Author : National Research Council
Release : 2004-10-14
Genre : Science
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Confronting the Nation's Water Problems - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Confronting the Nation's Water Problems write by National Research Council. This book was released on 2004-10-14. Confronting the Nation's Water Problems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In order to confront the increasingly severe water problems faced by all parts of the country, the United States needs to make a new commitment to research on water resources. A new mechanism is needed to coordinate water research currently fragmented among nearly 20 federal agencies. Given the competition for water among farmers, communities, aquatic ecosystems and other users-as well as emerging challenges such as climate change and the threat of waterborne diseases-Confronting the Nation's Water Problems concludes that an additional $70 million in federal funding should go annually to water research. Funding should go specifically to the areas of water demand and use, water supply augmentation, and other institutional research topics. The book notes that overall federal funding for water research has been stagnant in real terms for the past 30 years and that the portion dedicated to research on water use and social science topics has declined considerably.