水是地球上生命的重要資源。 考慮到水的重要性和珍貴性,它的使用如此不小心,幾乎令人難以置信。 污水、有毒化學物質、化學肥料、殺蟲劑、石油、金屬和固體垃圾污染了世界各地湖泊、溪流和海洋的水。 《水資源》探討了地球上的水被污染的方式,以及世界各地的人們正在採取哪些措施來解決這個問題。
Water is an essential resource for life on Earth. Considering how vital and precious water is, it is almost unbelievable that it can be used so carelessly. Sewage, toxic chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides, oil, metals, and solid trash pollute the water in lakes, streams, and oceans around the world. Water Resources explores the ways in which water on Earth has become polluted--and what people around the globe are doing to solve this problem.