The Economics of Clean Water, Summary of Analysis
Author : United States. Water Programs Office
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Water
ISBN :
Author : United States. Water Programs Office
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 27,4 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Water
ISBN :
Author : Ronald C. Griffin
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
A comprehensive introduction to the economics of water management, for engineers and natural scientists as well as economists, with self-contained treatment of all necessary economic concepts.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 13,75 MB
Release : 1970
Category :
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Author : Richard Damania
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 36,6 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Droughts
ISBN : 9781464811791
Uncharted Waters: The New Economics of Water Scarcity
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 569 pages
File Size : 40,80 MB
Release : 2000-02-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0309172683
In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.
Author : Satinder Ahuja
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 40,6 MB
Release : 2009-07-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0080921124
This work provides those involved in water purification research and administration with a comprehensive resource of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from contaminants, both natural and human caused. The book first provides an overview of major water-related issues in developing and developed countries, followed by a review of issues of sampling for water analysis, regulatory considerations and forensics in water quality and purity investigations. The subsequent chapters cover microbial as well chemical contaminations from inorganic compounds, radionuclides, volatile and semi-volatile compounds, disinfectants, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals, including endocrine disruptors, as well as potential terrorist-related contamination. The last chapter describes the Grainger prize-winning filter that can remove arsenic from water sources and sufficiently protect the health of a large number of people. - Covers the scope of water contamination problems on a worldwide scale - Provides a rich source of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from natural and deliberate contaminants - Describes the filter that won the $1 million Grainger prize and thereby highlighting an important approach to remediation
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Water
ISBN :
Author : Patrick Sullivan
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 32,48 MB
Release : 2005-08-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 008045772X
In today's chemically dependent society, environmental studies demonstrate that drinking water in developed countries contains numerous industrial chemicals, pesticides, pharmaceuticals and chemicals from water treatment processes. This poses a real threat. As a result of the ever-expanding list of chemical and biochemical products industry, current drinking water standards that serve to preserve our drinking water quality are grossly out of date. Environmental Science of Drinking Water demonstrates why we need to make a fundamental change in our approach toward protecting our drinking water. Factual and circumstantial evidence showing the failure of current drinking water standards to adequately protect human health is presented along with analysis of the extent of pollution in our water resources and drinking water. The authors also present detail of the currently available state-of-the-art technologies which, if fully employed, can move us toward a healthier future.* Addresses the international problems of outdated standards and the overwhelming onslaught of new contaminants. * Includes new monitoring data on non-regulated chemicals in water sources and drinking water.* Includes a summary of different bottled waters as well as consumer water purification technologies.
Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher :
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,21 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Water
ISBN :
Author : Vasileios A. Tzanakakis
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 38,78 MB
Release : 2020-11-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 3039433067
This Book includes selected papers that has been published in the Water journal Special Issue (SI) on Water Supply and Water Scarcity. Moreover, an overview of the SI is included. The papers selected for publication in the SI include review and research papers on water history, on water management issues under water scarcity regimes, on rainwater harvesting, on water quality and degradation, and on climatic variability impacts on water resources. Overall, the issue identify and highlight the main challenges in water sector, and particularly in management and protection of water resources and in use of alternative (non-conventional) water resources, especially in areas with demographic change and climate vulnerability in order to achieve sustainable and secure water supply. Furthermore, general guidelines and possible solutions for an improved and sophisticated water management system are proposed and discussed, such as the adoption of advanced technological solutions and practices that improve water-use efficiency and the use of alternative water resources, to address the growing environmental and health issues and to reduce the emerging conflicts among water users.