Author : Asit K. Biswas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 24,31 MB
Release : 2006-02-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 3540304444
This study presents for the first time an independent and authoritative analysis of water quality management in North and South America, and discusses the practices and future implications of the impacts of the current practices in the different countries of the hemisphere. Includes in-depth case studies analyzing water quality management practices at country and state levels, especially in terms of their effectiveness and overall impact.
Author : Asit Biswas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 16,6 MB
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1317978951
The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress in reducing non-point sources has not been made. In the third world countries both point and non-point sources of pollution are becoming increasingly a serious concern. Already, nearly all water bodies in such countries near and around urban centres have been severely polluted, with very high health and environmental costs. The book assesses the current status of water quality management in both developed and developing worlds, as well as analysing the effectiveness of economic instruments and legal and institutional frameworks to control water contamination. It outlines the importance of building up social and political awareness to reverse the trend of continuing water quality deterioration, which is likely to be a most challenging task in the coming years. This book was published as a special issue of International Journal of Water Resources Development.
Author : Peter Krenkel
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 20,1 MB
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0323143490
Water Quality Management covers the fundamentals of water quality; water quality modeling and systems analysis of streams, reservoirs, and estuaries; and practical water quality topics and problems. The book presents topics on the legal aspects; the physical, chemical, and biological dimensions of water quality; and water quality requirements. The text also describes the pollution inputs from both point and nonpoint sources; eutrophication; thermal pollution; and groundwater quality. Detailed discussions on water quality parameters and characteristics; hydrologic and hydraulic aspects of water quality; mixing; and simple and complex water quality models are also included. The book further tackles topics on waste assimilative capacity determination, as well as effluent outfall design. Practicing environmental engineers and professionals involved in pollution abatement programs, environmental students undertaking studies in water quality management, and professionals involved in water quality management or water resources problems will find the text quite.
Author : Water Environment Federation
Publisher : ASCE Publications
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,98 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781572780392
This manual comprises a holistic view of urban runoff quality management. For the beginner, who has little previous exposure to urban runoff quality management, the manual covers the entire subject area from sources and effects of pollutants in urban runoff through the development of management plans and the design of controls. For the municipal stormwater management agency, guidance is given for developing a water quality management plan that takes into account receiving water use objectives, local climatology, regulation, financing and cost, and procedures for comparing various types of controls for suitability and cost effectiveness in a particular area. This guidance will also assist owners of large-scale urban development projects in cost-effectively and aesthetically integrating water quality control to the drainage plan. The manual is also directed to designers who desire a self-contained unit that discusses the design of specific quality controls for urban runoff.
Author : Kenneth M. Vigil
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Science
ISBN :
Author : Joe Makuch
Publisher :
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 44,24 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Agricultural pollution
ISBN :
Author : Graham B. McBride
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 23,78 MB
Release : 2005-05-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0471733202
STATISTICS IN PRACTICE A practical exploration of alternative approaches to analyzing water-related environmental issues Written by an experienced environmentalist and recognized expert in the field, this text is designed to help water resource managers and scientists to formulate, implement, and interpret more effective methods of water quality management. After presenting the basic foundation for using statistical methods in water resource management, including the use of appropriate hypothesis test procedures and some rapid calculation procedures, the author offers a range of practical problems and solutions on environmental topics that often arise, but are not generally covered. These include: * Formulating water quality standards * Determining compliance with standards * MPNs and microbiology * Water-related, human health risk modeling * Trends, impacts, concordance, and detection limits In order to promote awareness of alternative approaches to analyzing data, both frequentist and Bayesian, statistical methods are contrasted in terms of their applicability to various environmental issues. Each chapter ends with a number of set problems for which full answers are provided. The book also encourages discussion between technical staff and management before embarking on statistical studies.
Author : John A. Hoornbeek
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 23,87 MB
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1438435436
The relationship between federal and state water pollution policies is revealed and assessed in this incisive volume. Focusing on Congress's statutory directions in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 and state compliance, this study throws into relief the complex and often troubled relationship between the laws enacted by Congress and the public policies produced by state governments that implement them. Compliance at the state level can be affected and sometimes disturbed by state politics, particular policymaking processes, and the effects of federal oversight practices. As convincingly demonstrated in these pages, American water pollution policy reflects neither runaway bureaucracies nor Congressional control, but rather a complex intergovernmental process that is structured around Congress's statutory directions.
Author : Thomas Capnor Brown
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,36 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Forest management
ISBN :
Author : Joe Makuch
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 29,29 MB
Release : 1995-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780788121647
Contains 224 citations on the topic of water resource management in the U.S., Canada, Central & South America. Includes articles on rural perspectives, water pollution, water quality, etc. Most citations contain abstracts. Author & subject index.
