Water Has No Backup
Groundwater, Drought, and the Hidden Bankruptcy of Modern LifeBy Levin Arndt
Length7h 42m
About this audiobook
Modern life was built as if water would always return.
But beneath our farms, cities, homes, food systems, and industries lies a hidden reserve most people never see: groundwater. In <i>Water Has No Backup</i>, Levin Arndt reveals how civilization has treated that buried reserve like income, spending water accumulated over long periods as if it would always refill on demand.
This is not a generic climate book or a survival guide. It is a gripping investigation into aquifers, drought, food, cities, industry, inequality, and the hidden hydrological debt beneath modern life.
Drought is often not the crisis itself. It is the audit.
Clear, urgent, and deeply thought-provoking, <i>Water Has No Backup</i> will change how you see the tap, the supermarket, the city, and the ground beneath your feet.
Groundwater is already the backup. Water has no second one.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature
Length7 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 16, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
2A Note on the Evidence
3Opening Note: The Day the Water Did Not Come Back
4Chapter 1. The Invisible Reservoir
5Chapter 2. The Myth of Renewable Water
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6Chapter 3. Drought Is the Messenger
7Chapter 4. The Food Beneath the Food
8Chapter 5. Cities Built on Borrowed Water
9Chapter 6. The Drying Middle Class
10Chapter 7. The Politics of the Last Well
11Chapter 8. The Industrial Thirst
12Chapter 9. When the Ground Sinks
13Chapter 10. The Promise of More
14Chapter 11. The Geography of Water Inequality
15Chapter 12. Living After the Illusion
16Closing Chapter. What Cannot Be Replaced
17Sources and Notes
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