Water Resources and the Nation's Water Supply
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 72
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Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard C. Carter
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Published: 2021-05-15
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781788531665
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRichard Carter weaves together the myriad of factors that need to come together to make rural water supply truly available to everyone. He concludes that ultimately, systemic change to the global web of injustice that divides this world into rich and poor may be the only way to address the underlying problem.
Author: R. C. Quirk
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Published: 1966
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 88
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2012-07-17
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 0309224624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExpanding water reuse-the use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentation-could significantly increase the nation's total available water resources. Water Reuse presents a portfolio of treatment options available to mitigate water quality issues in reclaimed water along with new analysis suggesting that the risk of exposure to certain microbial and chemical contaminants from drinking reclaimed water does not appear to be any higher than the risk experienced in at least some current drinking water treatment systems, and may be orders of magnitude lower. This report recommends adjustments to the federal regulatory framework that could enhance public health protection for both planned and unplanned (or de facto) reuse and increase public confidence in water reuse.
Author: United States. Presidential Advisory Committee on Water Resources Policy
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Published: 1956
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Water Resources Council (U.S.)
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Published: 1978
Total Pages: 258
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Published: 1978
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John L. Moore
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 76
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Soll
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2013-03-26
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 080146806X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSupplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation’s largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water system in 1842, it began to expand the network, eventually reaching far into the Catskill Mountains, more than one hundred miles from the city. Empire of Water explores the history of New York City’s water system from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century, focusing on the geographical, environmental, and political repercussions of the city’s search for more water. Soll vividly recounts the profound environmental implications for both city and countryside. Some of the region’s most prominent landmarks, such as the High Bridge across the Harlem River, Central Park’s Great Lawn, and the Ashokan Reservoir in Ulster County, have their origins in the city’s water system. By tracing the evolution of the city’s water conservation efforts and watershed management regime, Soll reveals the tremendous shifts in environmental practices and consciousness that occurred during the twentieth century. Few episodes better capture the long-standing upstate-downstate divide in New York than the story of how mountain water came to flow from spigots in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Soll concludes by focusing on the landmark watershed protection agreement signed in 1997 between the city, watershed residents, environmental organizations, and the state and federal governments. After decades of rancor between the city and Catskill residents, the two sides set aside their differences to forge a new model of environmental stewardship. His account of this unlikely environmental success story offers a behind the scenes perspective on the nation’s most ambitious and wide-ranging watershed protection program.