| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 200 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Foreword / Bruce Babbitt -- Introduction: The hidden obstacles to adaptation / Pat Mulroy -- 1. Climate change : a strategic opportunity for water managers / Kathy Jacobs and Paul Fleming -- 2. The Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta : resolving California's water conundrum / Pat Mulroy -- 3. The San Diego strategy : a sea change in Western water / Maureen A. Stapleton -- 4. The Colorado River story / Jim Lochhead and Pat Mulroy -- 5. Nebraska's water governance framework / Ann Bleed -- 6. Groundwater in the American West : how to harness hydrogeological analysis to improve groundwater management / Burke W. Griggs and James J. Butler Jr. -- 7. Southeastern Florida : ground zero for sea-level rise / Douglas Yoder -- 8. Finding the balance in New York City : developing resilient, sustainable water and wastewater systems / Angela Licata and Alan Cohn |
| Summary |
Building Water Resilience is the Single Greatest Challenge in a Changing Global Climate, Most Americans take the availability of water for granted. But the convergence of various factors-especially climate change-is placing extraordinary stresses on this essential resource. When climate change is coupled with an explosion in human population and the staggering demands placed on water by industry and the high tech sector, it is no longer possible to ignore this precious resource. These factors, along with an aging and crumbling infrastructure, make the urgency of addressing the water issue only too obvious. While shortages are often associated with California and the Southwest, where drought has led to water restrictions, other parts of the United States are also suffering from current and potential water difficulties that will only be exacerbated by climate change. The Water Problem takes us to Miami, where rising oceans are fouling freshwater reservoirs; to Kansas and Nebraska, where intensive farming is draining age-old aquifers; and to the U.S. Southwest, where growing populations are creating enormous pressures on the already strained Colorado River. Mulroy and the contributors explore not just the problems, but also what can be done to deal with a very real crisis. -- Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Water-supply -- United States
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Water-supply -- Effect of global warming on.
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Water-supply -- Climatic factors -- United States
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Water-supply -- Government policy -- United States
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Water resources development -- United States
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Climatic changes -- United States
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Water-supply
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Water-supply -- Effect of global warming on
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Mulroy, Patricia, editor.
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| ISBN |
0815727879 |
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9780815727873 |
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