Quenching the Thirst: Sustainable Water Supply and Climate Change - Paperback

by George Annandale (Author)

This book was conceived out of a deep concern about the impact of pending global water shortages. Increased demand for water by a rapidly growing world population, decreased water availability due to climate change and the ever-worsening condition of water supply infrastructure are great concerns. In the absence of decisive action water shortage will be the norm in both developed and developing nations. The author, during a life-long career in water resources engineering, witnessed the hardships resulting from inadequate water supply throughout the world. Those experiences motivated him to present the solution to this global challenge in a manner understandable to the general public and professionals alike. Dedicated to developing the essential insight necessary to address the challenge, this book presents a thorough analysis of the nature and magnitude of the problem, and its solution. The author provides practical guidance on how to end the current practice of relentlessly and irreversibly depleting our water resources, and he reveals how to reliably and sustainably supply water in the future, in spite of the anticipated impacts of climate change. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in and concerned about the impacts of climate change on future water supplies. The concrete approach to reliably and sustainably supply fresh water to both current and future generations provides clear direction on how to proceed.

Author Biography

George Annandale, a humanist, engineer and author, was born in South Africa; one of the most drought-stricken countries on earth. The relentless concern about water scarcity in that country, which he endured as a child and later as an adult, left an imprint on him that resulted in devoting his entire professional career of about 40 years to water resources engineering. Currently resident in Denver, Colorado, he is a principal at an internationally renowned environmental consulting firm dedicated to engineering earth's development in a way that concurrently preserves its integrity. Through unrelenting global travel he has worked on every continent on earth, except Antarctica; consulting to governments, private clients, non-governmental organizations, universities, development banks and aid agencies. This, his third book, is dedicated to sharing with the general public and professionals alike his insight into how climate change will affect reliable and sustainable supply of fresh water, and how to deal with the challenge. His contributions to society and the engineering profession have been recognized through listings in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Engineering and Science. International Water Power and Dam Construction, a professional journal, identified him as one of twenty engineers, worldwide, that has made a significant contribution to the dam industry in the beginning of the twenty-first century.