LibGuides: Sustainability: Water

ScienceDaily Water Conservation

Water Calculators

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Your Water Footprint
Calculate your water footprint based on your food consumption and water use.
Your Water Savings
Find out how much water you would save by installing products with WaterSense labels.

Virtual Water

Virtual water is "the volume of water that circulates in an economic system as an embedded ingredient of food and other traded products."
--"Managing the Global Water System." The Princeton Guide to Ecology.

Virtual Water Poster
See how much virtual water is used to produce wheat, beef, cheese, and more.

DVDs at the Library

Flow: For the Love of Water by Irena Salina
Call Number: HD1691 .F56 2008
ISBN: 896602002029
Water for Profit by DW-TV
When demand outpaces supply, water becomes a commodity to be traded on the global market. But who owns water and how can a price be set on water? In this program the pros and cons of privatization are assessed in a number of water management situations around the world.

Ohio Water Websites

Ohio EPA - Drinking and Ground Waters
Find information on water pollution and water supply issues.
Ohio EPA Division of Surface Water
Ensures compliance with the federal Clean Water Act and works to increase the number of water bodies that can safely be used for swimming an fishing.
Ohio Water Resources Center
Ohio Water Resources Council

U.S. Government Water Websites

EPA Water
Find information on coral reefs, drinking water, ground water, lakes, oceans, and more.
USDA Water Quality Information Center (WQIC)
Information on water quality as it relates to agriculture.
USGS Water Resources of the United States
Access data and maps related to freshwater sources, water quality, contamination, and more.

International Water Websites

UNESCO Water Security
Freshwater is the most important resource for mankind, cross-cutting all social, economic and environmental activities. It is a condition for all life on our planet, an enabling or limiting factor for any social and technological development, a possible source of welfare or misery, cooperation or conflict.
United Nations Environment Programme - Freshwater
Policies, programs, and publications on the world's freshwater supply.
UN-Water
Reports, including the World Water Development Report, and statistics on world water resources.
World Water Council
"A global water movement for a water secure world."