Title: The water crisis.
Authors: Nikolaieff, George A.,
Publisher: H. W. Wilson Co.,
Year: 1967
Subjects: Water-supply; Water Pollution; Water resources development; Water Pollution; Water Supply
Abstract: A compilation of articles dealing with the nature of water ; the water supply, pollution and other factors limiting it ; methods of increasing the supply, and sources of financing them.
Contents: pt. 1. Dimensions of crisis: The nature of water / Charles E. Renn (The Johns Hopkins Magazine) -- Water needs of man / Charles C. Bradley (Science) -- Chief users of water -- The hydrologic cycle / Jack Hirshleifer [and others] -- Some population limits / Charles C. Bradley (Science) -- pt. 2. Water supplies and their limitations: The rain must fall, unevenly / John Lear (Saturday Review) -- When the rains don't fall (Unesco Courier) -- Rainfall and erosion / W.E. Bullard (Journal Water Pollution Control Federation) -- The factor of waste / Charles C. Bennett (Saturday Review) -- Needs versus shortages (Senior Scholastic) -- pt. 3. The growing sewer: What price greatness? / Lyndon B. Johnson -- Pollution from industries and cities / Donald E. Carr (The Atlantic) -- Sources of natural pollution -- The visible tragedy -- Financial loss / Gerald E. Snook (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Types of pollutants / Allen V. Kneese -- How clean should waters be? / George B. Angevine --^