water conservation

Explores aspects of water conservation including how laws protect water, how businesses save water, how cities save water, and steps to saving water at home. Features a simple hands-on activity for removing salt from water and includes a glossary and resources for more information.

"Describes the issues facing our planet concerning water conservation and pollution"--.

Discover how water is cleaned, stored up for use, pumped to our homes, and why it is important that we save water.

Discusses the world's finite supply of water as it circulates through the water cycle. Describes how people use water to do work, how people can conserve water, and why it's important.

Explores the water footprint (amount of fresh water used to produce a product or carry out a task) of daily activities in America, and demonstrates how the average American lifestyle uses about 2,000 gallons of water per day. Discusses the effects of water use, climate change, population growth, and pollution on the world's drinkable water resources, and provides ideas for using water responsibly.

Describes the Earth's water sources, salt water, and freshwater.

Describes daily life before clean water became available, and traces the history and development of the process. Also features fact boxes, activities, diagrams, a timeline, a glossary of terms, and trivia.

The importance of water to all living things is discussed. Water treatment and the water cycle are described. Activities are included.

Water is an essential part of life on Earth. But in some places, it s running out. Through expert analysis and informational insets, students will learn about water scarcity, pollution, the impact on public health, and how to protect this diminishing resource. Take Action boxes will show teens how they can help stop the drought. Appendix, Charts, Graphs, Tables, Fact Boxes, Full-color photographs, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Index, Sidebars, Web Sites, Chapter Notes.

"Curious readers want to know how things work. Easy-to-understand text explains how water gets to and from our homes and describes the role of the community workers who make it all possible"--From the publisher's web site.