Book: "Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the Politics of Thirst

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Book: "Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the Politics of Thirst

Water Wars: Drought, Flood, Folly and the Politics of Thirst

http://www.buzzflash.com/store/items/276

This looks like a good deal -- buy the book -- donate money to Buzzflash. We all know that Buzzflash is one of the best online sources of news that we care about. (I am in no way associated with Buzzflash -- other than I go there at least once a day.)

BuzzFlash.com's Review (excerpt)
Lurking in the background of the last great wars over oil is a likely series of battles over a resource without which we literally cannot live: water.

That is why corporations have already begin working toward the privatization of water rights and the distribution of water throughout the globe. It is a relatively quiet profit-making encroachment on our most basic free commodity -- at least up until now.

Water Wars sets the stage for the developing political and real wars over something we always believed to be a free, elemental resource. In short, it's an extremely fascinating and well-written primer into how historically we have gotten to this point. It focuses on specific issues and initiatives relating to water -- and reveals their impact on the global problem.

With shipping included, BuzzFlash is able to offer "Water Wars" for less than the original price due to a special purchase.

I am ordering this book from Buzzflash!! We had better believe that water wars and water issued WILL affect all of our lives if not now than in the future.

DUer Joanne98 posted this thread on the Water Barons.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1702904

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Ilsa

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Sat Jul-22-06 11:48 PM
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1. This has been a bigger scare than terrorism to many of us in

places like Texas. Living without oil is one thing. Without clean water is another.

And yet our home designs are not doing anything to take water shortage, energy shortages into account. Neither are the local landscaping businesses.

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DELUSIONAL

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Sun Jul-23-06 12:08 AM
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2. You know what gets me is seeing lawns being watered with

drinking water -- that is water rated for safe human consumptions watering lawns.

There are books on low water landscaping -- and yet few communities are restricting water.

The Pacific Northwest will face a serious water shortage soon -- most of the water comes from snow packs and each year the snow pack is smaller. There are already watering restrictions in many Puget Sound communities.

So one would think that the very wet Northwest doesn't have a water shortage -- think again.

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opihimoimoi

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Sun Jul-23-06 12:12 AM
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3. It Because of them SINNERS.....lol

(joke)

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SammyWinstonJack

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Sun Jul-23-06 12:17 AM
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4. We are two days into water restrictions as per lawn watering.

My lawn is dead and has been for a couple of years, now. I don't water my grass. It makes me sick that my neighbors' water their lawns. I use as little water as I can get by with. I was raised with this saying, "If it's yellow, let it mellow, if it's brown, flush it down."

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Ilsa

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Sun Jul-23-06 09:27 AM
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5. We have a large backyard, and when you have kids, it

really is nice to have a lawn for them to play on to soften injuries, bruises, etc. But without the kids, I go with a pleasant park-like garden requiring little watering.

I'm not suggesting people use rocks for a front yard...that would heat everything up. But low moisture greenery or ground cover would be nice, IMO.

But people here are arguing about water but not doing anything to curb its usage.

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Ilsa

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Sun Jul-23-06 09:29 AM
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6. Slightly off-subject...but there is also the issue of fertilizing these

green lush yards and then having run-off into bays and estuaries and how that affects the water and spawning sea life.

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