Resource Guide for NW Water Issues
6 Reasons to Drink Water
WebMD provides valuable health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency –Groundwater and Drinking Water Page
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. To accomplish this mission, they develop and enforce regulations, give grants, study environmental issues, sponsor partnerships, teach people about the environment and publish information.
Science Friday Archive
These are the program notes for a segment that aired in 2008. While the program is not available for listening anymore, there are many informative links at the bottom of the post, as well as biographical information about the guests who appeared on this program. Science Friday airs live on KSFC on Fridays from 11 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and repeats Friday evenings from 10 p.m. until Midnight.
Science Friday Blog: Gambling with our water supply
Learn about the problems cities with limited water resources, such as Las Vegas, face, as populations place more demands on available supplies. Links to in-depth news articles, research and what some companies are doing to have a positive impact are included within the post.
U. S. Geological Survey –Water Resources of the United States
Find links to water resources for the U.S. including topics such as “Streams Lakes & Reservoirs,”“Contamination and Pollution,”“Water use”and “Quality Water Resources.”
World Water Day –March 22, 2012 –Water and Food Security
International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Visit this website to learn more about this and past year's focuses for this United Nations designated holiday.
Books
Lackaff, Beatrice B.
The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer atlas
City of Spokane, 2009
Spokane Public Library has copies available for use in the libraries, as well as for check-out. Spokane County Library District has copies available for use in the library at several branches. Both library systems also have older editions of this atlas available for in-library use.
Hoffmann, Stephen J.
Planet water: investing in the world's most valuable resource
Wiley, 2009
Looks at the economic aspects of water resources development, water supply and water quality management. Available at Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District
Barlow, Maude.
Blue covenant: the global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water
New Press, 2008
Blue gold : the fight to stop the corporate theft of the world's water
New Press, 2005
Both titles are available at Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District
Glennon, Robert Jerome
Water follies : groundwater pumping and the fate of America's fresh waters
Island Press, 2002
Available at Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District
Morris, Robert D.
The blue death: disease, disaster and the water we drink
Harper Collins, 2007
Available through interlibrary loan
Fishman, Charles
The big thirst: the secret life and turbulent future of water
Free Press, 2011
Available at Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District
Barmett. Cynthia.
Blue revolution: unmaking America's water crisis
Beacon Press, 2011
Available through interlibrary loan
Pearce, Fred.
When the rivers run dry: water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century
Beacon Press, 2006.
Available through interlibrary loan
WebMD provides valuable health information, tools for managing your health, and support to those who seek information.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency –Groundwater and Drinking Water Page
The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment. To accomplish this mission, they develop and enforce regulations, give grants, study environmental issues, sponsor partnerships, teach people about the environment and publish information.
Science Friday Archive
These are the program notes for a segment that aired in 2008. While the program is not available for listening anymore, there are many informative links at the bottom of the post, as well as biographical information about the guests who appeared on this program. Science Friday airs live on KSFC on Fridays from 11 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and repeats Friday evenings from 10 p.m. until Midnight.
Science Friday Blog: Gambling with our water supply
Learn about the problems cities with limited water resources, such as Las Vegas, face, as populations place more demands on available supplies. Links to in-depth news articles, research and what some companies are doing to have a positive impact are included within the post.
U. S. Geological Survey –Water Resources of the United States
Find links to water resources for the U.S. including topics such as “Streams Lakes & Reservoirs,”“Contamination and Pollution,”“Water use”and “Quality Water Resources.”
World Water Day –March 22, 2012 –Water and Food Security
International World Water Day is held annually on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management of freshwater resources. Visit this website to learn more about this and past year's focuses for this United Nations designated holiday.
Books
Lackaff, Beatrice B.
The Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer atlas
City of Spokane, 2009
Spokane Public Library has copies available for use in the libraries, as well as for check-out. Spokane County Library District has copies available for use in the library at several branches. Both library systems also have older editions of this atlas available for in-library use.
Hoffmann, Stephen J.
Planet water: investing in the world's most valuable resource
Wiley, 2009
Looks at the economic aspects of water resources development, water supply and water quality management. Available at Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District
Barlow, Maude.
Blue covenant: the global water crisis and the coming battle for the right to water
New Press, 2008
Blue gold : the fight to stop the corporate theft of the world's water
New Press, 2005
Both titles are available at Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District
Glennon, Robert Jerome
Water follies : groundwater pumping and the fate of America's fresh waters
Island Press, 2002
Available at Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District
Morris, Robert D.
The blue death: disease, disaster and the water we drink
Harper Collins, 2007
Available through interlibrary loan
Fishman, Charles
The big thirst: the secret life and turbulent future of water
Free Press, 2011
Available at Spokane Public Library and Spokane County Library District
Barmett. Cynthia.
Blue revolution: unmaking America's water crisis
Beacon Press, 2011
Available through interlibrary loan
Pearce, Fred.
When the rivers run dry: water, the defining crisis of the twenty-first century
Beacon Press, 2006.
Available through interlibrary loan
