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title	:	Water Quality and Availability : A Reference Handbook Contemporary World Issues
author	:	Miller, E. Willard.; Miller, Ruby M.
publisher	:	ABC-CLIO
isbn10 | asin	:	087436647X
print isbn13	:	9780874366471
ebook isbn13	:	9780585062068
language	:	English
subject	Water quality--United States, Water-supply--United States.
publication date	:	1992
lcc	:	TD223.M53 1992eb
ddc	:	333.91/00973
subject	:	Water quality--United States, Water-supply--United States.

Page iii Water Quality And Availability A Reference Handbook E. Willard Miller Department of Geography Ruby M. Miller Pattee Library The Pennsylvania State University CONTEMPORARY WORLD ISSUES ABC-CLIO Santa Barbara, California Denver, Colorado Oxford, England

Page iv Copyright 1992 by ABC-CLIO, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Miller, E. Willard (Eugene Willard), 1915 Water quality and availability: a reference handbook / E. Willard Miller, Ruby M. Miller. p. cm.(Contemporary world issues) Includes bibliographical references (p. 165) and index. 1. Water qualityUnited States. 2. Water-supplyUnited States. I. Miller, Ruby M. II. Title. III. Series. TD223.M53 1992 333.91'0973dc20 92-33057 ISBN 0-87436-647-X (alk. paper) 99 98 97 96 95 94 93 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ABC-CLIO, Inc. 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America

Page v Contents Preface xi 1 Water: A Fundamental Resource 1 Physical Characteristics and Sources of Water 2 Forms of Precipitation 3 Hydrologic Cycle 4 Distribution and Variability of Precipitation 5 Dams and Water Availability 6 Flood Control 7 Surface Water and Groundwater 8 Water Budget 9 U.S. Water Consumption 10 Increasing the Water Supply 10 Recycling 11 Control of Urban Runoff 11 Reuse of Industrial Water 11 Water Conservation 12 Water Use Restrictions 12 Desalination 12 Drought 14 Evolution of Water Quality Issues 15 Water Use Doctrines 16 Evolution of Water Use Doctrines 17 Surface Water Doctrines 18

Page vi Groundwater Allocation Doctrines 20 Sources of Water Contamination 20 Natural Contamination 21 Human-Generated Contamination 21 Control of Water Pollution 38 Water in the Western United States 41 Water Demand 42 Irrigated Agriculture 42 Urban Water Management 50 Water Management 55

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