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Freshwater Environmental Issues Global Perspectives 1st Edition by James Fargo Balliett ISBN 0765682303 9780765682307

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Freshwater Environmental Issues Global Perspectives 1st Edition by James Fargo Balliett ISBN 0765682303 9780765682307
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Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
File Extension: PDF
File size: 17.91 MB
Pages: 160
Author: James Fargo Balliett
ISBN: 9780765682307, 0765682303
Language: English
Year: 2010

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ISBN 10:  0765682303 
ISBN 13: 9780765682307
Author: James Fargo Balliett

Freshwater is our planet’s most precious resource, and also the least conserved. Freshwater makes up only 3 percent of the total water on the planet, and yet the majority (1.9 percent) is held in a frozen state in glaciers, icebergs, and polar ice fields. This leaves approximately one-half of 1 percent of the total volume of water on the planet as freshwater available in liquid form.

This book traces the complex history of the steady growth of humankind’s water consumption, which today reaches some 9.7 quadrillion gallons per year. Along with a larger population has come the need for more drinking water, larger farms requiring extensive irrigation, and more freshwater to support business and industry. At the same time, such developments have led to increased water pollution. Three detailed case studies are included. The first looks at massive water systems in locations such as New York City and the efforts required to protect and transport such resources. The second shows how growth has affected freshwater quality in the ecologically unique and geographically isolated Lake Baikal region of eastern Russia. The third examines the success story of the privatized freshwater system in Chile and consider how that country’s water sources are threatened by climate change.

Freshwater Environmental Issues Global Perspectives 1st Table of contents:

1 The Wonders of Freshwater
Freshwater Defined
The History of Freshwater
The Hydrologic Cycle
Evaporation
Condensation
Transpiration
Percolation
2 Humans and Freshwater
Human Advancements and Water
Water in Ancient Civilizations
Water in Modern Times
Freshwater Consumption
Centralized Public Water Systems
Freshwater Pollution
Stresses on the Freshwater Supply
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
Global Freshwater Case Studies
Map of Case Studies
3 Salton Sea California
History and Ecology
Human Uses
Pollution and Damage
Mitigation and Management
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
4 Niger River West Africa
Human Uses
Pollution and Damage
Mitigation and Management
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
5 Lake Baikal Russia
Human Uses
Pollution and Damage
Mitigation and Management
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
6 Kuwait Middle East
Human Uses
Pollution and Damage
Mitigation and Management
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
7 New York City New York
Human Uses
Pollution and Damage
Mitigation and Management
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
8 Murray-Darling Basin Australia
History
Human Uses
Pollution and Damage
Mitigation and Management
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
9 Santiago Chile
Human Uses
Pollution and Damage
Mitigation and Management
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
Freshwater Conclusion
10 Water Challenges
Freshwater Wars
Water Pollution Problems
The United States
Indonesia
Impacts From Dams
International Action Elevates Water Access
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
11 The Water Horizon
Water Conservation
Technology Increases Water Resources
Peak Water and the Future
Selected Web Sites
Further Reading
Glossary
Selected Web Sites

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