Interview: Peter Gleick "The Looming Water Crisis"


	Interview: Peter Gleick "The Looming Water Crisis"

kmcolo

12-14-2007 6:34 AM

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podcast, fresh air, interview, science, water, environment

kmcolo says:

A look inside our knowledge of one of the nations most important and least appreciated natural resources. Also includes some interesting facts such as we use less water per person today in the U.S. than we did 20 years ago.

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<H1>Peter Gleick Reports on a Looming Water Crisis</H1>
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