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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.).

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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)

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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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Book SynopsisChromatography has been developed as a powerful and rapid technique for the separation of compounds with highly similar molecular characteristics, even from complicated matrices. Due to their excellent separation characteristics and Versatility, chromatographic methods have found growing acceptance and application in environmental protection for residue analysis in air, ground and surface waters, sewage, sludge, soil matrices, etc The book will be of interest to analytical chemists in legalisation and research and to analytical control specialists, as well as to researchers and students.Table of Contents1. Separation Strategies for Environmental Pollutants: Theory and Practice 2. Hydrocarbons and Hydrocarbon-Based Pollutants 3. Aromatic and Polyaromatic Pollutants 4. Pesticides

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Book SynopsisThe present report aims to provide policy makers with background on the emerging trends and considerations as well as policy options, focusing on the key requirements for inclusive and affordable access. Following this introduction, chapter two provides an overview of the international policy frameworks, namely the Guidelines and the Sustainable Development Goals. Chapter three describes the features of the network services of water and sanitation, and energy, and places them in the consumer protection framework of inclusivity, affordability, and rights. Chapter four considers the role to be played by competitive markets and the interplay of competition policy and the regularization of the informal sector. Chapter five contains several policy options in the light of sustainability, including demand and supply-side efficiencies and fiscal options for demand reduction. A brief conclusion follows with a summary of policy considerations

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