Sanitary and municipal engineering Books
Practical Action Publishing Hydraulic Ram Pumps: A guide to ram pump water
Book SynopsisStep-by-step instructions on designing, installing and operating water supply systems based on hydraulic ram pumps. With illustrations and diagrams, and details of a pump designed for local manufacture and notes for those developing their own model.
£14.20
John Wiley & Sons Inc Watershed Management 2e Principles and Practice
Book SynopsisAn integrated framework for water resources management It has been said that "water is the next oil. " A strong global consensus has begun to develop that effective water management must start at the watershed level, and that water management actions must be taken in the context of watersheds, and the human communities in them.Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Introduction. 1.1. Current Issues in Weather Management. 1.2. Characteristics of Effective Watershed Management. 1.3. Why "Integrated"Management? 1.4. A Recommend Planning and Management Approach. 2. The Watershed Inventory. 2.1. Physical Features sand Landforms. 2.2. Climate. 2.3. Soils, Infiltration and Runoff. 2.4. Streamflow. 2.5. Groundwater. 2.6. Water Quality. 2.7. Pl.ant and Animal Communities. 2.8. Land Use. 2.9. Social and Economic Systems. 2.10. Valued Features and Activities. 3. Problem Dentition and Scoping. 3.1. Identifying Current Water Uses and Use Impairments. 3.2. Identifying Current Water Users (Stakeholders). 3.3. Setting Targets for Future Use. 3.4. Scoping the Plan. 4. The Consultation Process. 4.1. The Need for Public Involvement. 4.2. Principles of Consultation. 4.3. Indentifying Interested Publics. 4.4. Public Involvement Techniques and Processes. 4.5. Evaluating the Results. 5. Developing Workable Management Options. 5.1. Identifying the Sources. 5.2. Creating a Long List of Management Options. 5.3. Types of Options. 5.4. Developing Mutually Exclusive Management Alternatives. 5.5. Evaluation Constraints and Criteria. 6. Simple Assessment Methods. 6.1. The Watershed Inventory. 6.2. Scoping. 6,.3. Developing and Screening Management Alternatives. 6.4. Outputs of a Simple Assessment Process. 6.5. An Example of the Application of Simple Assessment Procedures. 7. Detailed Assessment Methods. 7.1. The Detailed Watershed Inventory. 7.2. Scoping. 7.3. Developing and Screening Management Alternatives. 8. Costing and Financing. 8.1. Scope and Measures. 8.2. Costing Major Public Works. 8.3. Benefit-Cost Analysis. 8.4. Allocation of Costs Among Multipurpose Projects. 8.5. Quantifying Intangibles. 8.6. Incorporating Risk and Uncertainty in Economic Analyses. 8.7. Capital Financing (Sourcing). 9. Legal, Institutional, and Administrative Concerns. 9.1. The Evolution of Modern Environmental. 9.2. Common-Law Causes of Action. 9.3. The Making of Laws. 9.4. Existing Legal Frameworks for Water and Environmental Management. 9.5. Administrative and Institutional Systems. 9.6. Transboundary Water Issues and Free Trade. 10. Environmental and Social Impact Assessment. 10.1. The History of Environmental Assessment Policy. 10.2. Overview of the EA Process. 10.3. Challenges in Environmental Assessment. 10.4. Environmental Assessment Methodologies. 10.5. Social Impact Assessment. 10.6. Strategic Environmental Assessment. 10.7. Monitoring and Follow-Up. 10.8. The Shortcoming of Environmental Assessment. 11. Choosing the Best Plan. 11.1. Evaluating the Effectiveness of Options and Strategies. 11.2. Implementation Considerations. 11.3. Case Study: Watershed Management for Gander Lake, Newfoundland. 12. Implementing the Plan. 12.1. Principles of Water Resources Administration. 12.2. Planning for Successful Implementation. 12.3. Why Implementation Sometimes Fails. 12.4. Case Studies. 12.5. Lessons Learned. References. Index.
£121.46
John Wiley & Sons Inc Hydrology
Book SynopsisComplete, up-to-date coverage of the critical issues of water quality, emphasizing the illustration and application of both hydrologic and economic water management techniques. Using a fundamentals through applications approach, the book includes worked examples, case studies, and problems. Current methodologies, such as the use of a spreadsheet in hydrology and the use of the Internet in data collection are covered in this text.Table of ContentsComputational Methods. Precipitation. Evapotranspiration. Watershed Characteristics and Infiltration. Hydrographs. Streamflow Measurements and Flow Control Devices. Flow Routing. Groundwater Hydrology. Stormwater Management. Appendices. Index.
£206.15
John Wiley & Sons Inc ESH Engineering
Book SynopsisThis book is an integrated, comprehensive guide to the core topics in both environmental engineering and occupational health and safety.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: REGULATORY OVERVIEW. Environmental Protection Agency. Occupational Safety and Health Administration. PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING. Air Pollution Engineering. Waste Treatment and Disposal Technologies. Wastewater and Water Quality. Statistical Applications. PRINCIPLES OF SAFETY ENGINEERING. Safety Management. Fire and Life Safety. Construction Safety. PRINCIPLES OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH ENGINEERING. Chemical Hazard Assessment and Communication. Industrial Ventilation. Noise and Hearing Conservation. Appendices. Index.
£160.16
John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmental Engineering
Book SynopsisThis text provides a thorough treatment of environmental engineering. It presents the scientific foundation for understanding environmental concepts that are applied to water, air and solid hazardous wastes.Trade Review"...an excellent introduction to its subject." (Ecotoxicology, October 2000)Table of ContentsStudent Preface: Why do I Need Fundamentals? Units of Concentration. Chemistry. Physical Processes.
£150.26
John Wiley & Sons Inc Assessment and Control of VOC Emissions from
Book SynopsisAssessment and Control of VOC Emissions from Waste Treatment andDisposal Facilities Thomas T. Shen, Ph.D., Charles Schmidt, Ph.D.,and Thomas Card The complications surrounding Volatile OrganicCompound (VOC) emissions have emerged as a matter of increasingenvironmental attention and concern, due largely to the hugequantities involved, their known toxicity, and their suspectedcarcinogenicity. Assessment and Control of VOC Emissions from WasteTreatment and Disposal Facilities is the first book to boththoroughly explore the topic and present the entire range ofenvironmentally and economically viable solutions. The authorsaddress the most recent developments, the newest applications, andthe latest methodological advances in the field. The book includessections on: * waste characterizations, such as vapor pressure, solubility,molecular weights, and more * emission mechanisms including volatilization, hydrolysis,photodecomposition, biodegradation, and incineration * various types Table of ContentsWaste Characterization and Emission Mechanisms. VOC Emission Sources. Regulations. Measurement and Monitoring Approaches for Assessing VOC EmissionRate. Mathematical Models. Health Risk Assessment and VOC Pathway Analysis. Control Technologies and Costs. Summary and Conclusions. Appendices. Index.
£165.56
John Wiley & Sons Inc Handbook of Drinking Water Quality
Book SynopsisWell-written and informative. --Richard Lewis, Lewis Information Systems This [book] combines information which could possibly haverequired as many as four reference sources in the past. --Steven C. Messer In its first edition, John De Zuane''s popular reference drewwide praise for being an insightful theoretical resource. Now, inthe second edition of Handbook of Drinking Water Quality, DeZuane builds on that legacy with the same practical and conceptualemphases, adding a wealth of new information that providesimmediate access to the data and guidelines needed to * understand the impact of drinking water parameters on publichealth * help build and operate water supply facilities * conduct reliable drinking water sampling, monitoring, andanalytical evaluation * implement potability standards from the source to the treatmentfacility, to storage, to the tap * write new standards and expand/modify existing standards asquickly as needed Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition vii Preface to the First Edition ix Acknowledgments xi 1 Potable Water 1 2 General or Physical Parameters 19 3 Chemical Parameters - Inorganics 49 4 Chemical Parameters - Organic Compounds 149 5 Microbiological Parameters 297 6 Radionuclide Parameters 331 7 Carcinogens 355 8 Water Analyses 367 9 Public Health Regulations 401 10 Water Treatment 419 11 Federal Regulations 483 Appendixes 515 Appendix A-I: Abbreviations and Acronyms 517 Appendix A-II: World Health Organization Guidelines 527 Appendix A-III: European Drinking Water Directives 535 Appendix A-IV: Water Quality Data 540 Appendix A-V: New York State Standards 546 Appendix A-VI: Radionuclide Data 551 Appendix A-VII: Fluoridation Data 553 Appendix A-VIII: General References 559 Appendix A-IX: Conversion Factors 560 Index 565
£128.66
John Wiley & Sons Inc Fundamentals of Environmental Management
Book SynopsisA thorough, accessible introduction to the discipline of environmental management. The modern environmental manager is a multi-disciplined administrator whose areas of expertise encompass everything from technological know-how, to business and finance, to an understanding of federal, state, and local statutes and regulations.Table of ContentsEnvironmental Management Overview. Introduction to Environmental Law. Summary of the Clean Air Act. Air Emission Inventory and Analysis. Permits to Construct. Permitting Major Sources-PSD and NSR. Air Operating Permits. National Emission Standards for Air Pollutants. Ozone-Depleting Chemicals (ODCs). Risk Management Plans. Asbestos Management. Summary of Clean Water Regulation. Water Quality Regulation. Water Discharges. The Safe Drinking Water Act. Groundwater. Water Rights. Solid and Hazardous Waste Management. Superfund Liability. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Spill Prevention and Response Plans. Environmental Impact Statements. Risk Assessments. Basic Environmental Management Programs. Environmental Management and Compliance Oversight Programs. Integrating Environmental and Safety Management. Managing Relationships with Agencies. Enforcement. Managing Beyond Compliance. Appendices. Index.
£114.26
John Wiley & Sons Inc Urban Stormwater wWS
Book SynopsisUnderstanding how to properly manage urban stormwater is a critical concern to civil and environmental engineers the world over. Mismanagement of stormwater and urban runoff results in flooding, erosion, and water quality problems.Table of ContentsURBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT. Urban Drainage Systems: Evolution of Problems. Urban Runoff Quantity and Quality Control Strategies. Urban Stormwater Management Modeling. DATA ANALYSIS. Meteorological Data Analysis. Runoff Quality Data Analysis. DRAINAGE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS. Elements of Derived Probability Distribution Theory. Model of Urban Drainage System. Quantity Control Analysis of Urban Drainage Systems. Advanced Quantity Control Analysis. Multiple Reservoir Systems. Quality Control Analysis of Urban Drainage Systems. Urban Drainage Systems Analysis: Optimization and SensitivityAnalysis. Appendices. Glossary. Notation. Index.
£124.15
John Wiley & Sons Inc Practical Environmental Forensics Process and
Book SynopsisEnvironmental forensics is emerging as a useful interdisciplinary method of investigation used in developing and resolving cases of environmental contamination. This book is the first guide to this important field, offering crucial step-by-step guidance on the practice of environmental forensics.Table of ContentsThe Truth, the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth. A Legacy of Waste and Chemical Pollution. Introduction to Environmental Law. An Introduction to Insurance Coverage for Environmental Losses. Site Histories: The Paper Trail How and Why to Follow It. The Forensic Application of Contaminant Transport Models. Chemical Fingerprinting. Forensic Applications of Environmental Health Sciences. Risk Assessments. Why Use Visuals. Evidence Issues: Getting Expert Opinions Past the Judicial Gatekeeper and Into Evidence. Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques. The Management of Forensic Cases. Environmental Extortion. A Lesson in Communications. Allocation, Allocation, Allocation. Deflating Environmental Costs. Guilt by Association. An Issue of Disclosure. Settling a Claim. A Cost of Doing Business. A Sudden and Accidental Event. An Act of God. Appendices.
£134.06
John Wiley & Sons Inc Aquatic Chemistry
Book SynopsisThis is a complete introduction to the concepts, applications and techniques of aquatic chemistry. It has been revised and updated to focus upon pollution and its control, as well as the processes affecting the circulation of chemical substances in water.Table of ContentsChemical Thermodynamics and KineticsAcid and BasesDissolved Carbon DioxideAtmosphere-Water InteractionsMetal Ions in Aqueous Solution: Aspects of Coordination ChemistryPrecipitation and DissolutionOxidation and Reduction; Equilibria and Microbial MediationThe Solid-Solution InterfaceTrace Metals: Cycling, Regulation, and Biological RoleKinetics of Redox ProcessesPhotochemical ProcessesKinetics at the Solid-Water Interface: Adsorption, Dissolution of Minerals, Nucleation, and Crystal GrowthParticle-Particle Interaction: Colloids, Coagulation, and FiltrationRegulation of the Chemical Composition of Natural WatersReferencesAppendicesIndex
£120.56
John Wiley & Sons Inc Construction in Cold Regions
Book SynopsisWritten as a reference on effective engineering practice for construction activities in Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions. It is based on many sources around the world including the Soviet Union and China where people live and work in very low temperatures. Provides a broad look at overall problems found by engineers, contractors and builders, including case histories that illustrate actual projects throughout the cold regions of the world.Table of ContentsCase Studies. Introduction to Cold Regions. Preparing Equipment for Work in the Cold. Foundation Construction. Buildings. Road, Airfield, and Island Embankments. Pipelines. Ice. Management of Cold-Regions Construction. History. Epilogue. References. Appendix. Index.
£193.46
John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmental Chemistry of Dyes and Pigments
Book SynopsisIn the last two decades the EPA and other national and international agencies have placed increasingly strict regulations on the manufacture and use of synthetic colorants. The pigment and dye industry has had to develop the technology necessary to analyze and remediate pollutants in wastewater.Table of ContentsPartial table of contents: WASTEWATER TREATMENT METHODS. Carbon Adsorption of Dyes and Selected Intermediates (A. Reife& H. Freeman). Ozonation (M. Matsui). Use of Electrochemical Technology to Remove Color and OtherContaminants from Textile Mill Effluents (A. Wilcox, et al.). The PACT System for Wastewater Treatment (D. Hutton, et al.). WASTE MINIMIZATION/SOURCE REDUCTION. Reduction of Textile Wastewater Using Automatic Process Control,Recycle, and Filtration (J. Porter). Membrane Filtration Techniques in Dyestuff Recovery (J.Elliott). WASTEWATER ANALYSIS. Mass Spectrometry in the Analysis of Dyes in Wastewater (L.Betowski, et al.). REGULATORY ISSUES. U.S. Safety, Health, and Environmental Regulatory Affairs for Dyes andPigments (H. Smith). Index.
£223.16
John Wiley & Sons Inc Environmental Management Systems and Cleaner
Book SynopsisEnvironmental Management Systems (EMSs) are a way in which business and industry can implement a system of self-regulation on their processes, in order to aid the promotion of clean technology. This book brings together wide ranging analysis and practical experience on Environmental Management Systems and Cleaner Production. This highlights the importance of a clear understanding of complex environmental issues and the relative impact of business and industry, linked to national and international standards and regulations, in developing an efficient Environmental Management System. The book begins by addressing the global dimension of EMSs and Cleaner Production by identifying the strategies and policies used to promote cleaner production in industry and the drivers for voluntary EMSs like the international standard ISO 14001; and their implications for business and trade. This is followed by focusing on selected national perspectives, examining the policies, strategies and initiativesTable of ContentsPartial table of contents: THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION. Drivers for International Integrated Environmental Management (J.Wolfe). The Possibility of Cleaner Production Worldwide (S. de Hoo). NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES. Management Systems: Getting Lean, Getting Green in the USA (J.Atcheson). Environmental Management Initiatives in China to Promote CleanerProduction (Y. Zhuang). REGULATION OR SELF-REGULATION? The Role of Regulatory Systems in Requiring Cleaner Processes andRelationships with Voluntary Systems (A. Duncan). EUROPEAN INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE. Cleaner Production Through Environmental Management of ProcessInnovations (N. Thorsen). INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE FROM EMERGING AND TRANSITION ECONOMIES. The Greening of Lithuanian Industry: Past and Present (L.Rinkevicius). PRACTICAL CASE STUDIES FROM SMALLER COMPANIES. EMAS Adoption by an SME in the Chemical Sector (V. Biondi & M.Frey). Index.
£159.26
John Wiley & Sons Inc Applied Fluvial Geomorphology
Book SynopsisThis invaluable overview of fluvial geomorphology provides river engineers and managers, who may lack specialist training, with useful insights into, and understanding of, natural channel forms and fluvial processes.Table of ContentsRiver Engineering and Management in the 21st Century (R.Hey). NATURAL CHANNEL STABILITY AND TIME PERSPECTIVES (M. Macklin). Channel, Floodplain and Drainage Basin Response to EnvironmentalChange (M. Macklin & J. Lewin). Short-Term Changes in Channel Stability (A. Werritty). RIVER CHANNEL AND VALLEY PROCESSES (J. Bathurst). Environmental Rive Flow Hydraulics (J. Bathurst). Sediment Erosion, Transport and Deposition (I. Reid, et al.). Bank Erosion and Instability (D. Lawler, et al.). CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY AND DYNAMICS (K. Richards). Channel Types and Morphological Classification (C. Thorne). Stable River Morphology (R. Hey). Styles of Channel Change (J. Hooke). Prediction of Morphological Changes in Unstable Channels (K.Richards & S. Lane). River Dynamics and Channel Maintenance (A. Brookes). CASE STUDIES AND APPLICATIONS (M. Newson). Case Studies in the Application of Geomorphology to RiverManagement (M. Newson, et al.). Application of Applied Fluvial Geomorphology: Problem and Potential(C. Thorne, et al.). Indexes.
£89.96
John Wiley & Sons Inc Cohesive Sediments
Book SynopsisThis work discusses the design, maintenance and management problems in estuaries that sedimentary movements cause, and how to predict such movement in the future. The collection of papers explores these issues from both the engineers and the scientists viewpoint.Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Preface. CONFERENCE OVEVIEW. One of the Characterisation of Cohesive Sediment for Transport Modelling (W. Parker). The in-situ Determination of the Settling Velocities of Suspended Fine-Grained Sediment--a review (D. Eisma and K. Dyer). The Kolmogorov Microscale as a Limiting Value for the Floc sizes of Suspended Fine-Grained Sediments in Estuaries (W. van Leussen). Temporal Variability in Aggregate Size and Settling Velocity in the Oosterschelde (The Netherlands) (W. ten Brinke). Direct Measurements of Settling Velocities in the Owen Tube: A Comparison with Gravimetric Analysis (M. Dearnaley). Estimation of Settling Flux Spectra in Estuaries Using INSSEV (M. Fennessy, et al.). SETTLING AND CONSOLIDATION. Consolidation of Cohesive Sediments in Settling Columns (G. Sills). Towards a New Constitutive Equation for Effective Stress in Self-Weight Consolidation (E. Toorman and H. Huysentruyt). GENERAL DESCRIPTIVE DYNAMICS/CASE STUDY. Turbidity Maxima Formation in Four Estuaries (A. Arundale, et al.). EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION. Interfacial Hydrodynamics and Entertainment Functions of Currently Used Erosion Devices (G. Gust and V. Müller). On the Development of Instruments for in situ Erosion Measurements (J. Cornelisse, et al). Developments in the Combined use of Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers and Profiling Siltmeters for Suspended Solids Monitoring (J. Land, et al.). A Laboratory Study of Cohesive Sediment Transport (M. Crapper and K. Ali). DEPOSITION AND EROSION. Biological Mediation of Sediment Erodibility: Ecology and Physical Dynamics (D. Paterson). Microbiological Factors Contributing to Erosion Resistance in Natural Cohesive Sediments (K. Black). Erosion of Mixed Cohesive/Non-Cohesive Sediments in Uniform Flow (H. Torfs). Size-Dependent Erosion of Two-Silty-Clay Sediment Mixtures (A. Teeter, et al.). Erosion of Fluid Mud by Entrainment (J. Winterwerp and C. Kranenburg). Critical Shear Stresses for Erosion and Deposition of Fine Suspeded Sediments of the Fraser River (B. Krishnappan and P. Engel). Interpreting Observations of Near-Bed Sediment Concentration and Estimation of 'Pick-up' Function Constants (J. Aldridge and J. Rees). Experiments on Erosion of Mud from the Danish Wadden Sea (C. Johansen, et al). BIOLOGY AND WAVE EFFECTS. A Review of Rheometric Methods for use with Fine Sediments (T. Jones). On the Liquefaaction and Erosion of Mud due to Waves and Current (P. de Wit and C. Kranenburg). Mud Fluidization by Water Waves (Y. Li and J. Mehta). Erosion and Liquefaction of Natural Mud Under Surface Waves (H. Verbeek and J. Cornelisse). MODELLING. A Review of Cohesive Sediment Transport Models (C. Teisson). Modelling Multiphase Sediment Transport in Estuaries (D. Willis and N. Crookshank). Numerical Modelling of Mud and Sand Mixtures (T. Chesher and M. Ockenden). Mass Fluxes in Fluid-Mud Layers on an Inclined Bed (T. Kusuda, et al.). Fluid and Sediment "Integrated" Modelling Application to Fluid Mud Flows in Estuaries (P. le Hir). Equilibrium Hypsometry of Fine-Grained Shore Profiles (S. Lee and A. Mehta). Simulating Turbulent Vertical Exchange of Mud with a Reynolds Stress Model (J. Galland, et al.). An Intercomparison Exercise of Cohesive Sediment Transport Numerical Models (L. Hamm, et al.).
£207.86
John Wiley & Sons Inc Hydrometry
Book SynopsisThis text deals with methods of measuring the flow in rivers and open channels to obtain the necessary data to serve, among others, the following functions: the supply of water systems; the control of pollution; the design of highway bridges and culverts; flood management; and power production.Table of ContentsFlow Measurement. Hydrometric Instrumentation. Measuring up to Water Resources Assessment. Long River Flow Records. Precipitation Measuring (Weather) Radar. Satellite Remote Sensing in Hydrometry. Groundwater. Transmission of Hydrometric Data by Satellite. Tree Ring Analysis in Hydrometry. Maximising the Utility of River Flow Data. Hydrometric Data Processing. Uncertainties.
£201.56
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Environmental Analytical Chemistry
Book SynopsisThe first edition of this book established a niche as the only volume with a wide ranging review of analytical chemistry having a focus specific to environmental science. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to take full account of the rapid changes and development in the field over the past five years. Separation science, atomic spectroscopy and speciation determinations are areas in which significant developments have been made, and these are reflected in the new edition. The importance of the assessment of the effects of pollutants on real systems has been recognised by the restructuring of the chapter on biological testing and incorporation of a new one on environmental toxicology. Self-assessment questions have been added. Environmental science was one of the key concerns of the latter part of the twentieth century and will continue to be into the twenty-first. Concerns for environmental protection and public health worldwide have led to extensive legislation. TTrade Review"Environmental chemical analysis is difficult! Finding a book that has the right balance between a detailed treatment of analytical chemistry and a detailed treatment of the environmental context is a considerable challenge. A challenge nevertheless that these authors have risen to…. It would be useful for analytical and environmental chemistry courses, and is affordable by students." (Chemistry in Britain)Table of ContentsContributors v Preface to First Edition xvii Preface to Second Edition xix Part I: General Principles and Techniques 1 1 Introduction 3F. W. Fifield and P. J. Haines 2 Analytical Environmental Data: Assessment and Interpretation 13F. W. Fifield 3 Chemical Principles 36P. J. Haines 4 Titrimetry and Gravimetry 76F. W. Fifield 5 Separation Techniques 91F. W. Fifield 6 General Principles of Spectrometry 118P. J. Haines 7 Atomic Spectrometry 134F. W. Fifield 8 Molecular Spectrometry 161P. J. Haines 9 Measurement of Ionising Radiations and Radionuclides 203F. W. Fifield 10 Electroanalytical Techniques 220E. Buckley-Dhoot 11 Thermal Methods of Analysis 253P. J. Haines 12 Biological Indicators 280R. Manly Part II: Specific Applications 307 13 Speciation 309G. I. Christie 14 The Analysis of Atmospheric Samples 326C. K. Laird 15 Trace Elements 360N. I. Ward 16 Environmental Radiation and Radioactivity 393F. W. Fifield 17 Contaminated Landsites 411F. W. Fifield 18 The Analysis of Water 419F. W. Fifield 19 The Determination of Trace Amounts of Organic Compounds 429C. J. Welch 20 Ecotoxicology 452R.Manley Glossary 471 Index 480
£56.66
Emerald Publishing Limited Dynamics of Marine Sands
Book SynopsisDynamics of Marine Sands, backed up with worked examples and case studies, presents methods for calculating the various hydrodynamic and sediment dynamic quantities necessary for marine sediment transport applications, and recommends the most appropriate methods to use for engineering projects.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction, including sections on a general procedure and errors and sensitivities Chapter 2. Properties of water and sand Chapter 3. Currents Chapter 4. Waves Chapter 5. Combined waves and currents Chapter 6. Threshold of motion Chapter 7. Bed features Chapter 8. Suspended sediment Chapter 9. Bedload transport Chapter 10. Total load transport Chapter 11.Morphodynamics and scour Chapter 12. Handling the wave-current climate Chapter 13. Case studies
£95.00
Cornell University Press Privatizing Water
Book SynopsisWater supply privatization was emblematic of the neoliberal turn in development policy in the 1990s. Proponents argued that the private sector could provide better services at lower costs than governments; opponents questioned the risks involved in delegating control over a life-sustaining resource to for-profit companies. Private-sector activity was most concentratedand contestedin large cities in developing countries, where the widespread lack of access to networked water supplies was characterized as a global crisis.In Privatizing Water, Karen Bakker focuses on three questions: Why did privatization emerge as a preferred alternative for managing urban water supply? Can privatization fulfill its proponents'' expectations, particularly with respect to water supply to the urban poor? And, given the apparent shortcomings of both privatization and conventional approaches to government provision, what are the alternatives?In answering these questions, Bakker engages with Trade Review"Is water, arguably the most basic of human needs, the final frontier for capitalism? Is market governance of water nothing more than green imperialism? Karen Bakker's Privatizing Water bravely and provocatively takes on the state and private models for governing urban water and proposes a radical and deeply illuminating rethinking of keywords such as public, community, and the market. Water, she argues, is not well served by the 'modern social imaginary,' and she proposes alternatives grounded in deliberative democracy and in a profound understanding of water as a biophysical, cultural, aesthetic and public good. A tour de force."—Michael Watts, Class of 1963 Professor of Geography and Development Studies at the University of California, BerkeleyWritten by one of the world's leading specialists in water governance issues, Privatizing Water deepens, challenges, and combines the debates on urban water supply, sustainable development and equitable access to water and public services. Dynamically combining interdisciplinary theory and empirical evidence, the book gives powerful insight into the water privatization debate. It is rich in challenging conceptualizations that range from elite-based hydrosocial networks to the social production of thirst. By focusing on actual practices at diverse scales of water control, the author is able to show the real-life worlds of the many who are 'unconnected' to the formal networks and rather make their own hybrid water projects."—Rutgerd Boelens, Wageningen University"Privatizing Water is a much-needed volume that revisits the water privatization debate and takse us beyond conventional notions of public, private, and community management to critically explore their respective ideological underpinnings, shortcomings, and socio-ecological linkages, as well as possible alternatives."—François Molle, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement"In this wise and humane book, Karen Bakker seeks to reshape the debate about water management worldwide. By challenging the idea that privatization and public ownership are opposed—and indeed the only—alternatives, she shines light on an issue of fundamental importance to all citizens and countless policy-makers. Karen Bakker makes the case for moving beyond existing policy approaches and shows why a new paradigm committed to flexibility and pragmatism is by far the best option."—Noel Castree, University of Manchester"Karen Bakker's book brings together a culmination of many years' painstaking work on the governance of water in an impressive array of geographical contexts. She provides a superb tour through the landscape, depicting with simultaneous nuance and clarity the possible trajectories—through rights, community and ecology—that could lead productively beyond the stalemates of a polarized debate over privatization."—Bronwen Morgan, University of BristolTable of ContentsIntroduction: Privatization and the Urban Water CrisisPart I. Development, Urbanization, and the Governance of Thirst 1. Governance Failure: Reframing the Urban Water Supply Crisis 2. Material Emblems of Citizenship: Creating Public Water 3. Watering the Thirsty Poor: The Water Privatization Debate 4. Citizens without a City: The Techno-Politics of Urban Water GovernancePart II. Beyond Privatization: Debating Alternatives 5. Protesting Privatization: Transnational Struggles over the Human Right to Water 6. Commons versus Commodities: The Ambiguous Merits of Community Water-Supply Management 7 Politics and Biopolitics: Debating Ecological GovernanceConclusion: Beyond PrivatizationNotes References Index
£20.79
Industrial Press Inc.,U.S. Contractors Guide to PVC Water and Sewer Pipe
Book Synopsis This guide is the most concise and authoritative available for the installation of PVC gasket-joint pressure and non-pressure pipes and fittings. Written and sponsored by the Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association, it contains up-to-date information and comes complete with practical associated tables and figures that will help users to be more effective and efficient at installing PVC piping systems. This work provides preferred methods of installation based on field experience, published reports, and other industry sources. The guide’s unique, easy-to-use reversible-book format provides two valuable guides in one—for working on water pipes or sewer pipes—making it easy for readers to quickly access the specific information they are seeking, be it on the job, in training, or studying for certification. Benefits of the Guide The Contractor’s Guide provides valueTable of ContentsPVC Sewer Pipe Installation: Introduction; Receiving and Handling; The Trench; Installation and Assembly; Fittings; Service Connections; Sewer Laterals; Backfilling and Tamping; Testing of Sewers; Special Installations (PVC Pressure and Non-Pressure Pipe); Useful Information. PVC Water Pipe Installation: Introduction; Receiving and Handling; The Trench; Installation and Assembly; Fittings; Thrust Restraint; Service Taps; Backfilling and Tamping; Testing and Disinfecting; Special Installations; Additional Resources.
£40.50
Royal Society of Chemistry Practical Environmental Analysis
Book SynopsisNew techniques, improved understanding and changes in regulations relating to environmental analysis means that students, technicians and lecturers alike need an up-to-date guide to practical environmental analysis. This unique book provides detailed instructions for practical experiments in environmental analysis. The comprehensive coverage includes the chemical analysis of important pollutants in air, water, soil and plant tissue, and the experiments generally require only basic laboratory equipment and instrumentation. The content is supported by theoretical material explaining, amongst other concepts, the principles behind each method and the importance of various pollutants. Also included are suggestions for projects and worked examples. Appendices cover environmental standards, practical safety and laboratory practice. Building on the foundations laid by the highly acclaimed first edition, this new edition has been revised and updated to include information on new monitoring techTrade Review...an indispensable guide to practical environmental analysis by students, academics and laboratory. -- International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Vol.86, No.13, 15 November 2006, 1029-1038 International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry It sets out, clearly and logically, procedures for measuring a wide range of chemical elements and compounds across a spectrum of environmental fields. This book will serve the need to train new environmental analysts, and remind existing analysts of the details of the enormous range of skills needed for practical environmental analysis. -- Chemistry and Industry, 10 September 2007 (Grant Bigg) Chemistry and IndustryTable of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction; 1.1: The environment; 1.2: Environmental Analysis; 1.3: Sampling and Atorage; 1.4: Sample Treatment; 1.5: Analytical Methods; 1.6: Standardisation and Calibration; 1.7: Analytical data; 1.8: Common Problems of Environmental Analysis; 1.9: Ethic; 1.10: A Word of Advice; Chapter 2: Rainwater Analysis; 2.1: Acid Rain; 2.2: Sampling and Analysis; 2.3: Data Analysis and Interpretation; 2.4: pH, Conductivity, and Major Anions; 2.5: Major Cations; 2.6: Heavy Metals; 2.7: Exercises and Information; Chapter 3: Air Analysis; 3.1: Introduction; 3.2: Sampling; 3.3: Sulfur dioxide (SO2); 3.4: Nitrogen dioxide (NO2); 3.5: Ozone (O3); 3.6: Ammonia (NH3); 3.7: Hydrogen chloride (HCl); 3.8: Atmospheric Aerosol: Heavy Metals and Major Constituents; Chapter 4: Water Analysis; 4.1: Introduction; 4.2: Solids in Water; 4.3: Electrochemical Measurements; 4.4: Hardness; 4.5: Alkalinity; 4.6: Dissolved Oxygen (DO); 4.7: Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD); 4.8: Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD); 4.9: Chlorophyll; 4.10: Nitrogen; 4.11: Phosphorus; 4.12: Chloride; 4.13: Fluoride; 4.14: Sulfate; 4.15: Iron; 4.16: Heavy Metals; 4.17: Oil and Grease; Chapter 5: Soil, Sludge, Sediment and Dust Analysis; 5.1: Introduction; 5.2: Sampling and Sample Preparation; 5.3: Dissolution and Extraction; 5.4: Physical Parameters; 5.5: Electrochemical Measurements; 5.6: Alkalinity; 5.7: Soluble Ions; 5.8: Organic Matter; 5.9: Nitrogen; 5.10: Phosphorus; 5.11: Sulfur; 5.12: Exchangeable Cations (Ca2+ , Mg2+ , K+, and Na+) and Cation Exchange capacity (CEC); 5.13: Heavy Metals; Chapter 6 : Plant Analysis; 6.1: Introduction; 6.2: Sampling and Sample Preparation; 6.3: Dissolution and Extraction; 6.4: Water Content and Ash Content; 6.5: Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur; 6.6: Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, and Magnesium; 6.7: Nitrate and Nitrite; 6.8: Heavy Metals
£39.95
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Water Quality Management of a Natural Resource
Book SynopsisOnce a purely technical sub-discipline of hydrology, water quality management is now a social and political discipline, with concerns ranging from ensuring adequate health standards to preserving biological diversity and ecosystem integrity.Table of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgements xiii 1 Water quality management: an evolving field for changing values 1 2 History of water quality management: the problem and its science 29 3 Attitudes, goals, and management strategies 45 4 Global water resources and how they are used: the expression of goals and objectives 61 5 Developing standards from the traditions of toxicology 79 6 classification and environmental quality assessment: the search for ecologically accurate aquatic metrics 107 7 The role of scale issues in water quality management 127 8 Water and the hydrologic cycle 143 9 rivers and streams: one-way flow systems 159 10 Groundwater and water quality: water to live on 183 11 Coastal zone water quality management 207 12 Lakes and water quality impacts 229 13 Wetlands: productive, vital, cleansing, and threatened 249 14 Structuring water management goals by ecological level 267 15 Responses to stress at the ecosystem, community, population, and individual levels 287 16 Regionalization in natural resource management: Ecoregions 305 17 Effects of land use on water quality 321 18 Management of water quality in a forested landscape 345 19 Management of water quality in an agricultural landscape 371 20 Management of water quality in an urban landscape 397 21 Special issue: cultural eutrophication 425 22 Special issue: acidification of fresh water resources 445 23 Special issue: global change: a proactive management challenge 465 24 Special issue: exotics: a special biological pollutant 487 25 Cultural dimensions of water quality policy 511 26 Paradigms in motion: integrated approaches to water quality policy 535 27 Decision making in practice: case studies 561 Literature Cited and References 589 Index 607
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Taylor & Francis Inc Implementing a Stormwater Management Program
Book SynopsisImplementing a Stormwater Management Program presents a four-step, common-sense approach that describes how to create and implement a successful stormwater management program. Guidelines, concepts, techniques, and thought-provoking questions are included for all phases of program development, including problem identification, program conception and creation, and final implementation. Discover the fundamental elements of policy creation, institutional planning, technical planning, financial planning, and public involvement and awareness. Find out how to implement the shell program and component parts such as operation and maintenance programs and capital improvement plans. Guidance in the legal aspects of stormwater programs and keys to success are also provided. The book will be an essential reference tool for environmental consultants, municipal engineers, regulatory officials, elected officials, and stormwater program managers.Table of ContentsStep I: Recognizing the Problem: Defining Stormwater Management. What's The Problem. Step II-Recognizing the Needs: Philosophically Speaking. Developing an Action Plan. Step III: Creating a Stormwater Management Program: Policy Making. Institutional Plan. Technical Plan. Financial Plan. Public Participation Plan. Step IV-Program Implementation: Program Implementation Plan. Ordinance Development Strategy. Operation and Maintenance Program. Legal Aspects. Keys to Success.
£152.00
Nova Science Publishers Inc Managing Stormwater: Practices and Challenges for
Book SynopsisCurrent freshwater availability is reducing because of climate change, rapid urbanization, and an increase in population. Due to these situations, the identification of alternative water resources has become a main focus of research world-wide. Among all alternatives, stormwater has been found as most promising for reuse and recycling. The rapid development of urban and suburban areas has limited the natural infiltration of storm water because of increased impermeable areas, which in turn, increase the risk of urban and suburban flooding. Urban and suburban stormwater runoff carries a significant amount of pollutants, such as heavy metals, hydrocarbons, pesticides, and bacteria. The sources of pollutants and their contribution to urban stormwater runoff are highly dependent on the land use pattern. These pollutants are harmful to the environment and a threat to human health at higher concentrations. In order to maintain healthy waterways, it is necessary to develop sustainable management of stormwater. Stormwater management practices involve many challenges for its reuse and recycling, which are the main focus areas of this book. Available management practices consist of collecting and discharging the stormwater into rivers, ponds, or nearby retention basins. The best management practices (BMPs) may include oil and grit separators, grassed swales, vegetated filter strips, biofiltration/bioretention ponds, constructed wetlands, gross pollutant traps, and catch basin inserts. This book has eleven chapters that describe the practices and challenges of different BMPs for stormwater management. These include combined sewer networks, different rainwater harvesting techniques, constructed wetlands, MUSIC modelling of bioretention systems, catch basin inserts, permeable pavements, the use of adsorbents for cleaning stormwater, low impact developments, and membrane-based technologies for stormwater treatment.
£163.19
Nova Science Publishers Inc Dams, Drought & Energy-Water Interdependencies
Book SynopsisThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) collaborated to examine the interdependencies between two critical infrastructure sectors -- dams and energy. This book highlights the importance of hydroelectric power generation, with a particular emphasis on the variability of weather patterns and competing demands for water which determine the water available for hydropower production. In recent years, various regions of the Nation suffered drought, impacting stakeholders in both the dams and energy sectors. Droughts have the potential to affect the operation of dams and reduce hydropower production, which can result in higher electricity costs to utilities and customers. Conversely, too much water can further complicate the operation of dams in ways that can be detrimental to hydropower production and to the infrastructure of the dams. Although hydroelectric facilities are a type of asset that falls under the auspices of the dams sector, they are also an important element to the energy sector because the electric power they generate is critical to maintaining the reliability of the Nations electricity supply. Therefore, this joint effort underscores the value of a cross-sector partnership model in the identification and discussion of issues significant to dam and utilities owners and operators, through which can help enhance their resilience against the potential impacts associated with the variability of weather patterns and extreme fluctuations of water flow.
£139.49
Nova Science Publishers Inc Environmental & Related Services: U.S. & Global
Book SynopsisEnvironmental services are an important and growing sector of the global economy and of global services trade. This book estimates the size of the U.S. and global markets for environmental services; estimates the value of trade in the sector; and identifies measures impeding environmental services trade as well as the potential impact of removing these barriers. The book focuses on three core environmental services industries: the water and waste-water services industry, the solid and hazardous waste services industry, and the remediation services industry. The book also examines trade barriers affecting providers of related services, including architecture and engineering services, management consulting services, and related scientific and technical consulting services, among others. While related services are often critical to the provision of the core services mentioned above, the former have not been systematically incorporated into trade negotiations on environmental services.
£139.49
Liverpool University Press The Architecture of Steam: Waterworks and the
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£42.75
WEDC Emergency Sanitation: Assessment and programme
Book SynopsisThis book is designed to assist those involved in planning and implementing emergency sanitation programmes. The main focus of the book is a systematic and structured approach to assessment and programme design. It provides a balance between the hardware (technical) and software (socio-cultural, institutional) aspects of sanitation programmes, and links short-term emergency response to long-term sustainability. The book is relevant to a wide range of emergency situations, including both natural and conflict-induced disasters, and open and closed settings. It is suitable for field technicians, engineers and hygiene promoters, as well as staff at agency headquarters.
£28.45
WEDC Willingness-to-pay Surveys: A Streamlined
Book SynopsisThese guidance notes describe good practice for conducting robust ''willingness-to-pay'' (WTP) surveys in small towns, using the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), as part of a demand-responsive approach to the supply of services. The urban water sector in low- and middle-income countries requires good quality data to justify future investment proposals; develop a better understanding of user perceptions and preferences; support the selection of preferred service options; and to set out the scope for future tariff increases. CVM surveys are a reliable means of generating such valuable information. Key areas covered in this book include how to design and implement a WTP survey, as well as how to best use the survey information to inform project design and policy-making. Its aim is to encourage wider use of WTP surveys, particularly for small towns where it is inappropriate to merely assume which service options users prefer and are willing to pay for. This book has been developed as part of the DFID Knowledge and Research project R7852 Optimised Management of Watsan Services in Small Towns.
£23.70
WEDC Sanitation for Primary Schools in Africa
Book SynopsisProduced as part of WEDC''s contribution to the International Year of Sanitation 2008, this book provides easy-to-use tools for assessing sanitation, water supply and hygiene facilities in primary schools in Africa sothat appropriate decisions can be made about sanitation improvements. It also presents guidelines for rehabilitating or decommissioning existing latrines; for choosing the right type of latrine where new facilities are requires; for siting latrines appropriately within a school compound; and for the operation and maintenance of these facilities. A number of low-cost toilet designssuitable for many rural and peri-rural locations in Africa are also included.Written in a readable style and copiously illustrated, the book has been designed primarily for school managers and headteachers but it will also be of interest to planners, architects and engineers.
£23.70
Taylor & Francis Ltd Regulating Water and Sanitation for the Poor:
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to present the potential benefits as well as the challenges of introducing a more formal economic regulatory process into the urban water sector arena in lower-income countries. There is a particular focus upon the impact this may have on the poorest, the informal, slum and shanty dwellers of the rapidly growing cities. Economic regulation, usually introduced in the context of private operation of monopoly water supply, can deliver objectivity and transparency in the price-setting process for public as well as private providers. The book describes and analyses these issues through a consideration of ten country case studies. As a starting point, the current situation for the provision of water and sanitation services for the poorest through non-regulated public providers in India and Uganda is reviewed. Comparative chapters are then presented on Ghana, Philippines, Bolivia, Jordan, Zambia and Indonesia, all with varying degrees of private sector involvement and regulation. Finally the experiences of two richer countries are considered - Chile and England, countries with the longest experience of economic regulation and the 'most privatized' suppliers. In all cases there is a focus on the very necessary role of customer involvement in price-setting and service monitoring and on the role of alternative (private) service providers.Trade Review'This excellent book makes a major contribution to the literature on regulation in a pro-poor direction for urban water supply. It is extremely relevant for policy-makers striving to achieve the Millennium Development Goal for halving the share of world's population without access to clean and affordable water.' - Andrew Nickson, University of Birmingham, UK'The book is well designed, with excellent glossaries, references, tables, figures and index... As a book to have available to students of primary health, public health, health promotion, and not forgetting development studies this book is an extremely useful resource, and whilst it may challenge some personal ideologies this should not detract from the very sound and informative content - in fact it would produce some challenging tutorial materials.' - Australian Journal of Primary HealthTable of ContentsPreface * Water and Sanitation for the Urban Poor * Economic Regulation * Regulating for the Poor * Monitoring Public Providers for the Poor * Regulating Public Providers for the Poor * Regulating Management and Concession Contracts for the Poor * Regulating Divested Water Utilities for the Poor * Regulating Alternative Providers for the Poor * Involving and Empowering Poor Customers * Pro-poor Economic Regulation * Index
£123.50
CABI Publishing Rodent Pests and Their Control
Book SynopsisThe most numerous of the world's invasive species, rodent pests have a devastating impact on agriculture, food, health and the environment. In the last two decades, the science and practice of rodent control has faced new legislation on rodenticides, the pests' increasing resistance to chemical control and the impact on non-target species, bringing a new dimension to this updated 2nd edition and making essential reading for all those involved in rodent pest control, including researchers, conservationists, practitioners and public health specialists.Table of Contents1: The Natural History of Rodents: Preadaptations to Pestilence 2: Commensal Rodents 3: Rodents in Agriculture and Forestry 4: Rodents as Carriers of Disease 5: Rodent Control Methods: Non-chemical and Non-lethal Chemical, with Special Reference to Food Stores 6: Control Methods: Chemical 7: The Laboratory Evaluation of Rodenticides 8: Field Evaluation of Rodenticides 9: Resistance to Anticoagulant Rodenticides 10: Damage Assessment and Damage Surveys 11: Rodent Control in Practice: Protection of Humans and Animal Health 12: Rodent Control in Practice: Temperate Field Crops and Forestry 13: Rodent Control in Practice: Tropical Field Crops 14: Sociology and Communication of Rodent Management in Developing Countries 15: Ethics in Rodent Control 16: Environmental Impacts of Rodenticides 17: Monitoring Rodenticide Residues in Wildlife 18: Rodent Control and Island Conservation 19: Rodent Control: Back to the Future (the Sequel)
£52.15
Practical Action Publishing Community Health and Sanitation
Book SynopsisCommunity Health and Sanitation presents a community-sensitive approach to the developing world''s water supply; for students, trainers and engineers alike. Deals with disease and problems of water in the house and at the source, waste disposal, and education and training.A community-sensitive approach to the developing world''s water supply; for students, trainers and engineers alike Community Health and Sanitation deals with disease and problems of water in the house and at the source, waste disposal, and education and training. This is a companion book to the recently published Community Water Development, and, as with that volume, it was considered that publication of selected articles in book form would preserve the information as a valuable reference both for planners and workers in the field. Inevitably, although each volume could stand alone, several articles in each are relevant to the other: sanitation must progress simultaneously with water supply improvements, as is emphasized in many chapters.
£23.70
Practical Action Publishing Micro-Hydro Design Manual: A guide to small-scale
Book SynopsisMicro-Hydro Design Manual has grown from Intermediate Technology''s field experiences with micro-hydro installations and covers operation and maintenance, commissioning, electrical power, induction generators, electronic controllers, management, and energy surveys.There is an increasing need in many countries for power supplies to rural areas, partly to support industries, and partly to provide illumination at night. Government authorities are faced with the very high costs of extending electricity grids. Often micro-hydro provides an economic alternative to the grid. This is because independentmicro-hydro schemes save on the cost of grid transmission lines, and because grid extension schemes often have very expensive equipment and staff costs. In contrast, micro-hydro schemes can be designed and built by local staff andsmaller organizations following less strict regulations and using ''off-the-shelf'' components or locally made machinery.
£35.96
Practical Action Publishing Development Dialogue: Rainwater harvesting in
Book SynopsisThe African Sahel has one of the poorest regional economies in the world. Within it pastoralists are particularly vulnerable because development policy has often failed to address local concerns. By contrast, the Turkana rainwater harvesting project described in this book stands out in its simplicity - a basic water conservation technology based on priorities identified by local people, adapted by them, and in which local pastoralists and gardeners take full responsibility for the control and administration of their work. The authors illustrate the project''s progress through a series of descriptive scenes which discuss the successes and learning experiences. The whole process, covering the years 1984 to 1990, was one of continuous dialogue between western technological principles and experience, and local observation and knowledge - resulting in a successful learning process promising to empower local people to better cope with economic pressures and the harsh environment. Written and designed for development workers, farmers and agricultural fieldworkers, researchers and extensionists, as well as project planners and advisors, this companion to Rainwater Harvesting has lessons in participatory techniques for all those engaged in projects involving development agencies and local people.
£14.20
Practical Action Publishing Solar Pumping: An introduction and update on the
Book SynopsisThis is a practical handbook providing an introduction to the equipment, maintenance and operation of solar pumping systems. It identifies situations where solar pumps may be appropriate and it reviews developments in solar pumping technology.
£17.05
Practical Action Publishing Water, Sanitation, Environment and Development
Book SynopsisThis book deals with a wide range of current development issues relating to subjects including community management, groundwater, health and disease, institutional development, irrigation, sanitation, solid waste management, water quality, water sources, water supply and water treatment. It presents over forty papers presented at the 19th WEDC Conference held in Accra, Ghana, in 1993. Material is drawn from countries in all parts of the world.
£17.05
Practical Action Publishing Latrine Building: A handbook to implementing the
Book SynopsisThis book describes a practical solution to the lack of basic sanitation facilities in the form of a ''Sanplat'': a specially designed concrete platform which can be installed easily in rural latrines to improve sanitation and safety. It has footrests to help users find the right position to avoid fouling the latrine; the drop hole is large enough to use comfortably and small enough to be completely safe, even for a child; and it is easy to keep clean. The latrines described here can be built using locally available materials and skills, and are affordable and appropriate to the needs of rural communities.
£17.05
Practical Action Publishing How to Make and Use the Treadle Irrigation Pump
Book SynopsisThe treadle irrigation pump is able to lift up to seven thousand litres of water per hour using the power of the human body, and can be made locally at low cost in small-scale metalworking shops. Its acceptance in Bangladesh where it was first developed in 1984 is extraordinary, with over 500,000 pumps estimated now to be in use. The current design in this manual has evolved from the Bangladesh original into a fully portable pump with both lift and pressure capacity and is especially good for use in permeable soils where water cannot easily be distributed through channels.
£12.30
Practical Action Publishing Sustainability of Water and Sanitation Systems
Book SynopsisThis book comprises forty papers from the 21st WEDC conference, held in Kampala in 1995, on the theme of sustainability of water and sanitation systems. Developing countries experience special difficulties in maintaining systems in full working order, so maintenance is a recurring topic. Other wide-ranging topics include the sustainable development of underground and surface water resources, and sustainable hygiene education to enable communities to derive long-term benefits from new or improved facilities.
£17.05
Practical Action Publishing Storm Drainage: An engineering guide to the
Book SynopsisMillions of slum residents across the world suffer the hazards and misery of frequent flooding of their streets and homes, which may result in savings of a lifetime being washed away in a few hours, damaged property, loss of work and time, and higher risks of diarrhoea, worm infection and other health problems. This manual is written to help engineers, aid and agency workers understand drainage problems more clearly in the developing world, so that they can work towards finding practical solutions. It focuses on three questions of particular relevance to low-income urban areas in developing countries: what is drainage performance? how can we evaluate a drainage system, to access how best to improve its performance? what are the effects of solids in drains upon performance? This manual is the outcome of two-and-a-half years of fieldwork in the city of Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, India and can be used as a practical aid by municipal engineers, consulting engineers and engineering instructors and students, as well as development and aid workers involved in drainage systems.
£14.20
Practical Action Publishing Water Lifting Devices: A Handbook
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Practical Action Publishing Toilets That Make Compost: Low-cost, sanitary
Book SynopsisMost People in rural Africa do not have access to safe toilets and their health and well-being suffers as a consequence. There is an urgent need for the construction of simple, low-cost, affordable toilets that are easy to build and maintain. Toilets that make compost provides practical examples of toilets that, in addition to providing a safe sanitation option, also recycle the nutrients in excreta to produce compost. This compost is valued wherever wherever households have enough space to grow fruit and vegetables in their back gardens; the designs are suitable for regions where there is no high water table or prolonged wet season. This book provides detailed instructions for constructing a range of toilets from the simplest and most affordable to the more sophisticated ecological toilet.
£12.30
Practical Action Publishing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Humanitarian
Book SynopsisEarthquakes, tsunamis, floods, droughts, disease outbreaks as well as conflicts are all crises that result in death as well as profound disruption to those left behind, and to those communities who shelter them. Among the most urgent interventions are those to provide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to affected communities. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Humanitarian Contexts presents contributions on the changing field of humanitarian WASH response and questions research and practice in this field. What are the research gaps in WASH response? What are the most effective means of providing clean water in different settings? How are the latest innovations in emergency sanitation performing? How can women's menstrual hygiene needs best be met in humanitarian situations? The chapters address a wide range of WASH subjects, in a variety of geographical settings and are written by experienced practitioners and researchers. The approach of the book is straightforward and practical, with little theory the focus being on improving professional practice in the midst of humanitarian suffering.This book is written for those whose everyday work involves humanitarian response to WASH needs in emergencies and disasters, but it is also aimed at development professionals from the WASH and other sectors, including researchers and practitioners.
£35.96
Practical Action Publishing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Humanitarian
Book SynopsisEarthquakes, tsunamis, floods, droughts, disease outbreaks as well as conflicts are all crises that result in death as well as profound disruption to those left behind, and to those communities who shelter them. Among the most urgent interventions are those to provide water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to affected communities. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Humanitarian Contexts presents contributions on the changing field of humanitarian WASH response and questions research and practice in this field. What are the research gaps in WASH response? What are the most effective means of providing clean water in different settings? How are the latest innovations in emergency sanitation performing? How can women's menstrual hygiene needs best be met in humanitarian situations? The chapters address a wide range of WASH subjects, in a variety of geographical settings and are written by experienced practitioners and researchers. The approach of the book is straightforward and practical, with little theory the focus being on improving professional practice in the midst of humanitarian suffering.This book is written for those whose everyday work involves humanitarian response to WASH needs in emergencies and disasters, but it is also aimed at development professionals from the WASH and other sectors, including researchers and practitioners.
£15.15
Practical Action Publishing Sustainable Sanitation for All: Experiences,
Book SynopsisGreat strides have been made in improving sanitation in many developing countries. Yet, 2.4 billion people worldwide still lack access to adequate sanitation facilities and the poorest and most vulnerable members of society are often not reached and their specific needs are not met. Moreover, sustainability is currently one of the key challenges in CLTS and wider.WASH practice, subsuming issues such as behaviour change, equity and inclusion, physical sustainability and sanitation marketing, monitoring and verification, engagement of governments, NGOs and donors, particularly after open defecation free (ODF) status is reached, and more. Achievement of ODF status is now recognised as only the first stage in a long process of change and sanitation improvement, with new challenges emerging every step of the way, such as how to stimulate progress up the sanitation ladder, how to ensure the poorest and marginalised are reached, or how to maintain and embed behaviour change.There have been several useful studies on sustainability that have highlighted some of these different aspects as well as the complexities involved. This book develops these key themes by exploring current experience, practices, challenges, innovations and insights, as well as identifying a future research agenda and gaps in current knowledge. Describing the landscape of sustainability of CLTS and sanitation with reference to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and through examples from Africa and Asia, the book captures a range of experiences and innovations from a broad range of institutions and actors within the WASH sector, and attempts to make recommendations and practical suggestions for policy and practice for practitioners, funders, policy-makers and governments.
£44.96
PHI Learning Elements of Environmental Science and Engineering
Book SynopsisComprehensive text for undergraduate engineering students covering fundamental concepts and niche areas of environmental science and engineering. Topics include natural resources, disaster management, biodiversity, and various forms of pollution.
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