This thoroughly updated and expanded new edition introduces undergraduate students to the complex world of water resources and environmental issues. This textbook covers the fundamentals of water resources, water law, allocation, quality and quantity, health issues, and provides examples of potential personal actions and solutions.
This thoroughly updated and expanded new edition introduces undergraduate students to the complex world of water resources and environmental issues. This textbook covers the fundamentals of water resources, water law, allocation, quality and quantity, health issues, and provides examples of potential personal actions and solutions.
Karrie Lynn Pennington has studied the interactions of land use, water quality, and quantity for over 30 years. The last twenty-two years were with the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the Mississippi Delta where, as in many places around the world, human actions changed the natural ecosystem into farmland, providing a classic example of land-use conversion for study. She received her bachelor's degree in biology from the University of North Texas, completed her Master of Science in soils from the University of Idaho where she taught until moving to Tucson, Arizona. She taught for three more years at the University of Arizona (UA) before deciding to obtain her Ph.D. at UA. After completing her Ph.D. in soil and water science she moved to Mississippi finishing her postdoctoral work with USDA's Agricultural Research Service. She is now retired.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Perspectives on water and environmental issues 2. The water environment of early civilizations 3. The hydrologic cycle 4. Water quality 5. Watershed basics 6. Groundwater 7. Lakes and ponds 8. Rivers and streams 9. Wetlands 10. Dams and reservoirs 11. Drinking water and wastewater treatment 12. Water allocation laws 13. Roles of federal, regional, state, and local water management agencies 14. Water conflicts, solutions, and our future Index.
Preface; 1. Perspectives on water and environmental issues; 2. The water environment of early civilizations; 3. The hydrologic cycle; 4. Water quality; 5. Watershed basics; 6. Groundwater; 7. Lakes and ponds; 8. Rivers and streams; 9. Wetlands; 10. Dams and reservoirs; 11. Drinking water and wastewater treatment; 12. Water allocation law; 13. Roles of federal, regional, state, and local water management; 14. Water conflicts, solutions, and our future; References; Index.
1. Perspectives on water and environmental issues 2. The water environment of early civilizations 3. The hydrologic cycle 4. Water quality 5. Watershed basics 6. Groundwater 7. Lakes and ponds 8. Rivers and streams 9. Wetlands 10. Dams and reservoirs 11. Drinking water and wastewater treatment 12. Water allocation laws 13. Roles of federal, regional, state, and local water management agencies 14. Water conflicts, solutions, and our future Index.
Preface; 1. Perspectives on water and environmental issues; 2. The water environment of early civilizations; 3. The hydrologic cycle; 4. Water quality; 5. Watershed basics; 6. Groundwater; 7. Lakes and ponds; 8. Rivers and streams; 9. Wetlands; 10. Dams and reservoirs; 11. Drinking water and wastewater treatment; 12. Water allocation law; 13. Roles of federal, regional, state, and local water management; 14. Water conflicts, solutions, and our future; References; Index.
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'The key features and strengths are the breadth and scope of this text at the introductory level. With excellent diagrams, guest essays, case studies, policy analysis, and key electronic references, there really is not another text of this scope.' Timothy Link, University of Idaho
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