Understanding Water Rights and Conflicts
Second Edition
by H. Court Young
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A critical resource for human survival, fresh water supplies
are limited, while the world’s growing population’s demand
for clean, fresh water is rising dramatically. The world
population is swelling by nearly 80 million people a year.
Worldwide,
about 470.6 billion gallons of water is pumped out of the
ground every day. That equates to 11.2 billion barrels of
water - about 165 times the amount of oil produced in the
world each and every day!
We are all water users. Each of us impact existing water
supplies. We all depend on continued supplies for survival
and maintaining our lifestyles. Decisions made today
regarding our water supply and use will impact us, our
children and theirs, for years into the future. Each of us
has the power to help ensure that our vital water resources
are governed and used wisely to secure our survival.
This book was written to help readers understand the major
issues involving our fresh water supplies and how we can
each make a difference. Included in the book is a discussion
of the three main aspects involved in how the world’s water
resources are governed and distributed:
Physical supply – the amount of fresh water provided
physically in the form of rainfall and snow pack, available
for use in rivers and lakes.
Legal availability – the amount of water that an entity is
entitled by law to use or take or divert out of the existing
physical supply.
Multiple use – the concept of using water for many and
conflicting purposes such as domestic (drinking, bathing,
cooking, landscaping), agriculture, recreation and
industrial.
Understanding Water Rights and Conflicts presents a complex,
technical subject in an easy to understand format. Its
purpose is to help ordinary people understand where water
comes from, threats that could disrupt our supply, water
crises around the globe and ways each of us can make better
choices about water use that can help safeguard a stable,
safe water supply. |
