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Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"In The Three Ages of Water, expert on water resources and climate change Peter Gleick guides us through the long, fraught history of our most valuable resource. Spread over a ten-thousand-year human history, it begins with the fundamental evolutionary role water had in shaping early civilizations and empires, crests to the scientific and social revolutions that created modern society, and spills into the global water crisis of depleted groundwater...
25) Tidewater Potomac cleanup: "a decade of progress" : a reportfor the Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher
Published by Interstate Commission on thePotomac River Basin
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
26) Green warriors
Publisher
Java Films Exclusives
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The Citarum river in Indonesia is a source of drinking water for millions of people. But it's become known as the world's most polluted river thanks to the 500 textiles factories on its banks.
28) Analysis of urban BMP performance and longevity in Prince George's County, Maryland: final report
Author
Publisher
Department of Environmental Programs, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The film follows the dogsled run of former Minnesota State Representative Frank Moe, who mushed his team of 10 sled dogs from Grand Marais, MN to the Capitol in St. Paul in March, carrying with him nearly 13,000 petition signatures opposing sulfide mining.
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without clean water and describes how people access water and the importance of making sure that water isn't polluted or wasted.
37) Poisoned water: how the citizens of Flint, Michigan, fought for their lives and warned the nation
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books, Bloomsbury Publishing Inc., part of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Flint, Michigan had been built up, then abandoned, by General Motors. In 2014, as part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint would temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, many residents broke out in rashes. Children stopped growing. Some people were hospitalized with mysterious illnesses; others died. Despite the murky, foul-smelling liquid pouring from the city's faucets, officials...
Author
Language
English
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Description
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award
A landmark work of science, history and reporting on the past, present and imperiled future of the Great Lakes.
Winner of the J. Anthony Lukas Award
A landmark work of science, history and reporting on the past, present and imperiled future of the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes—Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior—hold 20 percent of the world’s supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans.
...Author
Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Water is our most vital resource, yet few understand even the basics of watershed ecology. This new edition has been updated to reflect growing environmental challenges, such as climate change, the insidious spread of invasive species and the loss of biodiversity. Watersheds: A Practical Handbook for Healthy Water is an engaging and informative introduction to ecology and environmental issues that focus on water-related issues. Well suited for youth...
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