Every Drop for Sale : Our Desperate Battle over Water in a World about to Run Out

We're running out of water. Less than .0008% of the total water on Earth is fit for human consumption, & thanks to decades of diversion & pollution, that amount is dwindling with terrifying speed as the demand of our burgeoning population increases. This book explores our water crisis firsthand. Visiting the world's hot spots -- those with the least amount of water, as well as places where there is so much that the excess is being auctioned off -- the author meets people on all sides of the water issue: survivors of bizarre water management practices; entrepreneurs scrambling for rights to ship water around the world at huge profits; & scientists & community leaders who are trying to set things straight.Rothfeder, Jeffrey is the author of 'Every Drop for Sale : Our Desperate Battle over Water in a World about to Run Out', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422350775 and ISBN 1422350770.