When the World Runs Dry
Description
A riveting account of the worldwide water crisis--and what kids can do about it--from an award-winning science writer. What would you do if you turned on the faucet one day and nothing happened? What if you learned the water in your home was harmful to drink? Water is essential for life on this planet, but not every community has the safe, clean water it needs. In When the World Runs Dry, award-winning science writer Nancy Castaldo takes readers from Flint, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey, to Iran and Cape Town, South Africa, to explore the various ways in which water around the world is in danger, why we must act now, and why you're never too young to make a difference. Topics include: Lead and water infrastructure problems, pollution, fracking contamination, harmful algal blooms, water supply issues, rising sea levels, and potential solutions.
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- Cover
- Also by Nancy F. Castaldo
- Title Page
- Publisher Copyright
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Table of Contents
- Introduction: You Just Turn on the Faucet, Right?
- Chapter 1: Getting the Lead Out-Water Infrastructure Problems
- Chapter 2: From Chemicals to Coal-Industrial Pollution
- Chapter 3: Pipelines and Protests-Fracking Contamination
- Chapter 4: Farm to Water-Agricultural Pollution
- Chapter 5: When the Water Runs Red-Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) and Red Tides
- Chapter 6: Drugs in the Water-Pharmaceuticals and Accidental Pollution
- Chapter 7: Dry Wells and Day Zero-Water Supply Issues
- Chapter 8: Hell or High Water-Flooding and Sea Level Rise
- Chapter 9: Conflict and Cooperation-How Water Stress Affects Nations
- Chapter 10: From Desalination to Reclamation-Potential Solutions and Action
- Chapter 11: How You Can Make a Difference
- Acknowledgments
- Glossary
- Resources
- Source Notes
- Index
