Green Group discussion

Please suggest books about water use and water crises in this thread.

the author of our Feb/March book, Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash, also wrote Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale And Why We Bought It, which is something I have been wanting to read.

and a few years ago, i remember people raving about Blue Gold but I have not read it.

I love water issues, I want to get my Master's in water resources. Here's my list (mix of some I've read and some I want to):

Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Revised Edition
Aqua Shock: The Water Crisis in America
Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization
The Great Lakes Water Wars
Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America
Out of Water

Bottlemania looks good...

It'll be a difficult choice! maybe we can do water crises for may and june. :D

Cadillac Desert is another I read for school, both as a first semester freshman and as a second semester senior. It was really interesting to note the changes in how I read the book and what I got out of it.

Great Lakes Water Wars is a FANTASTIC book. I highly recommend it. Also Great Lakes Journey: A New Look at America's Freshwater Coast if you are interested in Great Lakes issues. That one focuses more on pollution and wildlife issues rather than water scarcity, though.

I just picked up Pandora's Locks: The Opening of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway, and I'm really excited to read it. Obviously with me there is a Great Lakes theme.

I think we should get a poll started for May, so I'll include the books suggested, but what else would you guys like to maybe read related to water?

i think the poll is tied right now...anyone who hasn't voted, including myself, please vote!