Visualizing Environmental Science

Water Resource Problems 247 Evaporation and transpiration Precipitation 100% 40% a. Surface runoff Groundwater 10% 50% Pre-urban ...

NASA/USGS Earth Observatory/NASA 1976 2011 NG Maps Global Locator ARAL SEA Water Resource Problems 251 Sharing Water Resources A ...

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Percentage of population using improved drinking-water sources and sanitation facilities in 2008 by World Health Organization (W ...

Water Resource Problems 249 replaces it. This rapid depletion has lowered the wa- ter table more than 30 m (100 ft) in some plac ...

WATER It's as vital to life as air. Yet fresh water is one of the rarest resources on Earth. Only 2.5 percent of Earth's water i ...

© Pete Mcbride/National Geographic Society/Corbis 250 CHAPTER 10 Salinization of Irrigated Soil Although irrigation improves the ...

254 CHAPTER 10 Freshwater Resources and Water Pollution Three-fourths of the world’s 200 or so major watersheds are shared betwe ...

NASA/USGS Earth Observatory/NASA 1976 2011 NG Maps Global Locator ARAL SEA Water Resource Problems 251 Sharing Water Resources A ...

Water Management 255 Courtesy U. S. Dept. of Energy © Philip James Corwin/Corbis River system supplies municipal and i ndustrial ...

Percentage of population using improved drinking-water sources and sanitation facilities in 2008 by World Health Organization (W ...

256 CHAPTER 10 Freshwater Resources and Water Pollution The potential for industries to conserve water is enor- mous. In 2010, f ...

WATER It's as vital to life as air. Yet fresh water is one of the rarest resources on Earth. Only 2.5 percent of Earth's water i ...

Bathroom Install water-saving shower and faucets and low-flush toilets. Or use a water-displacement device in the tank of a conv ...

254 CHAPTER 10 Freshwater Resources and Water Pollution Three-fourths of the world’s 200 or so major watersheds are shared betwe ...

258 CHAPTER 10 Freshwater Resources and Water Pollution oxygen to do so. When an aquatic ecosystem contains high levels of sewag ...

Water Management 255 Courtesy U. S. Dept. of Energy © Philip James Corwin/Corbis River system supplies municipal and i ndustrial ...

Water Pollution 259 Inorganic chemicals Types of water pollution 
Table 10.1 Type of pollution Source Examples Effects Sewage W ...

256 CHAPTER 10 Freshwater Resources and Water Pollution The potential for industries to conserve water is enor- mous. In 2010, f ...

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