Water pollution
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Yael Calhoun
- ناشر : Philadelphia : Chelsea House Publishers
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2005
- شابک / ISBN : 9780791082027
Description
Water Pollution Issues and Challenges 1 Why Is Polluted Water an Issue in the United States and All Over the World? 2 The Quest for Clean Water 3 by Joseph Orlins and Anner Wehrly Running Pure: The Importance of Forest Protected Areas to Drinking Water 11 by Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton Is the Freshwater in Our Country Clean? 15 Water Quality in the Nation’s Streams and Aquifers 16 from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Section B: Rivers, Streams, and Wetlands 23 Why Are Small Streams and Wetlands Important? 24 Where Rivers Are Born: The Scientific Imperative for Defending Small Streams and Wetlands 25 from the American Rivers and Sierra Club Why Does Phosphorous Cause Water Pollution Around the World? 40 P Soup: The Global Phosphorous Cycle 41 by Elena Bennett and Steve Carpenter What Happens When People Take Water From Our National Wildlife Refuges? 55 Troubled Waters 56 by Michael Statchell Detailed Table of Contents Section C: Groundwater and Drinking Water 63 What Are the Threats to Groundwater? 64 Groundwater Shock 65 by Payla Sampat What Are the Threats to Your Drinking Water? 91 It’s Your Drinking Water: Get to Know It and Protect It 92 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Is Your Drinking Water Safe? 97 by Rene Ebersole Section D: Oceans 101 What Is Polluting Our Oceans? 102 America’s Living Oceans: Charting a Course for Sea Change 103 from the Pew Oceans Commission How Clean Are Our Nation’s Beaches? 120 Testing the Waters 2004: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches 121 from the Natural Resources Defense Council How Can We Reduce Oil Pollution in Our Oceans? 131 Oil in the Sea 132 by Nancy Rabelais Why Are Plastics in the Ocean a Growing Hazard? 142 Trashed: Across the Pacific Oceans, Plastics, Plastics Everywhere 143 by Charles Moore Bibliography 152 Further Reading 153 Index 154
Examines the problems caused by the pollution of water, discussing threats to groundwater and drinking water, the dangers of phosphorous, oil pollution in the oceans, and the importance of small streams and wetlands to water supply.
