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Freshwater : availability and management issues for the United States /

Key issues related to freshwater availability and use, such as concerns about population growth straining water supplies, lack of information on water availability and use, and trends in types of water use, remain largely unchanged since 2003, according to state water managers, experts, and literatu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ward, Leanne A. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Environmental remediation technologies, regulations and safety.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a FRESHWATER: AVAILABILITY AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES FOR THE UNITED STATES; FRESHWATER: AVAILABILITY AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES FOR THE UNITED STATES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: FRESHWATER: SUPPLY CONCERNS CONTINUE, AND UNCERTAINTIES COMPLICATE PLANNING; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; ABBREVIATIONS; BACKGROUND; SINCE 2003, ISSUES RELATED TO FRESHWATER AVAILABILITY ANDUSE HAVE NOT CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY, ALTHOUGH CERTAINISSUES HAVE GAINED PROMINENCE. 
505 8 |a Future freshwater shortages are expected, but planningis complicated by uncertainty related to freshwateravailability and usestates have taken steps to better manage freshwaterresources; since 2003, federal agencies have taken actionssupporting freshwater management; additionalcollaboration and data collection could enhancesupport of states, but federal agencies face challenges; agency comments; appendix i: objectives, scope, and methodology; appendix ii: gao analysis of our survey of the effects offederal activities on state water availability, management, and use. 
505 8 |a APPENDIX III: EXTENT OF STATE WATER SHORTAGESIN 2003 AND 2013APPENDIX IV: EXAMPLES OF ACTIONS TAKEN BY FEDERALAGENCIES SINCE 2003; Chapter 2: FRESHWATER PROGRAMS: FEDERAL AGENCIES'FUNDING IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD; WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY; WHAT GAO FOUND; RESULTS IN BRIEF; BACKGROUND; FEDERAL AGENCIES PROVIDED AN ESTIMATED 49 BILLION FORDOMESTIC FRESHWATER PROGRAMS DURING FISCAL YEARS 2000THROUGH 2004; FEDERAL AGENCIES PROVIDED AN ESTIMATED 3 BILLION FORFRESHWATER PROGRAMS ABROAD DURING FISCAL YEARS 2000THROUGH 2004; AGENCY COMMENTS; APPENDIX I. SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY. 
505 8 |a Appendix ii. federal financial support for freshwaterprograms in the united states and along u.s. bordersappendix iii. federal financial support for freshwaterprograms abroad; index. 
520 |a Key issues related to freshwater availability and use, such as concerns about population growth straining water supplies, lack of information on water availability and use, and trends in types of water use, remain largely unchanged since 2003, according to state water managers, experts, and literature. The nation's water bodies have long supplied Americans with abundant freshwater, but recent events, such as the ongoing California drought, have focused attention on competing demands for this limited resource. In the United States, the states are primarily responsible for managing freshwater re. 
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