U.S. national debate topic : 2021-2022 water resources /

Discusses the water crisis in the United States and around the world.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Salem Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Ipswich, Mass.] : Amenia, NY : EBSCO Information Services, Inc. ; Grey House Publishing, [2021]
Series:Reference shelf ; v.93, no.3.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • The Right to Drink
  • The U.S. Drinking Water Crisis
  • The US Drinking Water Supply Is Mostly Safe, but That's Not Good Enough
  • Millions of Americans Drink Potentially Unsafe Tap Water: How Does Your County Stack Up?
  • Flint Has Clean Water Now: Why Won't People Drink It?
  • The Pandemic Has Exposed America's Clean Water Crisis
  • Revealed: Millions of Americans Can't Afford Water as Bills Rise 80% in a Decade
  • The Hidden Racial Inequities of Access to Water in America
  • How Development of America's Water Infrastructure Has Lurched Through History
  • Why Scientists Should Shape Environmental Policy
  • Waste and the Water Problem
  • Sewage and Wastewater Treatment
  • Toxic Waters
  • Filthy Water: A Basic Sanitation Problem Persists in Rural America
  • Sewage is Still 'America's Dirty Secret'
  • Lethal Algae Blooms-An Ecosystem Out of Balance
  • The Science of Harmful Algal Blooms
  • A Hacker Tried to Poison a Florida City's Water Supply, Officials Say
  • Protecting Natural Water Bodies
  • Protecting Rivers, Lakes, and Watersheds
  • Healthy Watersheds Protection: Basic Information and Answers to Frequent Questions
  • Debunking the Trump Administration's New Water Rule
  • Three-Eyed Fish and Two-Headed Turtles? The Stench of this River Spanning U.S.-Mexico Border Is Legendary
  • US States Face Water Crisis as Global Heating Increases Strain on Supplies
  • Countries, Home to One-Quarter of the World's Population, Face Extremely High Water Stress
  • Finding Solutions
  • Solutions and Strategies
  • Our Cities' Water Systems Are Becoming Obsolete: What Will Replace Them?
  • It Could Only Cost 1% of GDP to Solve Global Water Crises.
  • How Monitoring Local Water Supplies Can Build Community
  • Could These Five Innovations Help Solve the Global Water Crisis?
  • Seagrass a Powerful Ally in the Fight Against Climate Change Says Seychelles-Based Expert
  • In New Mexico, Pecos River Sustains Communities, Traditions, and Wildlife
  • Policy Issues
  • State and Federal Water Policy
  • Trump's Environmental Policies Rule Only Part of America
  • Why Farmers and Ranchers Think the EPA Clean Water Rules Goes Too Far
  • The Green New Deal: What Does It Mean for Water?
  • Green New Deal: Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Lawmakers Open Groundwater Fight Against Bottled Water Companies
  • How States' Rights Became a Liberal Environmental Cause
  • This Is How the Government Should Define Waters of the United States
  • Why Shifting Regulatory Power to the States Won't Improve the Environment
  • Relax: Gutting the EPA Won't Make Your Air Dirtier and Water More Polluted
  • Water and U.S. National Security
  • A Military View on Climate Change, It's Eroding Our National Security and We Should Prepare for It
  • What Does Water Have to Do with National Security?
  • Climate Change, Water Security, and U.S. National Security
  • Bibliography
  • Websites
  • Index.