Water: Science And Issues: 004

Water: Science and Issues......Page 1 Volume 4 Prior–Women......Page 3 ISBN 0-02-865615-6......Page 4 Table of Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 11 Topical Outline......Page 15 For Your Reference......Page 23 Contributors......Page 27 Prior Appropriation......Page 31 Privatization of Water Management......Page 33 Public Participation......Page 35 Pumps, Modern......Page 38 Pumps, Traditional......Page 41 Radioactive Chemicals......Page 47 Radionuclides in the Ocean......Page 51 Rainwater Harvesting......Page 56 Reclamation and Reuse......Page 59 Recreation......Page 65 Reisner, Marc......Page 69 Religions, Water in......Page 71 Reptiles......Page 73 Reservoirs, Multipurpose......Page 77 Rights, Public Water......Page 79 Rights, Riparian......Page 82 River Basin Planning......Page 84 Rivers, Major World......Page 88 Runoff, Factors Affecting......Page 92 Safe Drinking Water Act......Page 96 Salmon Decline and Recovery......Page 99 Sea Level......Page 102 Sea Water, Freezing of......Page 106 Sea Water, Gases in......Page 107 Sea Water, Physics and Chemistry of......Page 109 Security and Water......Page 114 Senses, Fresh Water and the......Page 119 Septic System Impacts......Page 124 Solar System, Water in the......Page 128 Sound Transmission in the Ocean......Page 131 Space Travel......Page 134 Sports......Page 136 Springs......Page 137 Stream Channel Development......Page 141 Stream Ecology, Temperature Impacts on......Page 144 Stream Erosion and Landscape Development......Page 147 Stream Health, Assessing......Page 151 Stream Hydrology......Page 155 Stream, Hyporheic Zone of a......Page 159 Streamflow Variability......Page 162 Submarines and Submersibles......Page 167 Supplies, Protecting Public Drinking-Water......Page 174 Supplies, Public and Domestic Water......Page 177 Supply Development......Page 180 Survival Needs......Page 183 Sustainable Development......Page 186 Sverdrup, Harald......Page 190 Tennessee Valley Authority......Page 191 Theis, Charles Vernon......Page 194 Tides......Page 195 Tourism......Page 202 Tracers in Fresh Water......Page 205 Tracers of Ocean-Water Masses......Page 207 Transboundary Water Treaties......Page 210 Transportation......Page 212 Tsunamis......Page 218 Uses of Water......Page 221 Utility Management......Page 227 Volcanoes and Water......Page 230 Volcanoes, Submarine......Page 233 War and Water......Page 236 Wastewater Treatment and Management......Page 239 Waterfalls......Page 243 Watershed, Restoration of a......Page 246 Watershed, Water Quality in a......Page 249 Waterworks, Ancient......Page 251 Waves......Page 254 Weather and the Ocean......Page 261 Weathering of Rocks......Page 264 Wells and Well Drilling......Page 266 Wetlands......Page 271 White, Gilbert......Page 277 Women in Water Sciences......Page 279 Photo and Illustration Credits......Page 285 Glossary......Page 291 Cumulative Index......Page 353 Water management, pollution, the dying of coral reefs, the privatization of drinking water, and the melting of the ice caps are only some of the critical interrelated water issues facing humankind in the 21st Century. This four-volume encyclopedia brings together contributors from the full range of disciplines concerned with the science, politics, and economics of water, presenting some 300 alphabetical entries that explain disparate issues and topics in laymen's language. Examples include "markets, water;" "Mars, water on;" "oceanography from space;" Cousteau, Jacques;" and "Safe Drinking Water Act." As evidence by the last, non-global legal or political issues are generally limited to an American context. A useful glossary containing common terms is included in each of the volumes. Color photographs, charts, and maps illustrate the material Integrates key concepts, current issues, traditional and emerging research, and major legislation in three subject areas: fresh water, marine waters, and policy and management. These topics are complemented by historical overviews, biographical sketches, and career information. Includes color photographs and illustrations, sidebars, and a glossary. Broadly applicable for general readers as well as those wanting a firm academic foundation