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Title
America's water crises : the impact of drought and climate change / David E. McNabb, Carl R. Swenson.
ISBN
9783031273803 electronic book
303127380X electronic book
9783031273797
3031273796
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xx, 366 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-27380-3 doi
Call Number
GB701 .M35 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification
553.70973
363.610973
Summary
This book is focused exclusively on water problems in the 48 U.S. states. The authors provide an accessible overview of the work of many federal, state and academic researchers and water system administrators whose investigations have focused on the state of water and the water crisis now accelerating in the United States. David McNabb and Carl Swenson seek to bring to a wider audience some of the current research findings and data on the perilous state of the United States' surface and groundwater resources during this time of climate change and the extreme drought taking place in many sections of the nation. Descriptions of the water resource systems are based on research and the subsequent findings published by water scientists in the United States Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Corps of Engineers and water related agencies of the Departments of Agriculture and of the Interior and state and local water management agencies. David E. McNabb is Professor Emeritus and adjunct professor at Pacific Lutheran University, USA. He is an elected water and wastewater district commissioner for Hartstene Pointe Water and Sewer District. His previous works include A Comparative History of Commerce and Industry: Cultural, Social and Economic Perspectives in Britain, Germany, Japan and the United States (2015) and Energy Policy in the U.S. (2011). Carl R. Swenson has 35 years' experience managing cities in Arizona, Illinois and Washington. He is a Credentialed City/County Manager (retired) and is recognised as Legacy Leader in the field of public management by the International City/County Management Association. His previous works co-authored with David McNabb include Collaboration in Government: Forms and Practices (2022) and Disaster Management Policies and Practices (2023).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 20, 2023).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783031273803
Print version: 9783031273797
Part 1: The Water World
Chapter 1. Water, America's Most Valuable Natural Resource
Chapter 2. A Warm, Wet, Crowded World
Chapter 3. The Nature of a Water Crisis
Part 2: Shape of the Water Resource
Chapter 4. Drought's Role in a Water Crisis
Chapter 5. Surface Water: The Fading Everyday Resource
Chapter 6. Groundwater: The Disappearing Buried Resource
Chapter 7. Stored Water: Human and Nature Storage Dam Crises
Chapter 8. Repairing Infrastructure and Reusing Water
Part 3: Regional Problems and Solutions
Chapter 9. Water Crises in the West
Chapter 10. Water Crises in the Southwest
Chapter 11. Water Crises in the High Plains Region
Chapter 12. Water Crises in the Great Lakes Region
Chapter 13. Water Crises in the South Region
Chapter 14. Water Crises in the Appalachian Mountains Region
Chapter 15. Water Crises in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Chapter 16. Water Crises in the Northeast Region.
