5. Climate change, water security, and U.S. national security / The U.S. drinking water crisis -- The US drinking water supply is mostly safe, but that's not good enough / Carolyn Kenney. Millions of Americans drink potentially unsafe tap water: how does your county stack up? / Katie Langin -- Flint has clean water now: why won't people drink it? / Derek Robertson -- The pandemic has exposed America's clean water crisis / Khushbu Shah -- Revealed: millions of Americans can't afford water as bills rise 80% in a decade / Nina Lakhani -- The hidden racial inequities of access to water in America / Jay Willis -- How development of America's water infrastructure has lurched through history / David Sedlak -- Why scientists should shape environmental policy / James Saiers -- 2. Waste and the water problem -- Sewage and wastewater treatment -- Toxic waters / Daniel C. Vock -- Filthy water: a basic sanitation problem persists in rural America / Katherine Bagley -- Sewage is still 'America's dirty secret' / Justine Calma -- Lethal algae blooms: an ecosystem out of balance / Jeremy Hance -- The science of harmful algal blooms / U.S. Geological Survey -- A hacker tried to poison a Florida city's water supply, officials say / Andy Greenberg -- 3. Protecting natural water bodies -- Protecting rivers, lakes, and watersheds -- Healthy watersheds protection: basic information and answers to frequent questions / U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Debunking the Trump administration's new water rule / Ryan Richards -- Three-eyed fish and two-headed turtles? The stench of this river spanning U.S.-Mexico border is legendary / Brittny Mejia -- US states face water crisis as global heating increases strain on supplies / Emily Holden -- Countries, home to one-quarter of the world's population, face extremely high water stress / Rutger Willem Hofste, Paul Reig, and Leah Schleifer -- 4. Finding solutions -- Solutions and strategies -- Our cities' water systems are becoming obsolete: what will replace them? / Brad Plumer -- It could only cost 1% of GDP to solve global water crises / Colin Strong and Samantha Kuzma -- How monitoring local water supplies can build community / John M. Carroll -- Could these five innovations help solve the global water crisis? / Rosie Spinks -- Seagrass a powerful ally in the fight against climate change says Seychelles-based expert / Matthew Morgan -- In New Mexico, Pecos River sustains communities, traditions, and wildlife / Nicole Cordan -- 5. Policy issues -- State and federal water policy -- Trump's environmental policies rule only part of America / Alex Guillen, Beatrice Jin, and Eric Wolff -- Why farmers and ranchers think the EPA Clean Water Rules goes too far / Reagan Waskom and David J. Cooper -- The Green New Deal: what does it mean for water? / Marc Yaggi -- Green New Deal: strengths and weaknesses / Rob Jordan -- Lawmakers open groundwater fight against bottled water companies / Alex Brown -- How states' rights became a liberal environmental cause / Amanda Paulson and Martin Kuz -- This is how the government should define waters of the United States / Daren Bakst -- Why shifting regulatory power to the states won't improve the environment / Michael A. Livermore -- Relax: gutting the EPA won't make your air dirtier and water more polluted / Ronald Bailey -- Water and U.S. national security / Peter Gleick -- A military view on climate change, it's eroding our national security and we should prepare for it / David Titley -- What does water have to do with national security? / Charles Iceland and Betsy Otto -- Climate change, water security, and U.S. national security / Carolyn Kenney.
Summary:
Each year since 1925, students from around the country engage in debates informed by the National Forensic League's (NFL) yearly national debate topic. Covering topics that range from U.S. foreign relations and economic policy abroad to key domestic issues, the NFL debate topics help shape academic and public discussions of some of the country's current issues and controversies. All life on Earth depends on water and, for humanity, water is the key to all civilization. In the modern world, humans consume vast quantities of water and waste even more, and this repeated pattern of overuse is leading to a serious and potentially existential water crisis. In this volume of The Reference Shelf, selected publications from a variety of sources discuss issues related to water conservation and preservation. In addition to looking at how states and the federal government can use laws and policies to preserve water, it examines how citizens can participate in this effort, locally and at the global level. Also discussed is the role of research and scientific development in both water conservation and water reclamation. Finally, the environmental factors affecting water resources are discussed, including droughts, floods, and the ongoing impact of climate change. -- Provided by publisher.
Series:
The reference shelf / H.W. Wilson, a Division of EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; volume 93, number 3
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