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Title Water / Carrie Fredericks, book, editor.

Publication Info. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2006]
©2006
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 East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Young Adult  YA 333.9 WAT    Check Shelf
Description 120 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Series Fueling the future
Fueling the future.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Foreword -- Introduction -- ch. 1. The history of water power -- 1. The history of hydropower / Neil Schlager and Jane Weisblatt, eds. -- 2. How hydropower developed in the United States / U.S. Bureau of Reclamation -- ch. 2. Does water power harm the environment? -- 1. Hydropower dams harm the environment / Elizabeth Grossman -- 2. Hydropower dams contribute to global warming / Patrick McCully -- 3. Hydropower dams can reduce global warming / Alain Tremblay, et al. -- 4. Glen Canyon Dam is harmful and unnecessary / Christopher Peterson -- 5. Glen Canyon Dam is necessary / Paul Ostapuk -- ch. 3. Can water power meet future energy needs? -- 1. Strict regulations can help make hydropower more attractive / Foundation for Water and Energy Education -- 2. Small hydropower projects can benefit rural communities / Patrick McCully -- 3. Ocean temperature gradients could be used to generate electricity / U.S. Department of Energy -- 4. Ocean waves could become an important energy source / Energy Systems Research Unit -- Facts about water -- Glossary -- Chronology -- For further reading -- Index -- Picture credits -- About the editor.
Summary Discusses using water as a source of energy.
Subject Hydroelectric power plants -- Juvenile literature.
Water-power -- Juvenile literature.
Hydroelectric power plants -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.
Hydroelectric power plants.
Water power.
Added Author Fredericks, Carrie.
ISBN 9780737735932 hardcover alkaline paper
0737735937 hardcover alkaline paper
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