Nanotechnology Applications for Clean Water, 2nd Edition

Chapter 35

Competition for Water

Jeremiah S. Duncan¹, Nora Savage² and Anita Street³,    ¹Department of Atmospheric Science and Chemistry, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, USA,    ²Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA,    ³US Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA

It is clear that in the near future the world will be facing a water crisis, and indeed, many parts of the world already are. The focus of this book has been on ways that nanotechnology may provide solutions to many of the technical problems that are or will result in scarcity and poor water quality. However, there are many potential sources of competition for water, both technical and nontechnical. Some of these, ...