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Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping And The Fate Of America's Fresh Waters
Publisher: Island Press
Keywords: america, fresh, waters, fate, pumping, follies, groundwater, water
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2004-01-14
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 1559634006
ISBN-13: 9781559634007
Book Description:
\"...a book as rich in detail as it is devastating in its argument.\" -SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
\"Water Follies deserves a place alongside the late Marc Reisner\’s classic Cadillac Desert.\" -ENVIRONMENT
\"a lively account of hydrology\" -NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
\"if you want to scare yourself silly, read Water Follies, by Robert Glennon. In it you\’ll learn how America is irrigating itself to death-just like the Sumerians-while sucking its groundwater aquifers dry.\"-TORONTO GLOBE & MAIL
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