Florida's water
Subtitle: a fragile resource in a vulnerable state
By: Tom Swihart
Publisher: RFF Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781617260933
Subjects: Water; Environmental conditions; Water-supply; Water quality; Hydrologic cycle; Pollution
Description: This book poses fundamental questions about water sustainability in the United States' fourth largest state. Florida has long-standing water quality problems. Global climate change threatens to intensify Florida's floods and droughts, make hurricanes more common or more damaging, and eventually submerge much of low-lying Florida, including the Everglades. How can Florida meet these extraordinary challegnes? And what lessons does the Florida experience hold for other states?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.