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Author
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Description
Canadian water company executive Peter Matthews is found brutally murdered while on business in Johannesburg, South Africa. Police officer Zembe Afrika is put in charge of the investigation and when Claire, Matthews' 20-year-old daughter arrives to find out what happened to her father, Zembe hires Nomsulwa, an anti-privatization activist to distract Claire and keep her safe amidst a conflict that seems to be about much more than money.
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Rain gardens encompass all possible elements that can be used to capture, channel, divert and make the most of the rain and snow that fall on a property. They have the potential to make beautiful additions to our environment. "Rain Gardens" is the first book on sustainable water management schemes suitable for students and professionals.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"The greatest impacts from climate change will not be warmer temperatures but water shortages. Learn how America's water infrastructure is incapable of handling these changes. There exist solutions that will make us rethink everything from how we use water, to where we live, to who owns water. Every drop of water that flows through America's rivers or is stored in our lakes and reservoirs is spoken for. Now, America is over-drafting its water supply....
147) A place for rain
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Formats
Description
This engaging and educational picture book about protecting our waterways follows a classroom as they build a rain garden, empowering readers with the tools to reduce pollution, diminish flooding and create a habitat for wildlife.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Create an Oasis describes how to choose, build, and use a simple greywater system (some can be completed in an afternoon). Going deeper, it explains how to integrate efficient fixtures, user habits, plant selection and location, rainwater, greywater, and freshwater irrigation for your soil and site conditions." --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Scientists, engineers, academics, and environmentalists warn that unless water use is drastically reduced, severe water shortage will affect the entire planet by 2040. But what does that mean? Why? What should we do? Are We Running Out of Water? unravels the issues and the answers using a visual thinking technique called mind mapping, which makes complicated subjects easy to understand. Beautiful illustrations bring the many issues, concepts, and...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Western Water A-to-Z is the first field guide dedicated to Western water. Reinventing this twentieth-century genre for a twenty-first-century audience, Crifasi describes water projects, the culture of water, the ecosystems that water projects have created or destroyed, and the reliance of modern life on this critical resource"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2017].
Description
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 essential as climate change disrupts both weather patterns and...
156) Every drop counts!
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
"Caillou learns about water conservation at daycare. When he gets home, he looks for ways to save water. Every drop adds up!"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"No doubt about it, water is pretty important! And all living things on Earth--from big blue whales to teeny-tiny bacteria--need water. But our world is currently facing some serious water problems: drinkable water isn't easily accessible to everyone, the demands for water around the globe are increasing but the supply is limited, and some human actions are causing disastrous ripple effects downstream for ecosystems and the animals that live in them....
