Pollution and Water Quality
According to the United Nations, declining water quality has become a global issue of concern as human populations grow, industrial and agricultural activities expand, and climate change threatens to cause major alterations to the hydrological cycle. Resources available in this sub-theme include manuals describing water quality testing and treatment, reports and assessments of water quality from around the world, methods of maintaining water quality and managing pollution, and other resources that support enabling environments for effective water quality control.
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Clearing the Waters: A Focus on Water Quality Solutions
Published:
March 22, 2010Pacific Institute
This report released by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) for World Water Day, March 22, 2010, lays out steps and solutions to address our urgent water-quality challenges––and they start with awareness and will to action.Read more
Human Costs of Nitrate-contaminated Drinking Water in the San Joaquin Valley
Published:
March 1, 2011Pacific Institute
This research finds that nitrate contamination of groundwater has wide-reaching effects on California's health, economic vitality, and environmental well being, disproportionately affecting low-income households and Spanish-speaking residents...Read more
A Twenty-First Century U.S. Water Policy
Published:
July 2, 2021Pacific Institute
Environmental justice is a trending topic among water officials, especially for those who are trying to reorient federal water policy to increase equity. Environmental justice advocates are attempting to correct the decades of water injustices that have targeted disenfranchised communities,...Read more
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