Running Out of Water: The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve Our Most Precious Resource

by Peter Rogers and Susan Leal

Book Overview

Water is the world's life source and essential to all living creatures. Although we live on the blue planet, only 3 percent of all our water is drinkable. Yet we've grown accustomed to using it with abandon - individuals consume about 80 to 100 gallons per day adding up to the equivalent of an Olympic sized swimming pool every year. By this decade's end, when the world population is predicted to reach 8 billion, we will face severe shortages. In this...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230615643
• ISBN13: 9780230615649
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.5"