Domestic And Global Water Supply Issues

Author : Subcommittee on Water and Power,, Subcommittee on Water and Power Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781477560280
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Domestic and Global Water Supply Issues written by Subcommittee on Water and Power,, Subcommittee on Water and Power Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate and published by . This book was released on 2012-05-29 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globally, agricultural water use accounts for nearly 70 percent of all water withdrawals. When we consider that the world's population is expected to grow from 7 billion to 10 billion people by 2050, we quickly realize the-the successful management of our water resources is critical. The State Department reports that in just 2 decades the world's demand for fresh water is expected to exceed supply by 40 percent. There's increasing recognition that water scarcity raises tensions between Nations and may be a driver of armed conflict. Coupled with our changing climate, the future of our water supplies, both here in the U.S. and around the world, is a cause for grave concern.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
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Download or read book Domestic and Global Water Suppy [sic] Issues written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Water and Power and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vasileios A. Tzanakakis
Publisher : MDPI
ISBN 13 : 3039433067
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Supply and Water Scarcity written by Vasileios A. Tzanakakis and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book includes selected papers that has been published in the Water journal Special Issue (SI) on Water Supply and Water Scarcity. Moreover, an overview of the SI is included. The papers selected for publication in the SI include review and research papers on water history, on water management issues under water scarcity regimes, on rainwater harvesting, on water quality and degradation, and on climatic variability impacts on water resources. Overall, the issue identify and highlight the main challenges in water sector, and particularly in management and protection of water resources and in use of alternative (non-conventional) water resources, especially in areas with demographic change and climate vulnerability in order to achieve sustainable and secure water supply. Furthermore, general guidelines and possible solutions for an improved and sophisticated water management system are proposed and discussed, such as the adoption of advanced technological solutions and practices that improve water-use efficiency and the use of alternative water resources, to address the growing environmental and health issues and to reduce the emerging conflicts among water users.

Author : V I Grover
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439842868
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water written by V I Grover and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is one of the most essential element for the survival of living beings. With the increase in demand and decreasing quality and quantity, water has become one of the major issues and problems in the world today. It is unevenly distributed geographically and temporally, resulting in surpluses for some people and a threat for others. This book c

Author : R. Quentin Grafton
Publisher : ANU E Press
ISBN 13 : 192502167X
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Water written by R. Quentin Grafton and published by ANU E Press. This book was released on 2014-05-28 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together some of the world’s leading water researchers with an especially written collection of chapters on: water economics; transboundary water; water and development; water and energy; and water concepts.

Author : Yanzhong Huang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780876094471
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book The COVID-19 Pandemic and China's Global Health Leadership written by Yanzhong Huang and published by . This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jeevan Nair
Publisher : Pentagon Press
ISBN 13 : 9788182743977
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Impending Global Water Crisis written by Jeevan Nair and published by Pentagon Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two phenomena in conjunction-one natural and the other social-pose the greatest impending threat to life on earth: one, fresh water supplies are limited; and two, the population is zooming. Today the first impact of this mismatch is being felt. Tomorrow, it could lead to worldwide malnutrition, poverty, rising food insecurity and water wars. This book attempts to present this impending crisis facing the world in all its facets and the threat it represents to human life. It brings together the causes of the problem, the likely scenarios over the mid term if remedial action is not taken and the viability or otherwise of various proposed solutions. The scientific community is not only aware of the threat but is actively seeking solutions; national governments and global institutions are setting up joint intervention programmes. Impending Global Water Crisis is a summary in layman language of the serious potential of the water crisis and how each and every one of us can do his bit to limit the potential damage. It is meant to spread awareness of this peril that faces mankind, a peril that has already started affecting nature and national politics.

Author : David E. Newton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Global Water Crisis written by David E. Newton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How is water scarcity becoming a serious problem worldwide—including in the United States? This book provides a broad overview of water, sanitation, and hygiene problems faced by both developing and developed nations around the globe and suggests how these problems can be solved by imaginative and innovative thinking. Human society depends on sufficient clean water. In many parts of the world, however, this most basic commodity is in very short supply. Even in developed, first-world nations, climate change and other factors have begun to create alarming water supply issues. The Global Water Crisis: A Reference Handbook provides a detailed overview of this important topic, enabling readers to understand the nature of the world's water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) problems and to know what resources are best for conducting their own research on the topic. The first chapter of the book provides the historical background information pertaining to the world's water and sanitation problems; the second chapter documents the problems, explores the issues, and presents potential solutions for understanding the nature of WASH issues. The other sections provide the needed resources for readers to study the issue of the global water crisis further: perspective essays, primary documents, biographical profiles, data and documents, an extended annotated bibliography, a chronology, and a glossary.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309138728
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Global Issues in Water, Sanitation, and Health written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-10-25 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the human population grows-tripling in the past century while, simultaneously, quadrupling its demand for water-Earth's finite freshwater supplies are increasingly strained, and also increasingly contaminated by domestic, agricultural, and industrial wastes. Today, approximately one-third of the world's population lives in areas with scarce water resources. Nearly one billion people currently lack access to an adequate water supply, and more than twice as many lack access to basic sanitation services. It is projected that by 2025 water scarcity will affect nearly two-thirds of all people on the planet. Recognizing that water availability, water quality, and sanitation are fundamental issues underlying infectious disease emergence and spread, the Institute of Medicine held a two-day public workshop, summarized in this volume. Through invited presentations and discussions, participants explored global and local connections between water, sanitation, and health; the spectrum of water-related disease transmission processes as they inform intervention design; lessons learned from water-related disease outbreaks; vulnerabilities in water and sanitation infrastructure in both industrialized and developing countries; and opportunities to improve water and sanitation infrastructure so as to reduce the risk of water-related infectious disease.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Africa's Water Crisis and the U.S. Response written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: