Books about water and water issues

Books & Publications

Understanding Water Rights and Conflicts, Second Edition

by Herbert C. Young

This book will help you understand the reasons that water supply and availability are so critical to our quality of life and why that quality of life may be threatened in the coming years.

You will discover:

Is there enough water?
Where does your water come from?
What problems face your water supply?
Is terrorism a problem for your water supply?
Can you protect yourself from drought?
Can the environment be protected?
Are there solutions to the coming “water crisis”?

ISBN: 0-1-893478-07-6, 340 pages, Softcover, August, 2003

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Understanding Water and Terrorism

by H. Court Young

This book will help you understand the reasons that our water supply and availability are so critical to our way of life, and how that quality of life may be threatened in the coming years by terrorism.

You will discover:

Is a terrorist attack against our nation’s water system possible?
What is being done to protect this critical infrastructure?
How can you help?
Are our families safe?
How you can prepare.

The first and best defense is knowledge and awareness. According to the American Water Works Association:

"In many cities and small towns, the public is the first line of defense, serving as an extra set of eyes watching over key utility assets such as tanks, reservoirs and even fire hydrants.”

Much of what is being done to protect our water supply can only really be effective if Americans themselves become informed and aware.

ISBN: 1-893478-07-6, 219 pages, Softcover, September, 2003

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Practical Guide to Water Supply and Terrorism, A Reference for Water Systems

By H. Court Young

The Practical Guide to Water Supply and Terrorism is designed as a reference for water suppliers. It includes a description of the issues of terrorism. guidelines to protect water and wastewater systems and an extensive list of resources useful to water suppliers.

This book includes:

A description of water system infrastructure
A discussion of computer and cyber-security
Water System Guidelines and Emergency Response Plans
Informational resources on the web
A list of Homeland security resources
A description of common chemical and biological agents

And much more!!!

ISBN: 1-893478-09-2, 160 pages, Softcover, September, 2003

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Understanding Water Rights and Conflicts, First Edition

I published this book in 1990. It was a tribute to my father's years in the water development business in Colorado and was my first book.

I worked with him for many years in the water development business. He was a pioneer in the development of private water rights and projects. We worked on a variety of water projects together. The most notable was the development of the Vidler Tunnel and Vidler Tunnel water collection system.

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Downloadable Adobe PDF files

The following Adobe PDF files are available from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and are excellent resources.

(Click on the title to view the file in Adobe PDF format, or right click and save to download to your computer)

Estimated Use of Water in the United States, 1995
by Wayne B. Solely, Robert R. Pierce, and Howard A. Perlman

Estimated Use of Water in the United States, 2000
by Susan S. Hutson, Nancy L. Barber, Joan F. Kenny, Kristin S. Linsey, Deborah S. Lumia and Molly A. Maupin, USGS Circular 1268, 52 p.

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Environmental Effects of Aquaculture in the United States

Rebecca Goldburg and Tracy Triplett, The Environmental Defense Fund.

Study and Interpretation of the Chemical Characteristics of Natural Water

United States Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2254, Hem, John D., 1989, 264 p.

Books about Water and Water Supply

The following books give additional information about our global water supply and water supply systems. They are highly recommended by H. Court Young, author of Understanding Water Rights and Conflicts, Second Edition.

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When the Rivers Run Dry, Water the Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century

Global Crises, Global Solutions

Dry - Life without water

The No-Nonsense Guide to Water

The Peak Oil Crisis

In the 1960's King Hubbert predicted that the production of oil in the United States would peak and then decline. He was correct, and oil production peaked in the United States in the 1970's.

Globally, predictions range from oil production having peaked in 2005 to peaking in 2030. Regardless, oil is a finite resource and at current usage, it will peak.

The Peak Oil Crisis and Our Water Supply

How will the Impending "Peak Oil Crisis" impact our water supply? Energy and water are intricately linked.

Our web page Peak Oil Crisis and Water Supply discusses this very important issue. The books on that page are a must read for any thinking American that wants to understand what the reduced supplies of oil will mean to our society and world.

The author of these two books, Kenneth Deffeyes, is Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.

For more information, read my article entitled The Peak Oil Crisis and Our Water Supply.

Two of the BEST books on the market about the Peak Oil Crisis