Clean Water Scarcity (1950s-Present)
Document Type
Contribution to Book
Journal/Book Title
Guide to U.S. Environmental Policy
Publisher
CQ Press
Publication Date
1-1-2014
First Page
299
Last Page
310
Abstract
Examination of three fundamental dilemmas that underlie U.S. water policy in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century: 1) how to provide equitable access to the relatively small amount of fresh water for growing and often competing human uses; 2) how to ensure that water of adequate quality is available at places and times needed to support different types of uses; and 3) how to manage water upon which all life depends in ways that balance human and environmental needs.
Recommended Citation
Endter-Wada, J. (2014). Clean water scarcity (1950s–present). In Guide to U.S. Environmental Policy (pp. 299-310). CQ Press, https://doi.org/10.4135/9781452270760
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