The elephant pools : making rainfall effective -- Pipes, pumps and beaver ponds : moving water across the landscape -- The birds of Chihuahua : water and biodiversity -- Missing the water for the trees : how plants make water -- Farming for water : industrial agriculture's water-guzzling secrets -- Dew and the desert : what goes up must come down -- Storm waters dreaming : dowsing the flames in Australia -- Good riddance to the infernal ants : helping the water poor and avoiding water wars

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