Managing water
By: Richard Spilsbury
Series: Why science matters
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 56
ISBN-13: 9780431040554; 9780431040622
Subjects: Water; Water-supply; Juvenile literature; Pollution
Description: Properties of water - Water supply - Freshwater and groundwater stores - Water distribution and treatment - Acid rain - Changes to water availability including draining and drying wetlands, river diversion and expanding population - Water pollution - Some solutions to the water problems - Harvesting and greywater - Problems caused by using underground water - Sustainable water use.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 52) and index.