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CONTENTS Author¿s Note 0 Introduction 0 PART ONE When the rivers run dry . . . THE CROPS FAIL 1 The Human Sponge 0 2 North America: Crossing the Rio Grande 0 3 Riding The Water Cycle 0 4 Pakistan: The Unhappy Valley 0 PART TWO When the rivers run dry . . . WE MINE OUR CHILDREN¿S WATER 5 India: A Colossal Anarchy 0 6 Haliburton¿s Job for Gadaffi 0 7 The World¿s Largest Mass Poisoning 0 8 Mirages 0 PART THREE When the rivers run dry . . . THE WET PLACES DIE 9 The Common Wealth 0 10 Lake Chad: Tragedy of the Flood Plains 0 11 Seas of Death 0 12 Mekong: Feel the Pulse 0 PART FOUR When the rivers run dry . . . FLOODS MAY NOT BE FAR BEHIND 13 China: The Hanging River 0 14 Changing Climate 0 PART FIVE When the rivers run dry . . . ENGINEERS POUR CONCRETE 15 Wonders of the World 0 16 Sun, Silt and Stagnant Ponds 0 17 Dams That Cause Floods 0 PART SIX When the rivers run dry . . . MEN GO TO WAR OVER WATER 18 Palestine: Poisoning The Wells Of Peace 0 19 The First Modern Water War 0 20 Swords Of Damocles 0 PART SEVEN When the rivers run dry . . . CIVILIZATIONS FALL 21 Elisha¿s Spring And The Mysteries Of Angkor 0 22 Losing The West 0 23 Aral Sea: The End Of The World 0 PART EIGHT When the rivers run dry . . . WE GO LOOKING FOR NEW WATER 24 Taking The Water To The People 0 25 Sewage On Tap 0 26 Closed Basins And Closed Minds 0 27 Out Of Thin Air 0 PART NINE When the rivers run dry . . . WE TRY TO CATCH THE RAIN 28 Catch The Rain 0 29 On The Grapevine 0 30 Unfailing Springs 0 PART TEN When the rivers run dry . . . WE GO WITH THE FLOW 31 Learning To Love The Floods 0 32 Freeing Saddam¿s Captives 0 33 More Crop Per Drop 0 34 Water Ethics 0
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Water resources development.
Water-supply.