TY - BOOK AU - Postel,Sandra TI - Last oasis: facing water scarcity SN - 0393317447 (pbk.) PY - 1997/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton KW - Water-supply KW - Water conservation KW - Water rights N1 - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references; Signs of scarcity -- Engineering's promise -- Bread and water -- Paradise lost -- Hydropolitics -- A world heating up -- Thrifty irrigation -- Small-scale solutions -- Wastewater no more -- Industrial recycling -- Conserving in cities -- Pricing, markets, and regulations -- A water ethic ER -