How Long to Read Sustaining Groundwater Resources

How Long Does it Take to Read Sustaining Groundwater Resources?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Sustaining Groundwater Resources by J. Anthony A. Jones

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Burgeoning population and climate change are among the most critical challenges facing the 21st century. Both have critical implications for groundwater resources, especially in many developing countries where resources are already under pressure. Due to low rainfall and high evaporation in parts of the Middle East and North Africa, groundwater is not being renewed, and groundwater laid down up to 10,000 years ago is literally being mined for irrigation, often very inefficiently. Over recent decades, groundwater levels have fallen dramatically in key grain-growing regions like the American Great Plains and the North China Plain. As the population grows and emerging economies like China and India demand more food, especially water intensive meat products, agricultural demand for water is set to increase. The rapid shift of population from the countryside to the cities is also adding to this pressure; most old wells in Beijing are now dry. Pollution from industry, agriculture and shanty towns is destroying many groundwater resources; some could take 50 years to clean up even with strict and immediate controls. This volume looks at the technical, socio-economic and political problems being faced, and at the developments in groundwater science and management that may help create a sustainable future for our planet.

How long is Sustaining Groundwater Resources?

Sustaining Groundwater Resources by J. Anthony A. Jones is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.

This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sustaining Groundwater Resources Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read Sustaining Groundwater Resources aloud.

What Reading Level is Sustaining Groundwater Resources?

Sustaining Groundwater Resources is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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