Summary: "Directed by Emmy Award winner Marina Zenovich and executive produced by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, this National Geographic documentary film unfolds like a real-life film noir, uncovering the ruthless exploits of California's notorious water barons, who profit off the state's resources while everyday citizens endure a debilitating water crisis"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF WATPostel, Sandra
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.4 POSPiper, Karen Lynnea
Summary: "There's Money in Thirst," reads a headline in the New York Times. The CEO of Nestlé, purveyor of bottled water, heartily agrees. It is important to give water a market value, he says in a promotional video, so "we're all aware that it has a price." But for those who have no access to clean water, a fifth of the world's population, the price is thirst. This is the frightening landscape that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 PIPGlennon, Robert Jerome
Contents: 1. The worth of water in the United States -- 2. Human reliance on groundwater -- 3. How does a river go dry : the Santa Cruz in Tucson -- 4. A river at risk : the Upper San Pedro River in Arizona -- 5. Tampa Bay's avarice : Cypress Groves, wetlands, springs, and lakes in Florida -- 6. The tourist's mirage : San Antonio's River Walk, the Edwards Aquifer, and endangered species -- 7. Suburban...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Island Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 GLEFishman, Charles
Summary: The water coming out of your kitchen tap is four billion years old and might well have been sipped by a Tyrannosaurus rex. Rather than only three states of water, liquid, ice, and vapor, there is a fourth, "molecular water," fused into rock 400 miles deep in the Earth, and that's where most of the planet's water is found. Unlike most precious resources, water cannot be used up; it can always be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.91 FISSchlueter, Heather
Summary: Schlueter understands the challenges of cooking in an RV: space is limited, power and water consumption are always concerns, and efficient cleanup is a must. Her recipes are developed to make the most of the available space and equipment, while exploiting a minimal number of ingredients-- and pots-- while delivering delicious, comforting, easy-to-clean-up meals. -- adapted from back cover
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Sterling Epicure] 2022