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In 32 Chapters written by top experts in the field, this comprehensive reference covers the latest engineering aspects of water treatment including quality management, water resource supply systems, and future applications. It also focuses extensively on the key problems of the '90s--the legal, economic, and policy issues--that determine portable water quantity and quality. This multifaceted case study in project management provides excellent global approach for water resource engineers, environmental engineers, civil engineers, water utility managers, and water scientists.
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The definitive reference on water resources management and issues WATER RESOURCES HANDBOOK This handbook is by far the most comprehensive reference ever published on water resource issues. Written by the field's top experts, it presents authoritative information about a vast range of topics. It also brings into focus the many and increasingly complicated factors--involving not only engineering but also law, economics, finance, and public policy--the determine the quantity and quality of the world's potable water supply. No matter what your area of interest, if it concerns water resources you're likely to find it in this volume. Areas covered include: Treatises on the state of the art in water resource economics and law policy-making and planning, and system analysis and risk analysis; Quality management of natural systems such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, groundwater, estuaries, and wetlands; Water supply systems, including surface and groundwater, treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, water reuse, and water demand analysis; Water excess management, including floodplain hydrology and hydraulics, urban stormwater, and flood control systems; The Future impact of global climate change, water resources deficit management, decision support systems, and more; Discussions of state-of-the-art computer models for water resources. For authoritative information that ranges from definitions and methodologies to guidelines and regulations--from the global to the specific--the Water Resources Handbook is the first place to look--now, and for years to come.
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In 32 Chapters written by top experts in the field, this comprehensive reference covers the latest engineering aspects of water treatment including quality management, water resource supply systems, and future applications. It also focuses extensively on the key problems of the '90s--the legal, economic, and policy issues--that determine portable water quantity and quality. This multifaceted case study in project management provides excellent global approach for water resource engineers, environmental engineers, civil engineers, water utility managers, and water scientists.
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The definitive reference on water resources management and issues WATER RESOURCES HANDBOOK This handbook is by far the most comprehensive reference ever published on water resource issues. Written by the field's top experts, it presents authoritative information about a vast range of topics. It also brings into focus the many and increasingly complicated factors--involving not only engineering but also law, economics, finance, and public policy--the determine the quantity and quality of the world's potable water supply. No matter what your area of interest, if it concerns water resources you're likely to find it in this volume. Areas covered include: Treatises on the state of the art in water resource economics and law policy-making and planning, and system analysis and risk analysis; Quality management of natural systems such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, groundwater, estuaries, and wetlands; Water supply systems, including surface and groundwater, treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, water reuse, and water demand analysis; Water excess management, including floodplain hydrology and hydraulics, urban stormwater, and flood control systems; The Future impact of global climate change, water resources deficit management, decision support systems, and more; Discussions of state-of-the-art computer models for water resources. For authoritative information that ranges from definitions and methodologies to guidelines and regulations--from the global to the specific--the Water Resources Handbook is the first place to look--now, and for years to come.
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Inside This Book Citations: 16 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: overlapping segment method, storage volume element, mean water use, alternative sewer systems, initial state increment (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: New York, United States, Water Resour, Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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overlapping segment method, storage volume element, mean water use, alternative sewer systems, initial state increment, annual expected damage cost, damageable property, overyear storage, spot market transfers, monthly water use, capacity exceedances, subtidal vegetation, probable maximum storm, residential subsector, secondary settling facilities, detailed functional design, isohyetal pattern, reclaimed water, hydrologic engineer, trial trajectory, residential water demand, simulation time period, headwater depth, seasonal water use, natural flow theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Water Resour, Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, John Wiley, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Columbia River, Geological Survey, American Water Works Association, Academic Press, North Carolina, American Society of Civil Engineers, National Research Council, North America, Englewood Cliffs, Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest, Supreme Court, Great Lakes, San Francisco, National Academy of Sciences, Department of Energy, Monte Carlo, Soil Conservation Service New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
overlapping segment method, storage volume element, mean water use, alternative sewer systems, initial state increment, annual expected damage cost, damageable property, overyear storage, spot market transfers, monthly water use, capacity exceedances, subtidal vegetation, probable maximum storm, residential subsector, secondary settling facilities, detailed functional design, isohyetal pattern, reclaimed water, hydrologic engineer, trial trajectory, residential water demand, simulation time period, headwater depth, seasonal water use, natural flow theory Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Water Resour, Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, John Wiley, Hydrologic Engineering Center, Columbia River, Geological Survey, American Water Works Association, Academic Press, North Carolina, American Society of Civil Engineers, National Research Council, North America, Englewood Cliffs, Bureau of Reclamation, Pacific Northwest, Supreme Court, Great Lakes, San Francisco, National Academy of Sciences, Department of Energy, Monte Carlo, Soil Conservation Service New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Water Resources Systems Analysis by Mohammad Karamouz on 12 pages
- Urban Water Supply Management Tools by Larry W Mays on 8 pages