Aqua Shock, Revised and Updated: Water in Crisis
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (663 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0470918063 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 255 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tarr Richard S. Caliguiri University Professor of History and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University "Thankfully, Marks not only spells out in rich detail how and why we as a country find ourselves in the present predicament, but also how we can emerge from it and satisfy our thirst for water in a safe and sane manner. It is within our power to solve this problem, and we must." —Ronald F. We can arrest the fall in water tables by increasing water productivity—getting the most use from every drop of water that we do have
"A Hodgepodge" according to B. Case. "Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America," by Susan J. Marks, is a boring hodgepodge of facts and figures. It reads like some of the mind-numbing textbooks that I had to endure during my high school years. This book breathes no life or depth into the topicand that is very sad because the worldwide water crisis is an immensely fascinating topic. How could the author get so lost in the trees that she misses the forest?I love this topic. I've spent many months of my retirement years taking college-level seminar courses on the water crisis. I've read a number. one star is an overstatement This book appears to be little more than a compilation of excerpts and internet searches, and an unedited version at that. Mind numbing, painful, repetitive, poorly executed and unscientific are the best words to describe this piece of junk. As a financial professional with an engineering background, I was hoodwinked into buying this through Bloomberg, and didn't bother reading any reviews, and am now scarred by the experience.I fired down a few cocktails and tried to read while intoxicated, but it still hurts. Do yourself a favor and don't attempt to rea. Useful for facts, not so exciting to read Cadillac Desert is better. This book is up-to-date, I like that. And it has useful facts for my own research and business in desalination. But the other reviewers have a good point it's darn near unreadable.I DO read it, and I'm gradually getting through it, but I only read a page here and there, because it's so dry that it's easy to put down. In a sense, that could be taken as a strength if you have a lot of work to do and don't want to get wound up in a book, this is perfect because as far as I can tell it's impossible to lose yourself in this book. Each moment is like sitting
The bookExplains where our water comes from and who controls it, as well as the cost of water on cash, commodities, and capitalismDescribes the risks of running out of waterDetails how we can preserve and protect our most precious, yet most undervalued natural resourceRight now, battles over water supplies rage across the country. Marks provides a comprehensive analysis of the current conflicts being waged over dwindling water supplies. In Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America, author Susan J. Aqua Shock is an objective look at how we arrived at this crisis point and what we can do-and should be doing-to solve the water crisis in America.. An objective look at America's rapidly shrinking water supplyOnce believed to be a problem limited to America's southwest, wate