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Kallen, Stuart A.

Running Dry: The Global Water Crisis

64 pp. | Twenty-First Century | February, 2015 | Library ISBN 978-1-4677-2646-7 $33.32 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4677-6308-0
(3) YA Kallen discusses growing human demand for clean water and how things such as development, large-scale farming, and global warming affect both the water cycle and supply. Local solutions such as rainwater catchment systems and pipe maintenance are also examined. The book's in-depth analysis and eye-opening stats are illustrated with stock photographs, often of recent water-crisis events. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey

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