LEADER 03080nam 22006134a 450 001 9910827383703321 005 20230725212058.0 010 $a0-309-16589-X 010 $a1-282-08409-7 010 $a9786612084096 010 $a0-309-53335-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000017862 035 $a(OCoLC)57732309 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10071507 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000128706 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11936964 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128706 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10069063 035 $a(PQKB)10310975 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3377477 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3377477 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10071507 035 $a(OCoLC)923270814 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000017862 100 $a20040817h20042004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aConfronting the nation's water problems $ethe role of research /$fCommittee on Assessment of Water Resources Research, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cNational Academies Press,$d2004. 210 4$aŠ2004 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 310 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-309-09258-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aWater resources development$xResearch$zUnited States 606 $aWater-supply$xResearch$zUnited States 606 $aWater quality$xResearch$zUnited States 606 $aHydrology$xResearch$zUnited States 615 0$aWater resources development$xResearch 615 0$aWater-supply$xResearch 615 0$aWater quality$xResearch 615 0$aHydrology$xResearch 676 $a363.6/1/0973 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827383703321 996 $aConfronting the nation's water problems$93975870 997 $aUNINA