water supply

Examines the environmental, social, and economic issues involved in the use of fresh water around the world.

Explains why water is important, how it is used, where it comes from, and how it gets to homes; looks at how people waste water; and suggests ways for limiting water use, reusing and recycling water, and reducing water pollution.

Examines the issue of water scarcity, discussing the importance of water and the problems caused by its lack, and looks at what can be done to handle increasing demands for water.

Examines the different water sources in the world, how water is treated, and the problem of supplying clean water to the world's increasing population.

Photographs, sidebars, and easy-to-follow text help explain the many processes behind turning on a faucet.

Text and photos explain the science behind the water cycle.

Using questions and answers, this book introduces water as a natural resource, including information on where it is found and how we use it.

Looks at the Earth's supply of fresh water, discussing increasing demands for fresh water, decreasing supplies of fresh water, and ways to provide clean water to places that need it.

Provides information about water, discussing how it is used and wasted, why water shortages occur, and what can be done to conserve water.

Examines water pollution and freshwater supply and demand, discusses how resources are polluted, and explores conservation and protection methods as well as improvements that can ensure quality water.