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x, 356 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 25 cm.
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English
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"In The Three Ages of Water, expert on water resources and climate change Peter Gleick guides us through the long, fraught history of our most valuable resource. Spread over a ten-thousand-year human history, it begins with the fundamental evolutionary role water had in shaping early civilizations and empires, crests to the scientific and social revolutions that created modern society, and spills into the global water crisis of depleted groundwater...
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"This narrative nonfiction book explores the water system as it affects cities. The narrative tracks our water from its source, moving through pipes and treatment facilities into our taps and fire hydrants, our pools and toilets, then out through storm and sewer systems. It takes a fun, engaged approach that emphasizes the experience of kids and how they relate to water. The underlying message is one of conservation and the importance of equitable...
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ix, 323 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
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English
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"Sandra Postel takes readers around the world to explore water projects that work with, rather than against, nature's rhythms. In New Mexico, forest rehabilitation is safeguarding drinking water; along the Mississippi River, farmers are planting cover crops to reduce polluted runoff; and in China, "sponge cities" are capturing rainwater to curb urban flooding. Efforts like these will be essential as climate change disrupts both weather patterns and...
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Water-supply paper volume no. 380
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219 pages : illustrations maps ; 24 cm.
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English
7) Young ones
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1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In a post-apocalyptic future when water has become the world's most precious resource, those hardened few left alive must do whatever it takes to survive. Done with fighting off raiders to protect what little he has, Ernest Holm makes a play to bring a water pipeline to his family's land, but when betrayal comes from those closest to him, it sets off a vicious chain cycle of greed, murder and revenge.
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266 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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"The award-winning speculative debut novel, now in English for the first time! In the far north of the Scandinavian Union, now occupied by the power state of New Qian, seventeen-year-old Noria Kaitio studies to become a tea master like her father. It is a position that holds great responsibility and a dangerous secret. Tea masters alone know the location of hidden water sources, including the natural spring that once provided water for her whole village....
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ix, 181 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Packed with solid, easy-to-understand advice and clear, detailed illustrations, this book takes the mystery out of rural water systems and their components. Whether planning a new system or updating, expanding or fixing an existing one, the ideas and solutions are all here. The book includes tips for do-it-yourselfers, and guidance for those hiring a professional, on a variety of topics, including: *Methods for testing water *Making water safe to...
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x, 337 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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"As every day brings urgent reports of growing water shortages around the world, there is no time to lose in the search for solutions. The US government predicts that forty of our fifty states-and sixty percent of the earth's land surface-will soon face alarming gaps between available water and the growing demand for it. Without action, food prices will rise, economic growth will slow, and political instability is likely to follow. Let There Be Water...
15) Water everywhere
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32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Water is important! Discover where water comes from, how we use it, and why we need it to survive."--
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321 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
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English
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At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an endless cycle of drugs, booze, and models. But 10 years in, desperately unhappy and morally bankrupt, he asked himself, "What would the exact opposite of my life look like?" Walking away from everything, Harrison spent the next 16 months on a hospital ship in West Africa and discovered his true calling. In 2006, with no money and less than no experience,...
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xvii, 362 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 25 cm
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English
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"Water. The single most necessary element to sustain life. Brockovich warns that America's water crisis isn't looming on the horizon--it's already here. Superman Isn't Coming makes clear that the most precious resource on planet Earth is alarmingly polluted by toxins, hazardous waste, lead, fracking chemicals, and more. In the 20 years since her eponymous film, Brockovich has kept up the fight for clean water one town at a time. She receives thousands...
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256 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Presents a guide to building systems for the home that reuse and conserve water, including constructing rain gardens, installing greywater systems, and purchasing a waterless composting toilet. --Publisher's description.
19) Ashgrove
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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When a troubled couple escapes to their rural farmhouse for a weekend of reconnection, they realize that their ability to save their marriage will determine the fate of humankind itself.
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224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"From the founders of nonprofits Water.org & WaterEquity Gary White and Matt Damon, the incredible true story of two unlikely allies on a mission to end the global water crisis for good. When Oscar-winning actor Matt Damon visited rural Zambia in 2006, the last thing he expected was to become a life-long champion for the battle to end the global water and sanitation crisis. He quickly realized that to make a real impact, he'd need additional expertise....
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