{"product_id":"purified-how-recycled-sewage-is-transforming-our-water-paperback","title":"Purified: How Recycled Sewage Is Transforming Our Water - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Annin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2000, a transformative climate-driven \"megadrought\" swept over the Colorado River watershed. By the early 2020s, levels on the river's two largest reservoirs were hitting record lows and threatening the water supply for forty million people. Outside the West, water stocks are stressed even in states with bountiful rainfall such as Florida. From coast to coast, conventional measures to sustain the most fundamental natural resource on earth--drinking water--are coming up short. Recycled water could help close that gap. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePurified: How Recycled Sewage Is Transforming Our Water\u003c\/i\u003e, veteran journalist Peter Annin shows that wastewater has become a surprising weapon in America's war against water scarcity. Annin probes deep into the water reuse movement in five water-strapped states--California, Texas, Virginia, Nevada, and Florida. He drinks beer made from purified sewage, visits communities where purified sewage came to the rescue, and examines how one of the nation's largest wastewater plants hopes to recycle one hundred percent of its wastewater by 2035. At each stop, readers come face to face with the people who are struggling for, and against, recycled water. While the current filtration technology transforms sewage into something akin to distilled water--free of chemicals and safe to drink--water recycling's challenge isn't technology. It's terminology. Concerns about communities being used as \"guinea pigs,\" sensationalist media coverage, and taglines like \"toilet to tap\" have repeatedly crippled water recycling efforts. Potable water recycling has become the hottest frontier in the race for expanded water supply options. But can public opinion turn in time to avoid the worst consequences? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePurified\u003c\/i\u003e's fast-paced narrative cuts through the fearmongering and misinformation to make the case that recycled water is direly needed in the climate-change era. Water cannot be taken for granted anymore--and that includes sewage. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Annin is a veteran investigative journalist whose work the past twenty years has focused on water issues, most recently on the water crisis in the West. Before that, Annin spent more than a decade at \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003emagazine where he specialized in breaking news stories. He is author of the award-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Great Lakes Water Wars\u003c\/i\u003e and regularly publishes op-eds on water topics in outlets such as \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the director of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764475461920,"sku":"9781642832815","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/48d423fa6207cb4ba7f570a6254f7336.webp?v=1780249451","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/purified-how-recycled-sewage-is-transforming-our-water-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}