The Water Problem - Climate Change and Water Policy in the United States (Paperback)

The United States faces a water crisis as critical as the energy crisis that dominated headlines until recently. Like the energy crisis, a solution can be found. Pat Mulroy, for many years the head of the Colorado River water commission and now a Brookings fellow, has gathered together a number of practitioners and scholars to show us why we face a crisis and what we can do to help alleviate it. While the focus has been on California recently with its water restrictions and drought, the many other parts of the United States are also suffering from current and potential water shortages that will only be exacerbated by climate change. The Water Problem takes us to Miami and the problem of rising oceans fouling freshwater reservoirs, Kansas and Nebraska where intensive farming is draining age-old aquifers, and to the Southwest United States, where growing populations and urban environments are putting unsustainable stresses on the Colorado River.Mulroy and her contributors explore not just the problems, but also what we can do now to put in place measures to deal with a very real crisis.

General

Imprint:	Brookings Institution Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2017
Editors:	Patricia Mulroy
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-8157-2784-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Energy industries & utilities > Water industries Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Pollution & threats to the environment > Global warming Books > Professional & Technical > Environmental engineering & technology > Sanitary & municipal engineering > Water supply & treatment > General
LSN:	0-8157-2784-4
Barcode:	9780815727842

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