[PDF] Drinking Water In The 21st Century eBook

Author : Juliet Christian-Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 37,40 MB
Release : 2012-07-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199939381

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It is zero hour for a new US water policy! At a time when many countries are adopting new national approaches to water management, the United States still has no cohesive federal policy, and water-related authorities are dispersed across more than 30 agencies. Here, at last, is a vision for what we as a nation need to do to manage our most vital resource. In this book, leading thinkers at world-class water research institution the Pacific Institute present clear and readable analysis and recommendations for a new federal water policy to confront our national and global challenges at a critical time. What exactly is at stake? In the 21st century, pressures on water resources in the United States are growing and conflicts among water users are worsening. Communities continue to struggle to meet water quality standards and to ensure that safe drinking water is available for all. And new challenges are arising as climate change and extreme events worsen, new water quality threats materialize, and financial constraints grow. Yet the United States has not stepped up with adequate leadership to address these problems. The inability of national policymakers to safeguard our water makes the United States increasingly vulnerable to serious disruptions of something most of us take for granted: affordable, reliable, and safe water. This book provides an independent assessment of water issues and water management in the United States, addressing emerging and persistent water challenges from the perspectives of science, public policy, environmental justice, economics, and law. With fascinating case studies and first-person accounts of what helps and hinders good water management, this is a clear-eyed look at what we need for a 21st century U.S. water policy.

Author : James Salzman
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 38,16 MB
Release : 2017-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1468306758

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An in-depth look at the changing approaches that environmentalists, governments, and the open market have taken to water through the lens of world history. When we turn on the tap or twist open a tall plastic bottle, we probably don’t give a second thought about where our drinking water comes from. But how it gets from the ground to the glass is far more convoluted than we might think. In this revised edition of Drinking Water, Duke University professor and environmental policy expert James Salzman shows how drinking water highlights the most pressing issues of our time. He adds eye-opening, contemporary examples about our relationship to and consumption of water, and a new chapter about the atrocities that occurred in Flint, Michigan. Provocative, insightful, and engaging, Drinking Water shows just how complex a simple glass of water can be. “A surprising, delightful, fact-filled book.” —Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel “Instead of buying your next twelve-pack of bottled water, buy this fascinating account of all the people who spent their lives making sure you’d have clean, safe drinking water every time you turned on the tap.” —Bill McKibben, author of Earth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet “Drinking Water effortlessly guides us through a fascinating world we never consider. Even for people who think they know water, there is a surprise on almost every page.” —Charles Fishman, bestselling author of The Big Thirst and The Wal-Mart Effect “Salzman puts a needed spotlight on an often overlooked but critical social, economic, and political resource.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Char Miller
Publisher :
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 29,58 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN :

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A lively primer on the region's most precious and scarce resource, drawn from the pages of the newspaper that sets the standard for coverage of environmental issues in the West.

Author : Terence R. Lee
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 25,50 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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Analyses the means for establishing and operating effective water markets. Proposes the application of economic instruments and the transfer of water management to the private sector as a means to guarantee acceptable water quality in the future in both developed and developing countries.

Author : Enrique Cabrera
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 29,44 MB
Release : 2004-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1482298317

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The concept of sustainable development appeared almost twenty years ago, adapting traditional policies to new circumstances, and promoting progress capable of satisfying the necessities of both present and future generations. It is widely believed that the need for a proper and sustainable management of water will be a problem which

Author : Michael J. MacPhee
Publisher :
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 17,55 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN :

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Offering a high-level view of key distribution system water quality issues that utilities will confront in the coming decades, and a new view of an integrated treatment process, this book covers such topics as microbial regrowth and recontamination, risks associated with release of trace metals from system scale, and impacts of secondary disinfection practices. This resource targets water utility managers, water quality professionals, policy makers, regulators, consultants, and educators.