| Description |
x, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: PART I: Water: The Compound, the Resource -- 1. Water, Something Peculiar, Lyklema/Van Hylckma -- 2. Water Resource Adequacy: Illusion and Reality, White -- PART II: Water in the Environment -- 3. The World Water Budget, Speidel/Agnew -- 4. Water Supply: The Hydrologic Cycle, Office of Technology Assessment -- 5. The Great Lakes Rediscovered, Ragotzkie -- 6. Runoff Processes, Dunne -- 7. Ground Water, Heath/USGS -- PART III: Water Use -- 8. Water Demand, U.N. Environment Programme -- 9. Freshwater Supplies and Competing Uses, Postel -- 10. Estimated Use of Water in the U.S. in 1980, Soley/Chase/Mann -- 11. The Future of Irrigation, Frederick -- 12. Historical Review of Drinking Water, Johnson -- 13. Maintaining Drinking Water Quality, Cotruvo/Bellack -- 14. Water and Energy, Harte/El-Gasseir -- 15. Water for Electricity, Payne -- 16. Wastewater Reuse, Office of Technology Assessment -- PART IV: Problems and Hazards -- 17. Environmental Problems Affecting Water Supply, Global 2000 Report to the President -- 18. Drought Impacts on People, Matthai/USGS -- 19. Acid Rain, Canadian Embassy -- 20. Ground-Water Contamination in the United States, Pye/Kelly -- 21. Industrial Wastewater, Environmental Protection Agency -- 22. Problems of Hazardous Waste Disposal, Cartwright/Gilkeson/Johnson -- 23. Health Hazards of Water Pollution, World Health Organization -- 24. Waterborne Disease Outbreaks in the U.S., Lippy/Waltrip -- 25. The Desert Blooms--At a Price, Sheridan -- 26. Subsidence Due to Groundwater Withdrawal, Poland -- 27. Human Response to Floods, Beyer -- 28. Deterioration of Water Supply Systems, Golden -- PART V: Law, Economics, and Management of Water -- 29. The Consequences of Mismanagement, Postel -- 30. Federal Protection of Ground Water, Gordon -- 31. Studies of the Economic Values of Water, Office of Technology Assessment/Young -- 32. Water Policies and Institutions, Frederick -- 33. Instream Water Use--Public and Private Alternatives, Huffman -- 34. Water Reallocation--Conflicting Social Values, Brown/McDonald/Tysseling/Dumars -- 35. Water Yield Augmentation, Ponce/Meiman -- 36. The Future of Water, Rogers |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography pages 387-388 |
| Subject |
Hydrologic cycle.
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Water use.
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Water-supply.
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| Author |
Agnew, Allen F., 1918-2012.
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Ruedisili, Lon C.
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| LC no. |
86012792 |
| ISBN |
0195042476 (alk. paper) |
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0195042484 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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