High and dry :

Alley, William M.

High and dry : meeting the challenges of the world's growing dependence on groundwater / William M. Alley and Rosemarie Alley. - New Haven: Yale University Press, 2017. - ix, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-283) and index.

Beyond rain -- India's silent revolution -- Arizona -- The world's poorest people -- Not all aquifers are created equal -- Who owns groundwater? -- Streamflow depletion -- Water for nature -- That sinking feeling -- Recharge and recycling -- Poisoning the well -- Pathogens -- Arsenic -- Fracking -- Nitrate and aquifer protection -- Transboundary aquifer -- Sharing the common pool.

9780300220384 (Hbk) 0300220383 = EES-reference book collection

2016949267


Groundwater.
Water-supply.
Groundwater.
Water-supply.

TD403 / .A39 2017

628.114 Al54H



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