Water Wars [Mass Market Paperback]

Diane Raines Ward (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 3, 2003

Every day, we hear alarming news about droughts, pollution, population growth, and climate change-which threaten to make water, even more than oil, the cause of war within our lifetime. Diane Raines Ward reaches beyond the headlines to illuminate our most vexing problems and tells the stories of those working to solve them: hydrologists, politicians, engineers, and everyday people. Based on ten years of research spanning five continents, Water Wars offers fresh insight into a subject to which our fate is inextricably bound.

Editorial Reviews

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Thorough and thoughtful. (Detroit Free-Press) An engaging story...[with] plenty to inspire and alarm. (Business Week) Riveting...I will never turn on the tap again without thinking about where the water comes from and where it goes. (Ken Burns, producer/director of the "Civil War", "Baseball", and "Jazz" documentaries) Clear, jargon free...comprehensive. (The Baltimore Sun) A wonderful book [with] splendid insight. (Environmental News) Important [and] impressive. (Ottawa Citizen)

About the Author

Diane Raines Ward is a journalist whose work has appeared in Smithsonian, Newsweek, Connoisseur, and International Wildlife. She and her husband, Geoffrey C. Ward, co-wrote the book Tiger-Wallahs: Encounters with the Men Who Tried to Save the Greatest of the Great Cats. Together they run a nonprofit organization dedicated to conservation efforts in India.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Riverhead Trade (June 3, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573229954
• ISBN-13: 978-1573229951
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,549,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WATER WARS, November 28, 2004

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Sharon N. Denmark (Virginia) - See all my reviews
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The author, Diane Raines Ward, is obviously passionate about this subject--she has traveled the world and seen with her own eyes the good and the bad of water 'management.' She does not make assumptions, she does not make sweeping generalizations--she examines each dam, river, levee and irrigation system individually, thereby proving how complicated the water wars are. Her passion for the subject also makes the book quite readable; it is written more like a novel than a scientific treatise. My only complaint is the complete lack of maps and diagrams, but that does not stop me from giving the book 5 stars.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must, July 8, 2010

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Enrico Ferorelli (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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Water is becoming the hottest topic of discussions about the environment and this book is the first and the best on the subject.
Water 101. Make sure you read it.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Readably Frightening !, January 6, 2007

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Protector "Protectorfrom BadWriters" (NY,NY) - See all my reviews

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George W Bush should be made to read this book. The author addresses many global water problems in a well researched and highly readable form. Read it and be afraid - we should be demanding our nitwit lawmakers read it and take action. Give a copy to your neighbors.