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2017., Cherry Lake Publishing Call No: 363.6 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Using the new C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards, these books explore environmentalism through the lenses of History, Geography, Civics, and Economics. In Clean Water, the text and photos look at the history, basic philosophies, and geography of this environmental issue. As they read, students will develop questions about the text, and use evidence from a variety of sources in order to form conclusions. Data-focused backmatter is included, as well as a bibliography, glossary, and index.
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By Egan, Dan[2017]., W.W. Norton & Company Call No: 577.630 Ega Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The Great Lakes--Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior--hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan's compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come. For thousands of years the pristine Great Lakes were separated from the Atlantic Ocean by the roaring Niagara Falls and from the Mississippi River basin by a "sub-continental divide." Beginning in the late 1800s, these barriers were circumvented to attract oceangoing freighters from the Atlantic and to allow Chicago's sewage to float out to the Mississippi. These were engineering marvels in their time--and the changes in Chicago arrested a deadly cycle of waterborne illnesses--but they have had horrendous unforeseen consequences. Egan provides a chilling account of how sea lamprey, zebra and quagga mussels and other invaders have made their way into the lakes, decimating native species and largely destroying the age-old ecosystem. And because the lakes are no longer isolated, the invaders now threaten water intake pipes, hydroelectric dams and other infrastructure across the country. Egan also explores why outbreaks of toxic algae stemming from the overapplication of farm fertilizer have left massive biological "dead zones" that threaten the supply of fresh water. He examines fluctuations in the levels of the lakes caused by manmade climate change and overzealous dredging of shipping channels. And he reports on the chronic threats to siphon off Great Lakes water to slake drier regions of America or to be sold abroad. In an age when dire problems like the Flint water crisis or the California drought bring ever more attention to the indispensability of safe, clean, easily available Water, The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is a powerful paean to what is arguably our most precious resource, an urgent examination of what threatens it and a convincing call to arms about the relatively simple things we need to do to protect it."--Dust jacket.
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By Egan, Dan2018., W.W. Norton & Company Call No: HI-INT 577.6 EGA Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Series Title: Norton paperback.Summary Note: "The Great Lakes--Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior--hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan's compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right before our eyes, blending the epic story of the lakes with an examination of the perils they face and the ways we can restore and preserve them for generations to come."--Page 4 of cover.
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2007., World Almanac Library Call No: 333.91 BOW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: What if we do nothing?Summary Note: Examines the potential for a serious global water crisis, the effects of global warming on water supplies, and ways to keep nations from going to war over water.
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c2007., National Geographic Call No: 363.73 94 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Summary Note: Describes the efforts of Chad Pregracke, who took it upon himself to clean up the Mississippi River, and, with the help of others, founded Living Lands and Water, a not-for-profit organization based in East Moline, Illinois.
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By Mason, Paul2010, c2008., Pre-adolescent, Marshall Cavendish Benchmark Call No: 333.91 MAS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Environmental footprints.Summary Note: Helps children understand how their actions impact the environment, explaining the importance of conserving water.
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2020., Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: 615.9 25688 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to read this eBook Username onondaga Password student Summary Note: Through interviews with residents and intensive research into legal records and new accounts, the authors reveal the story behind the water crisis in Flint, Michigan which began in 2014 when government officials of the cash-strapped city that had been abandoned by General Motors decided to temporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River, which then caused widespread sickness and death to its residents.
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Juvenile Call No: 615.9 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A small crowd issued a countdown. Then Mayor Walling pressed a black button on a cinderblock wall, switching off the flow from Lake Huron and unleshing that of the Flint River. The assembled officials held up their plastic glasses for an infamous toast: "Here's to Flint," Walling Said, and the Crowd Echoed. "Here's to Flint" and "Hear, Hear." Book jacket.
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2020., Bloomsbury Children's Books Call No: HI-INT 615.9 COO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "In 2014, the residents of Flint, Michigan noticed that their water was a copper hue and smelled and tasted like sulfur. Some began using bottled water, but many of those who didn't started to experience rashes, hair loss, and a frightening, debilitating illness. Still, city officials claimed water tests were normal. It wasn't until nearly a year later when Flint resident Lee Ann Walters sent a water sample to the Environmental Protection Agency herself that the truth came out: the citizens of Flint where being poisoned by their own water supply"--Provided by the publisher.
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c1992., Juvenile, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Call No: 974.4 Che Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up that revitalized it.
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2022., Pre-adolescent, Algonquin Young Readers Call No: HI-INT 363.73 CAS Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "A narrative nonfiction account of the worldwide water crisis, explaining what's happening to the world's water supply, from industrial pollution to harmful algal blooms, and what kids can do about it"--Provided by the publisher.
