num_pages: 208
description: What would you do if you turned on the faucet one day and nothing happened? What if you learned the water in your home was harmful to drink? Water is essential for life on this planet but not every community has the safe clean water it needs. In When the World Runs Dry award-winning science writer Nancy Castaldo takes readers from Flint Michigan and Newark New Jersey to Iran and Cape Town South Africa to explore the various ways in which water around the world is in danger why we must act now and why youre never too young to make a difference. Topics include: Lead and water infrastructure problems pollution fracking contamination harmful algal blooms water supply issues rising sea levels and potential solutions. 
language: English
title: When the World Runs Dry: Earth's Water in Crisis
publisher: Algonquin Young Readers