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Desert Conquest or Precious Waters — Edwin L. Sabin
Humans can only exist for a few days without fresh drinking water. Almost all animals and plants on Earth require water in some form or another. Water, a combination of hydrogen and oxygen, is essential for life.
Even though 70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water, fresh water is still a scarce resource. The water in the oceans is saline, unusable for agriculture and drinking.
The largest use of water on Earth is not for drinking but for growing our food. We use it to grow our crops and our livestock. Much of the agriculture water is diverted from rivers and lakes onto fields through irrigation ditches, canals and pipelines. In semi-arid sections of the world, like southern Arizona and California, we divert large quantities of water through large open canals hundreds of miles to irrigate crops.
Much of the world still lacks water for basic needs such as drinking and sanitation. In many cases this is due to poor water management or lack of infrastructure resources.
This book, Water, Our Most Precious Resource, explains some of the issues we face due to past poor water management and lack of infrastructure. In addition, it explains some ways these challenges can be remedied and what role each of us can play in the solution to an ongoing global water crisis.
Even though 70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water, fresh water is still a scarce resource. The water in the oceans is saline, unusable for agriculture and drinking.
The largest use of water on Earth is not for drinking but for growing our food. We use it to grow our crops and our livestock. Much of the agriculture water is diverted from rivers and lakes onto fields through irrigation ditches, canals and pipelines. In semi-arid sections of the world, like southern Arizona and California, we divert large quantities of water through large open canals hundreds of miles to irrigate crops.
Much of the world still lacks water for basic needs such as drinking and sanitation. In many cases this is due to poor water management or lack of infrastructure resources.
This book, Water, Our Most Precious Resource, explains some of the issues we face due to past poor water management and lack of infrastructure. In addition, it explains some ways these challenges can be remedied and what role each of us can play in the solution to an ongoing global water crisis.
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