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Title: Managing our water resources

Abstract

Water is a plentiful, renewable resource if it is properly managed. The US allocates 82% of its water to agriculture, 10% to industries and utilities. American farmers are beginning to adopt water-conserving techniques long used in the world's arid regions because past profligate use and recent droughts lowered both water tables and farm productivity. Runoff and pollution are responsible for much of the waste of usable water. Because of local water shortages, there is interest in drip irrigation, setting aside more land for reservoirs, and other conservation techniques to ensure adequate supplies for industrial development and economic growth. American faith in technology has led to schemes for desalination, cloud seeding, iceberg towing, and aquifer recharging, as well as the existing system of dams. Proper management of river basins is an important step in the process. 1 figure. (DCK)

Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5388438
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Compressed Air; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 87:5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WATER RESOURCES; MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; CONTROL; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESOURCES; 290400* - Energy Planning & Policy- Energy Resources; 520600 - Environment, Aquatic- Regulations - (-1989); 290200 - Energy Planning & Policy- Economics & Sociology

Citation Formats

. Managing our water resources. United States: N. p., 1982. Web.
. Managing our water resources. United States.
. 1982. "Managing our water resources". United States.
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abstractNote = {Water is a plentiful, renewable resource if it is properly managed. The US allocates 82% of its water to agriculture, 10% to industries and utilities. American farmers are beginning to adopt water-conserving techniques long used in the world's arid regions because past profligate use and recent droughts lowered both water tables and farm productivity. Runoff and pollution are responsible for much of the waste of usable water. Because of local water shortages, there is interest in drip irrigation, setting aside more land for reservoirs, and other conservation techniques to ensure adequate supplies for industrial development and economic growth. American faith in technology has led to schemes for desalination, cloud seeding, iceberg towing, and aquifer recharging, as well as the existing system of dams. Proper management of river basins is an important step in the process. 1 figure. (DCK)},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5388438}, journal = {Compressed Air; (United States)},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982},
month = {Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982}
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