Title: The ripple effect : the fate of freshwater in the twenty-first century /
Authors: Prud'homme, Alex.
Publisher: Scribner,
Year: 2011
Subjects: NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection.; NATURE / Natural Resources.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.; Water-supply Forecasting.; Fresh water; Water Pollution
Abstract: This work of investigative journalism shows how freshwater is the pressing global issue of the twenty-first century.
Contents: Under pressure -- Quality: what is in our water? -- Drought: a creeping disaster -- Flood: come hell or high water -- Water in the twenty-first century: conflict and innovation -- The ripple effect -- "Water!"