Postel, Sandra.

Last oasis : facing water scarcity / Sandra Postel ; with a new introduction. - 1st ed. - New York : W.W. Norton, c1997. - xxxviii, 239 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm. - The Worldwatch environmental alert series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An illusion of plenty -- Signs of scarcity -- Engineering's promise -- Bread and water -- Paradise lost -- Hydropolitics -- A world heating up -- Thrifty irrigation -- Small-scale solutions -- Wastewater no more -- Industrial recycling -- Conserving in cities -- Pricing, markets, and regulations -- A water ethic.

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Water conservation.
Water rights.
Water-supply.