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Title: Thirsty country : options for Australia / ©sa Wahlquist.
Author: Wahlquist, ©sa.
Year: 2008.
Description: vi, 216 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, charts ; 21 cm.
Subject: Drought relief Government policy Australia. ; Droughts Australia Management. ; Water resources development Australia. ; Water-supply Risk assessment Australia.
Notes: Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-209)
ISBN/ISSN: 9781741754841 (pbk.);
Type: Book
Abstract: "Australia is the driest inhabited continent in the world and current global warming forecasts are for it to become drier still but what do we do about it? Schemes abound but will they work, can we afford them and are there hidden consequences? Few people know more about this issue than Asa Wahlquist, rural writer for The Australian. In Thirsty country she lays the facts clearly before the reader. With no agenda other than to inform, Wahlquist explains how the various schemes work, or don't, their rami
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