Dry spring : the coming water crisis of North America /

Dry spring : the coming water crisis of North America /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Wood, Chris, 1953-
Imprint:	Vancouver : Raincoast Books ; Berkeley, Calif. : [Distributed] in the U.S. Publishers Group West, c2008.
Description:	383 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Water-supply -- North America. Water quality -- North America. Water conservation -- North America. Climatic changes -- North America. Water resources development -- North America. Fresh water -- North America. Climatic changes. Fresh water. Water conservation. Water quality. Water resources development. Water-supply. North America.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7189996

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ISBN:	9781551928142 (pbk.) 1551928140 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-370) and index.
Summary:	"As it warms, our world is running out of fresh water--fast. Lakes, aquifers and rivers are disappearing, but we consume more water than ever. What will this mean for North Americans? Dry spring shows dramatically how water loss will devastate countless communities over the next 25 years--cities and farms, forests and coastlines, ranches and orchards. The scarcity of water challenges the soaring success of some of our continent's fastest-growing regions: the American Southwest, the arid plains of Western Canada, the cross-border Great Lakes Basin. Yet while unprecedented dryness afflicts such areas as these, violently wet storms pummel many others. And drought and flooding will only worsen over time. In years to come, Canada will get more water and the U.S. less; Wood demonstrates provocatively what this will mean for political relations. He concludes with inspiring examples of choices we can all make that will help us preserve our water for future generations."--Book jacket.

Table of Contents:

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Prologue: The Marble and the Bowl
Chapter 1. Eden Ablaze: Why the World's Forests Are Burning
Chapter 2. Running Dry: Drought, Thirst and the Spread of Deserts
Chapter 3. Curse of Plenty: Tempests, Floods and Rising Waves
Chapter 4. Planet on Defrost: A World without Ice and Snow
Chapter 5. Up in the Air: The Great Lakes' Uncertain Future
Chapter 6. Overdraft: In Arms over the Colorado River
Chapter 7. Pumping Blind: Hidden Threat in the Foothills
Chapter 8. Outlook to 2030: Wild and Wilder
Chapter 9. Mirages: Taps for Big Plumbing
Chapter 10. Green Inc.: Balancing Our Ecological Books
Chapter 11. No Fear: Putting Canada's Water Up for Sale
Epilogue: Future-Proof
"What Can I Do?"
Bibliography
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author