Water Crisis: A Background Study Analyzing Ways and Means of Supplying Water for a Growing World

by Dan S. Halacy

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525422684
• ISBN13: 9780525422686
• Release Date: January 1966
• Publisher: NAL/Dutton
• Length: 192 Pages
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview of water science, problems and solutions

This book was published in 1966 for general audience appeal and at 185 pages, gives an excellent overview of the history of hydrology and the information is amazingly current, including observations of global warming and it's effect on hydrology. And who was thinking of global warming in 1966?! The debacle of water distribution and use to misuse (contamination, pollution and waste) is eloquently outlined plus remedial and future water safeguard ideas are discussed. A call for a sense of awe and respect for what water is and does for all life is clearly spelled out. Halacy makes excellent points about water cycles and reuse learned from manned space missions (closed loop systems- where clean recycling of water is a must!) and the need to bring that knowledge down to earth- especially, with a profound respect and awareness of the need for clean water and fair distrubution. An excellent treatment on the subject of life providing water!