Kategoria BISAC: Technology & Engineering >> Environmental - General

Data and software are the two most important tools for developing geographic information system (GIS) applications. This book presents a step-by-step approach covering GIS application case studies, examples, and costs associated with hardware, software, data conversion, and implementation. It addresses a broad range of GIS issues, from basic definitions to specific applications, teaching how to utilize GIS tools and implement them in a practical and cost-effective manner in the fields of water, wastewater, and stormwater management.

Written in textbook format with stylistic focus on...

Measurement of Oxygen Transfer in Clean Water was developed to calculate the rate of oxygen transfer from diffused gas and mechanical oxygenation devices to water. The Standard is applicable to laboratory-scale oxygenation devices with small volumes of water as well as to full-scale systems with water volumes typical of those found in the activated sludge wastewater treatment process. It is intended that this standard be used by engineers in the preparation of specifications for compliance testing. This test method is based upon removal of dissolved oxygen (DO) from the water...

Prepared by the Water and Wastewater Committee of the Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquakes Engineering of ASCE.

This TCLEE Monograph provides checklists to screen for seismically vulnerable water and wastewater facilities. The checklists facilitate the assessment of seismic vulnerability for water and wastewater system components and provide useful information for improving loss mitigation programs. A brief overview explains the checklist format and organization. Checklists are presented for five categories of water and wastewater system facilities and components: surface...

Sponsored by the Urban Water Resources Research Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This book contains 29 selected papers dealing with urban water resources selected from more than 40 years of materials prepared by the Urban Water Resources Research Council (UWRRC). Members of the UWRRC have collaborated to prepare reports, technical memoranda, conference proceedings, and other documents and, in the process, made extraordinary contributions to the field of urban water resources planning, design, and management.

This book documents the unique...

Selected papers from the BMP Technology Symposium: Current and Future Directions, presented at the 2004 World Water and Environmental Congress held in Salt Lake City, Utah, June 28-July 1, 2004.

This report presents examples of BMP (Best Management Practice) options for use in the management of urban watersheds. With both case studies and technical information, it details the state of the science and offers BMP designs as well as guidelines for monitoring, selection, implementation, and cost.

This work will be beneficial to landscape architects, city planners, watershed...

Prepared by the Environmental Effects Committee of the Energy Division of ASCE.

This report examines the inextricable link between energy production and reservoir water quality, which poses an ongoing challenge for civil engineers. Energy production processes can influence reservoir water quality, and reservoir water quality can limit energy production. This book presents the regulatory framework driving the need for technical evaluations and the tools currently available for assessing both production and water quality.

Along with six case studies, topics include:

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When it comes to water and wastewater treatment facilities, environmental engineers quickly discover that knowledge of chemical, physical, and biological processes is not enough to ensure a workable design and trouble-free operation. The success of a treatment system depends to a significant degree on the system's fluid flow--that is, on the selection and arrangement of pipes, channels, valves, pumps, and other hydraulic components that move fluid through the system.

Treatment System Hydraulics addresses the nuts-and-bolts of treatment systems, examining typical variables...

Sponsored by the Technical Committee on Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This volume reports on anthropogenic chemicals, a new category of environmental contaminant that is predominantly unregulated and human-made. Occurring in air, soil, water, food, and human and animal tissues in trace concentrations, these chemical compounds persist in the environment and are capable of altering the physiology of target receptors.

This report considers specific pollutants, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care...