...universal solvent. It can dissolve materials including salts, sugars, and acids. Its strong dipole moment gives water a quality called adhesion, which is a “stickiness” to other surfaces as well...

...use, local climate, pipe materials, and soil composition.3 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis, EPA-816-R-02-020 (Washington, 2002). Shifting soils and tree roots strain...

...and H S Cooley, “Energy implications of bottled water,” Environ. Res. Lett. 4 (2009) Image Credits: warloka79/stock.adobe.com; Jeffrey M. Phillips/Webber Energy Group; Golden Sikorka, Jeffrey M. Phillips/Shutterstock.com, Webber Energy Group....

...Dam (middle right). Landsat 5 acquired the “before” image on April 17, 1987. Landsat 7 acquired the “after” image on November 7, 2006, after the main wall was complete.  Chinese...

...water quality is clearly a significant way to improve public health worldwide. A woman washes her hair in the Irrawaddy River, Myanmar (Burma). Image Credits: arindambanerjee/Shutterstock.com; Justinc/CC BY-SA 2.0; LiteChoices/Shutterstock.com....

...of the country’s fossil (nonrenewable) water reserves.13 Fred Pearce, “Saudi Arabia Stakes a Claim on the Nile,” National Geographic News, December 19, 2012, accessed August 25, 2016, link; and Elie...

...of conveyance and storage infrastructure is controlled by federal, state, and local agencies. Download the entire publication for free. Although many people benefit from the improved infrastructure, the projects remain...

The first law of thermodynamics is one of the fundamental governing laws of the physical universe, and comprises three separate but related concepts: Energy is conserved. Energy has many forms....

...saline, gray water, and treated effluent, which despite being nonpotable can be used in certain industrial and agricultural applications, to spare freshwater. Image Credits: Alexander Kirch/Shutterstock.com; Firma V/Shutterstock.com; Johan Larson/Shutterstock.com....