You might also like

Availability alert

More about Confronting the Nation's Water Problems

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 214 loyalty points

Book synopsis

In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented among nearly 20 federal agencies. Given the competition for water among farmers, communities, aquatic ecosystems and other users--as well as emerging challenges such as climate change and the threat of waterborne diseases--Confronting the Nation's Water Problems concludes that an additional $70 million in federal funding should go annually to water research. Funding should go specifically to the areas of water demand and use, water supply augmentation, and other institutional research topics. The book notes that overall federal funding for water research has been stagnant in real terms for the past 30 years and that the portion dedicated to research on water use and social science topics has declined considerably.

Book details

Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning The environment Environmental management

• Full title: Confronting the Nation's Water Problems
• Subtitle: The Role of Research
• Author: Committee on Assessment of Water Resources Research, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324
• EAN: 9780309092586
• ISBN: 0309092582
• ID: 04578150
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. November 2004

Trending among others

---

---

---