The Ripple Effect

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Prud’homme, Alex.

The ripple effect : the fate of freshwater in the twenty-first century / Alex Prud’homme.

p. cm.

1. Water-supply—Forecasting. 2. Fresh water. 3. Water—Pollution. I. Title.
TD345.P77 2011
333.91—dc22
2011008951

ISBN 978-1-4165-3545-4
ISBN 978-1-4391-6849-3 (ebook)