Home Water Use

This lesson provides an overview of water use in the industrialized world, including a discussion of the increasing need for conservation as populations grow and water supplies stay roughly constant. Users can listen to a National Public Radio (NPR) show that discusses water-use restrictions that have been enacted in Las Vegas in response to persistent drought conditions, and review online resources on overall and domestic water use in the United States. The lesson includes a two-part activity in which students use an online calculator and other resources to examine water use in their homes and read some ideas for reducing their water use. In the second part, they will use an online 'drip calculator' from the American Water Works Association to investigate how much water can be lost by slow drips and leakage. Educational levels: Undergraduate lower division, High school

Sustainability: Myth and Reality

23 pages (includes illustrations). Contains references

Decisionmaking and the EIS on Operations of Glen Canyon Dam

16 pages

Sustainability: Myth and Reality

23 pages (includes illustrations). Contains references

Speculating on the Denver Basin

20 pages (includes illustrations and 1 map). Contains footnotes

Regional Water Planning in New Mexico: An Opportunity for Citizen Involvement in State Government

12 pages. Contains references

Washington State Initiatives for Sustainable Water Use

8 pages

Politics, Engineering and Aridity—Sustainable Use of Water in Arizona

26 pages (includes illustrations)

Sustainable Use of the Denver Basin

20 pages. Contains footnotes

Sustainable Use of the Denver Basin

20 pages. Contains footnotes