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How to Save Water: Further Reading
We can't even begin to scratch the surface of the resources available for making water use more Earth-friendly. Here are some starting points for insight and advice.
- Energy Star has pages dedicated to clothes washers and dishwashers.
- Peter Coombes, the Australian expert on rainwater research, has lots to offer here.
- Rooftops to Rivers, an NRDC report on green Strategies for controlling storm water and sewer overflow.
- Bottled Water—Pure Drink or Pure Hype? A massive 1999 NRDC study of the bottled water industry.
- The US Environmental Protection Agency has a lengthy list of recommendations here.
- Lester Brown wrote about how the world is running out of fresh water in 2000; it could have been written yesterday. See Grist's coverage.
- Grist also ran a six part series on water privatization with Peter Cook and Maude Barlow.
- Is it okay to drink bottled water? Ask Leo Hickman of The Guardian.
- The Ghost Map, by Steven Johnson tells the story of how mapping Cholera deaths in 1854 London led back to a single water pump.
- Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, by Marc Reisner tells the story of conflicts over water policy in the West and the resulting damage to the land, wildlife, and Indians.
- Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource, by Marq de Villiers.
- Chinatown, the classic film about the politics of water in 1930s California.
- The Man Who Fell to Earth: David Bowie looking for water, lots of it.
- Thirst: A film that tells the stories of communities in Bolivia, India, and the United States that are asking fundamental questions about water, the global commons, and human rights.
- Water: Tragedy by the Ganges.
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