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ACTION NOW IN WATER QUANTITY
Author(s) -
Armstrong Ellis L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1971.tb02564.x
Subject(s) - brackish water , per capita , snow , argument (complex analysis) , water resource management , natural (archaeology) , environmental science , natural resource , population , precipitation , water conservation , natural resource economics , action (physics) , water resources , geography , meteorology , economics , political science , geology , ecology , law , salinity , sociology , chemistry , oceanography , archaeology , biology , demography , biochemistry , quantum mechanics , physics
There is no argument as to the need for additional supplies of potable water. Not only has the US population increased, but, as civilization advances, the per capita need for water advances also. To meet the problem, man can assist nature in several ways—by conservation of natural rain and snowfall, by augmentation of precipitation through cloud seeding, and by desalting of brackish waters.