Project Gutenberg 2009-12-29 Public domain in the USA. 127 Raphael, Rick 1919 1994 Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling The Thirst Quenchers Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Thirst Quenchers" by Rick Raphael is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story focuses on the pressing issue of freshwater supply in an overpopulated America, exploring the complexities of hydrology and water management against a backdrop of advanced scientific techniques and societal challenges. The narrative delves into the significance of water as a life-giving resource and highlights efforts to maintain and conserve it in the face of increased demand and environmental disasters. In this tale, hydrologists Troy Braden and Alec Patterson undertake a mission in the Idaho Sawtooth Mountains to replace a malfunctioning radiation snow gauge that is essential for forecasting water supply. As they contend with harsh winter conditions, they reflect on the antiquated methods still employed by their agency, the Division of Agriculture. Their journey soon takes a catastrophic turn; a sudden earthquake causes significant damage to vital water reservoirs in the region, leading to an urgent need for innovative solutions to prevent the loss of water into the earth. Their ingenuity comes to light as they propose and enact a daring plan using advanced laser technology to reclaim the lost water, successfully executing a perilous operation to avert a disaster that could have dire consequences for the entire region. The narrative culminates in a struggle with the pressures of time and the possibility of radioactive contamination, emphasizing the critical importance of water management in a future threatened by over-extraction and environmental mismanagement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 131819 131828 2024-09-13T07:09:52.919232 2023-09-13T11:54:09.505055 text/html text/html 128882 2009-12-29T09:57:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 351913 2009-12-29T09:57:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 406982 2024-09-13T07:09:56.749243 application/epub+zip 407981 2024-09-13T07:09:54.151228 application/epub+zip 94033 2024-09-13T07:09:53.383221 application/epub+zip 516557 2024-09-13T07:09:58.845236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 508229 2024-09-13T07:09:56.241269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 195277 2022-09-14T08:30:42.223727 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123871 123768 2024-09-13T07:09:52.609227 2023-09-13T11:54:09.170936 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 123783 2009-12-29T09:57:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 46683 2009-12-29T09:57:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18221 2024-09-13T07:09:58.971221 application/rdf+xml 13019 2024-09-13T07:09:53.717222 image/jpeg 3419 2024-09-13T07:09:53.548214 image/jpeg 400215 2024-09-13T07:09:52.944253 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog