Friday, 2 July 2004

Water, water, nowhere...

Whose water is it? : the unquenchable thirst of a water-hungry world edited by Bernadette McDonald and Douglas Jehl. This is a pretty good book about a very important topic that is near and dear to our hearts. And the rest of our body. Although it is technically infinite (the water we use is not lost and will come around again), we are using the sources of what little easily usable non-glacier fresh water we have too quickly for those sources to replenish themselves. This is a book of essays talking about the various problems we have regarding water and suggestions on how to fix them. Although very informative, they do get a little repetitive, giving the same examples over and over. All except the David Suzuki contribution. Very moving. Especially after pages of academia. Read it.

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