"In all countries, domestic needs require the smallest portion of water use;
agricultural and industrial processes require ... Much progress has been made,
and some rivers once declared dead again show signs of life. ... The problems
that cause fish kills or result in warnings to boil drinking water are no longer the
pipes jutting from the ... growing pollution of the nation's rivers and streams from
generalized sources not often re ..."
"Suitable for introductory environmental and physical geology courses, Environmental Geology is the only available geology textbook conceived and written from an Earth system science perspective--an approach that helps students comprehend and appreciate the Earth's varied environments and the whole-Earth systems that connect them. Arranged in four parts, the book moves from general concepts to individual solid and fluid Earth systems to ..."
Whole Earth Earth System Science & Global Change by AndrewDeWet Paperback, Published 2009 by W H Freeman & Co (Sd) ISBN-13: 978-0-7167-3740-7, ISBN: 0-7167-3740-X
"Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this highly anticipated new edition of Merritt's classic text provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and builds an informed student understanding with case studies, conceptual explanations, and relevant presentation of material. By far the most concise book for its course, it remains the only textbook to use an e ..."
"Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this highly anticipated new edition of Merritt's classic text provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and builds an informed student understanding with case studies, conceptual explanations, and relevant presentation of material. By far the most concise book for its course, it remains the "only" textbook to use an ..."