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In both books, glennon offers hundred of facts, figures and anecdotes to make his point that the united states is a country in which the. Water follies is an occasionally wry and always fascinating account of groundwater pumping and the environmental problems it causes. Unquenchable americas water crises and what to do about it by. My first degree was in environmental health, so i have a soft spot for water quality as well as for the sake of the earth, for our future generations.
Unquenchable is a sequel to glennons 2002 book, water follies. Glennon, robert jerome is the author of water follies groundwater pumping and the fate of americas fresh waters, published 2004 under isbn 9781559634007 and isbn 1559634006. My first degree was in environmental health, so i have a soft spot for water quality as well. Water follies, the first book to focus on the impact of groundwater pumping on the environment, brings this widespread but underappreciated problem to the attention of citizens and communities across america. If its a difficult, complex problem for sophisticated clients, robert is there.
These include tales of lakes and rivers dried, drying, or manipulated by groundwater extraction crooked lake fla, the santa cruz river ariz. Turn on the hose to wash the car or water the lawn and garden. In it youll learn how america is irrigating itself to deathjust like the sumerianswhile sucking its groundwater aquifers dry. Americas water crisis and what to do about it, and more on. Sep 01, 2002 water follies is one of the first books i have read about the true impacts that the human population and its many uses for water has had upon the earth. But, as i show in my book water follies 2002, there is no free lunch. Water follies by robert jerome glennon overdrive rakuten. Udall professor of law and public policy in the rogers college of law at the university of arizona. Water follies is one of the first books i have read about the true impacts that the human population and its many uses for water has had upon the earth.
The recipient of two national science foundation grants, glennon serves as an advisor to governments, corporations, think tanks, law firms, and ngos looking to solve serious challenges around water sustainability and planning. Jump in the shower, wash off the dirt, and feel refreshed. Robert glennon sets forth a striking collection of storiesranging from down hast maine to san antonios river walk to atlantas burgeoning suburbsthat bring to life the human and natural consequences of our growing national thirst. Robert jerome glennon the santa cruz river that once flowed through tucson, arizona, is today a sad mirage of a river.
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