Water: Science and Issues

This is a four‐volume encyclopedia about water. I was only sent the first volume for review, but as this includes a full list of contents and full index I have been able to make some judgement on the entire set. There are around 300 articles overall written by a team of over 100 experts. The scope of the book is wide. Just a few of the topic outline headings will give an idea: Agriculture, Careers, Climate Change, Groundwater, National and International Issues, Technology, Using water. Taking just the last of these headings, some of the articles include bottled water, desalination,...