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New water for old? Geology and the long view on water resources
Author(s) -
Younger Paul
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
geology today
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1365-2451
pISSN - 0266-6979
DOI - 10.1111/gto.12004
Subject(s) - mount , geology , resource (disambiguation) , water resources , falling (accident) , earth science , mining engineering , water resource management , hydrology (agriculture) , environmental science , geotechnical engineering , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , medicine , computer network , ecology , environmental health , biology
Water used to be regarded as a classic renewable resource, on the reasonable grounds that (in most places, at least) it has a tendency to keep on falling from the sky. However, in recent decades concerns have begun to mount that water is being used consumptively (in some places, at least). This article examines the concept.