Water Quality Management in the Americas

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Biswas, Asit K. (Editor), Braga, Benedito (Editor), Tortajada, Cecilia (Editor), Rodriguez, Diego J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Water Resources Development and Management,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Hydrogeology.; Environmental law.; Environmental policy.; Economic policy.; Environmental economics.; Earth Sciences.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Economic Policy.; Environmental Economics.

Considerable attention has been given during the past few years to the water crisis that many regions of the world may face in the coming decades. While the mag- tude and the extent of the global water scarcity problems of the future should not be underestimated, a serious analysis of the current tr...