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Understanding Water Rights
and Conflicts
Do
we have enough water?
With
more than 70% of the Earth’s surface under water, the following questions still
concern all of us.
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Where does our water come from?
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Who supplies and owns it?
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How safe is it? Who decides?
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How reliable is the supply? Who decides?
This
book gives a complete overview necessary for understanding these complex water
questions. It provides information in a clear, organized and straightforward
manner. Even though it is one of the "authoritative references of the subject",
the information is presented in a way that is understandable to the
non-technical reader.
This
book explains in easy to understand language:
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The Hydrologic Cycle & Physical Supply of
Water
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Riparian Rights, Appropriation & Legal
Availability
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The Compatibility and Conflicts between
Various Uses
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Treaties, Compacts, & Agreements/Water &
Terrorism
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Water Use in Major River Basins around the
World
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Multiple Use and Water Supplies around the
World
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Existing, Planned and Proposed Water Projects
& their Impacts
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Estimated Global, Country and State Water
Deficiencies
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The Face of Drought – 2002
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Regional Problems involving rivers like the
Tigris Euphrates, Nice, Colorado, Mississippi Rivers
Comprehensive
Directory of Water Related Internet Sites
Edition: 2003, Softbound, 340 pp.
ISBN 1-893478-05-x |
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