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Title:
Water / Jacqueline Langwith, book editor.
Publisher:
Greenhaven Press,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Water-supply.
Water resources development.
Water quality.
Other Authors:
Langwith, Jacqueline.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Bottled water may be harmful / Global warming threatens massive sea level rise / Olga Naidenko ... [et al.]. Sea levels will not rise because of global warming / Nils-Axel Mòˆrner, as told to Gregory Murphy -- Agriculture threatens water quality / Marc Ribaudo and Robert Johansson -- Agriculture can benefit the environment and water quality / American Farmland Trust -- Invasive species are a major threat to the Great Lakes / Andy Buchsbaum -- Not all invasive species are bad / Alan Burdick -- Is there a water crisis? -- Water scarcity is creating a global food crisis / Fred Pearce -- Water scarcity is exaggerated / Jonathan Chenoweth -- Armed conflicts will arise over water security / Alex Stonehill -- Armed conflicts will not arise over water scarcity / Andrew Biro -- Desalination is an important part of the solution to California's water crisis / Peter MacLaggan -- Desalination should not play a major role in helping to solve water problems / Phil Dickie -- How should water resources be managed? -- Transferring water from agricultural to urban use is beneficial / Robert Glennon -- The impacts of water transfer on rural communities must be considered / Tyler McMahon and Matthew Reuer -- Water privatization is a good idea / Fredrik Segerfeldt -- Water privatization is a bad idea / Wenonah Hauter -- The Great Lakes Compact is a success / Noah D. Hall -- The Great Lakes Compact is flawed / Mark S. Squillace -- Is drinking water safe? -- Fluoridation of public drinking water is beneficial / Brian Dunning -- Fluoridation of public drinking water is not beneficial and can be harmful / Donald W. Miller -- Bottled water is safe / International Bottled Water Association -- Bottled water may be harmful / Olga Naidenko ... [et al.].
Summary:
Debates the issue of water resources.
Series:
Opposing viewpoints series
ISBN:
0737745479 (pbk.)
9780737745474 (pbk.)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)317921744
LCCN:
2009022929
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)
P1AX906 -- Indian Hills Community College Library - Ottumwa (Ottumwa)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)
HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)
PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)

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