Waters: Better Biological Monitoring
by James Karr Publisher Comments Resource management in the United States is undergoing a fundamental change. Traditional sustained-yield approaches that focus on commodity-production and human resource use are steadily giving way to ecological approaches, often referred to as ecosystem...
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Red Delta : Fighting for Life At the End of the Colorado River (02 Edition)
by Charles Bergman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-302) and index....
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America's Water: Federal Roles and Responsibilities
by Peter Rogers Publisher Comments Were water considered an industry, it would be one of the largest in the United States, surely the most capital-intensive, and the most closely regulated by Congress. Yet as Peter Rogers argues in this readable, pragmatic, and scientifically grounded...
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Water Resource Economics: The Analysis of Scarcity, Policies, and Projects
by Ronald C Griffin Publisher Comments A comprehensive introduction to the economics of water management, for engineers and natural scientists as well as economists, with self-contained treatment of all necessary economic concepts....
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