Great Britain’s Water: The Precious Resource is the title of a book that u3 member Geoff is writing. He says I am preparing a book on water and would like to engage with those interested. Where there is specific interest, I can make the relevant draft chapter available. The book is non-political and aims to provide a well-informed treatment as a basis for informed discussion leading to the resolution of our national water problems. I welcome comment. Geoff is a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and Founding Chair of Ashford Wye and District u3a. You can contact him using the link Geoff C.
The structure of the book is:
Prologue
- Rainfall and our natural world
- British seasons and long-term weather change
- Population growth
- Scotland and its water
- Wales and its water
- Water usage
- Agriculture
- Upland to downland water management
- Pollution
- An issue of governance – nationalisation?
- Reservoirs actual and proposed
- Ofwat and related bodies
- Attitudes and aspirations (an analysis of government delivery)
- The wider global dimension
Appendix 1 - Data sources, information and units of measurement
Appendix 2 - Our country’s adaptation to climate change
Appendix 3 - Summary of diverged agricultural objectives for Great Britain and the EU
Appendix 4 - Reverse osmosis
Glossary
References
Index