- Name three ways that you could reduce your personal water use.
Further Reading / Supplemental Links
- The American Association for the Advancement of Science,AAAS Atlas of Population
and Environment. University of California Press, 2000. - http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/freshwater_supply/freshwater.html
- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/09/IN2HTP07B.DTL
- http://www.wri.org/#
- http://www.who.int/en/
- http://www.worldbank.org/
- http://www.epa.gov/r5water/cwa.htm
- http://www.epa.gov/lawsreg/laws/cwa.html
- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
Vocabulary
sewage treatment; Any process that removes contaminants from sewage or wastewater.
water purification Any process used to produce safe drinking water by removing con-
taminants.
Points to Consider
- Who is responsible for controlling water pollution?
- What can governments and international organizations do to control pollution?
- It is usually cheaper to dump polluted water without spending money to treat and
purify the water. What incentives would convince industry to control water pollution?
Image Sources
(1) U.S. Department of State.http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/rpts/67447.htm.
Public Domain.(2) USDA.http://www.ers.usda.gov/Briefing/WaterUse/glossary.htm. Public
Domain.(3) http://earthtrends.wri.org/features/view_feature/php?theme=2&qid=17.(4) Water Supply Compared to Population.. Public Domain.