| 1. |  | When the Rivers Run Dry: Water--The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-first Century
from Beacon Press
Price: $10.40
Customer Review:
Most other reviews say what I would say -- it is an easy to read (I couldn't put it down, actually) overview of the global water crisis with so many different localized impacts.
While I understand some technical experts cited limited technical details, for the lay person, I thought it was the... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape
from Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
This book is really good on many different levels. It is written in a engaging and extremely readable style, the illustrations are great, you learn why you should harvest rainwater, and the author illustrates many different designs to harvest rainwater.
What I liked most however, was the theory... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water
from New Press
Price: $16.47
Customer Review:
Concise and compact analysis of World's Water Dilemma. Maude Barlow transcends her Social and Liberal background to give a real snapshot of what's coming.
Jack Flobeck
Chairman
Aqua Prima Center Inc.
think tank for water research | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond (Vol. 2): Water-Harvesting Earthworks
from Rainsource Press
Price: $21.75
Customer Review:
Here is a book full of inspiring stories and painstaking details about how to catch and use the thousands of gallons of water we have each been utterly wasting every time it rains. It is both a call to action and a detailed instruction manual, and in each category it is clearly written and... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit
from South End Press
Price: $11.90
Customer Review:
After reading Water Wars and going back through some things in the book I believe that many people will find this book interesting and informative. Shiva seems to believe that the root of all these wars is our disconnection from the water. We turn on a faucet and voila, water. Who cares where it... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Rain Gardens: Managing Water Sustainably in the Garden and Designed Landscape
from Timber Press, Incorporated
Price: $23.07
Customer Review:
A very informative book on an important topic. Pictures are used well to illustrate. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource
from Mariner Books
Price: $10.88
Customer Review:
This book covers freshwater issues around the world and is a great companion to Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water. The author starts with a discussion of world freshwater sources, their accessibility, and how they are currently being used. He gives a really good overview... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | The Great Lakes Water Wars
from Island Press
Price: $17.13
Customer Review:
As a hydrologist in the Great Lakes' basin, this book is a great read. It brings the science into lay terms, without making gross generalizations. Easy to read, and highly interesting. Even after studying Great Lakes water issues for 3 years, I learned a think or two. Change begins with awareness. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping And The Fate Of America's Fresh Waters
from Island Press
Price: $17.05
Customer Review:
I like Mr. Glennon's book very much but I did think the writing style was just a little dry. I understand the theory behind "the Tragedy of Law and the Commons," but I think at some point in the future population growth will outstrip our ability to take care of our water needs regardless of laws or... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Everything in Its Path: Destruction of Community in the Buffalo Creek Flood
from Simon & Schuster
Price: $11.90
Customer Review:
In February of 1972, the town of Buffalo Creek in West Virginia was devastated by a flood, which was, in a way, 'man-made'. Water from heavy rains collected in a pile of coal slag, eventually working through and sweeping the town, killing over a hundred people. Erikson recounts this disaster in his... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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