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Water in Texas: An Introduction (Texas Natural History Guides)
Andrew Sansom
University of Texas Press
University of Texas Press
No natural resource issue has greater significance for the future of Texas than water. The state's demand for water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational uses continues to grow exponentially, while the supply from rivers, lakes,...
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Ogallala Blue: Water and Life on the High Plains
William Ashworth
Countryman
Countryman
A story of a crucial, dwindling natural resource: an invisible ocean of fresh water under the High Plains. The Ogallala Aquifer that lies deep beneath the Great Plains from Texas to Colorado contains enough water to fill Lake Erie nine times!...
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Managing Water: Avoiding Crisis in California
Dorothy Green
University of California Press
University of California Press
Water in California is controlled, stored, delivered, and managed within a complex network of interlocking and cooperating districts and agencies. Unraveling and understanding this system is not easy. This book describes how the current system works...
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Rainwater Catchment Systems for Domestic Supply: Design, Construction and Implementation
Erik Nissen-Petersen, John Gould
Practical Action
Practical Action
This book provides a state-of-the-art review of practice in the collection of rainwater. It presents case studies with numerous examples from around the world which will help anyone intending to design or construct a rainwater catchment system. The...
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Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America
Chris Wood
Raincoast Books
Raincoast Books
Between global warming and ever-increasing consumption, the world is fast running out of water. And while water's scarcity will challenge the success of North America’s fastest-growing regions, other areas of the continent will experience dramatic...
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The Holy Order of Water: Healing the Earth's Waters and Ourselves
William E. Marks
Bell Pond Books
Bell Pond Books
Long gone are the days of drinking naturally pure water from flowing rivers and streams. It is already common today for people to use bottled water or home water filtration systems for their drinking water. How have we come to such a predicament,...
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Turning the Tide: Saving the Chesapeake Bay
Tom Horton
Island Press
Island Press
In 1991, Island Press published Turning the Tide, a unique and accessible examination of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. The book took an in-depth look at the Bay's vital signs to gauge the overall health of its entire ecosystem and to assess what had...
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Not a Drop to Drink: America's Water Crisis (and What You Can Do)
Ken Midkiff
New World Library
New World Library
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...
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Flames in Our Forest
Stephen F. Arno, Stephen Allison-Bunnell
Island Press
Island Press
Shaped by fire for thousands of years, the forests of the western United States are as adapted to periodic fires as they are to the region's soils and climate. Our widespread practice of ignoring the vital role of fire is costly in both ecological...
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Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land-Use Planning
Wenche Dramstad, James D. Olson, Richard T.T. Forman
Island Press
Island Press
Landscape ecology has emerged in the past decade as an important and useful tool for land-use planners and landscape architects. While professionals and scholars have begun to incorporate aspects of this new field into their work, there remains a...
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