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The need for improved water resource protection, beginning with grassroots action, is urgent. The water we use depends on networks of wetlands, streams, and watersheds. Land-use activities, however, are changing these natural systems. Often these changes result in ecological damage, flooding, water pollution, and reduced water supply. We need a healthy environment that sustains our personal and community health; we also need vibrant and sustainable economic development that does not destroy the benefits we derive from nature. Our ability to accomplish both depends on how well we can "connect the drops."In this book, Karen Schneller-McDonald presents the basics of water resource protection: ecology and watershed science; techniques for evaluating environmental impacts; obstacles to protection and how to overcome them; and tips for protection strategies that maximize chances for success. Schneller-McDonald makes clear the important connections among natural cycles, watersheds, and ecosystems; the benefits they provide; and how specific development activities affect water quality and supply.The methods described in __Connecting the Drops__ have broad application in diverse geographic

Who reads Connecting the Drops : A Citizens' Guide to Protecting Water Resources?

Author

Schneller-McDonald, Karen

Publisher

Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801453106

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Engineering, Political Science, Nature