Oliver M. Brandes

Throughout history, water management has meant constructing dams, digging and drilling wells, and extending canals and pipelines into cities and farmers’ fields. Industrialized nations have been spectacularly successful at delivering vast amounts of water wherever and whenever it was required. In wealthy countries, water has been readily available to humans, their farms, factories and power-generating stations, with sufficient quantities left over for gardens, parks and swimming pools. Imagine Las Vegas. ...