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Manufacturing Thirst: The Hidden Water Costs of Our Industrial Economy

By Kari Lydersen, Earth Island Journal. Posted October 23, 2008.


From the mining of raw materials to energy production to the manufacturing process itself, industry guzzles tons of water.
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Kari Lydersen, a regular contributor to AlterNet, also writes for the Washington Post and is an instructor for the Urban Youth International Journalism Program in Chicago.

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