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High and dry : meeting the challenges of the world's growing dependence on groundwater /
An engaging call to understand and protect groundwater, the primary source of drinking water for almost half of the world's population Groundwater is essential for drinking water and food security. It provides enormous environmental benefits by keeping streams and rivers flowing. But a growing...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.