water supply

Presents opposing viewpoints on issues relating to water, including managing the water supply, acid rain, and government regulations.

Discusses the issues surrounding fresh water resources, including pollution, water as commodity vs. water as human right, and desalination as a solution to fresh water shortages.

Offering a panoramic view of opinions selected from a diverse range of international sources, this book traces the controversial issues on water, discussing sea level rising, the threat of acidification, the Pacific Ocean garbage patch, ocean pollution, and the Middle East Water Crisis.

Collects essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to water, discussing what affects resources, if there is a water crisis, how resources should be managed, and if drinking water is safe.

Examines everyday inefficiencies in water use in the United States and discusses how they are creating shortages across the country.

Otto Pillip, kid racecar driver and undercover agent, embarks on a mission to stop the evil Pruneman, who is trying to hold the world's water supply hostage. Includes words spelled backwards, anagrams, and palindromes.

Water molecules journey from the ground into the atmosphere and back down again.

Explains the cycle of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation that provides fresh water to the earth and describes how this supply is brought to people's homes.

Collects articles and essays discussing the importance of preserving the cleanness of the Earth's fresh water supply, arguing that many nations' water policies need to be adapted to fit the modern world's needs, as well as altered to be fair to less-developed nations.

Details the distribution and supply levels of water in locales all over the world. Identifies regions in which water shortage is a problem and considers what can be done to provide access to clean water to underprivileged persons around the world. Includes color photographs and illustrations.