Blue revolution : unmaking America's water crisis / Cynthia Barnett.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barnett, Cynthia, 1966-
Language:English
Published: Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Water-supply > Government policy > United States.
Water-supply > Case studies.
Water resources development > Moral and ethical aspects.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:286 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The illusion of water abundance
  • Reclamation to restoration
  • The Netherlands : deluge, dams, and the Dutch miracle
  • Powerful thirst
  • Taproot of the crisis
  • The water-industrial complex
  • Singapore : of songbirds and sewage
  • The big dipper
  • The business of blue
  • Australia : dry Down Under
  • An American water ethic
  • Local water.