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When the world runs dry : Earth's water in crisis / Nancy F. Castaldo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Young Readers, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: xxii, 185 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781616209711
  • 1616209712
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Contents:
You just turn on the faucet, right? -- Getting the lead out - water infrastructure problems -- From chemicals to coal - industrial pollution -- Pipelines and protests - fracking contamination -- Farm to water - agricultural pollution -- When the water runs red - harmful algal blooms (HABs) and red tides -- Drugs in the water - pharmaceuticals and accidental pollution -- Dry wells and day zero - water supply issues -- Hell or high water - flooding and sea level rise -- Conflict and cooperation - how water stress affects nations -- From desalination to reclamation - potential solutions and action -- How you can make a difference.
Summary: "A narrative nonfiction account of the worldwide water crisis, explaining what's happening to the world's water supply, from industrial pollution to harmful algal blooms, and what kids can do about it"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 363.7394 C346 Available 33111010785216
Total holds: 0

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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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index.

You just turn on the faucet, right? -- Getting the lead out - water infrastructure problems -- From chemicals to coal - industrial pollution -- Pipelines and protests - fracking contamination -- Farm to water - agricultural pollution -- When the water runs red - harmful algal blooms (HABs) and red tides -- Drugs in the water - pharmaceuticals and accidental pollution -- Dry wells and day zero - water supply issues -- Hell or high water - flooding and sea level rise -- Conflict and cooperation - how water stress affects nations -- From desalination to reclamation - potential solutions and action -- How you can make a difference.

"A narrative nonfiction account of the worldwide water crisis, explaining what's happening to the world's water supply, from industrial pollution to harmful algal blooms, and what kids can do about it"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 9-12. Algonquin Young Readers.

Grades 4-6. Algonquin Young Readers.

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