ilość książek w kategorii: 3174
Monitoring Bathing Waters: A Practical Guide to the Design and Implementation of Assessments and Monitoring Programmes
ISBN: 9780419243809 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book, which has been prepared by an international group of experts, provides comprehensive guidance for the design, planning and implementation of assessments and monitoring programmes for water bodies used for recreation. It addresses the wide range of hazards which may be encountered and emphasizes the importance of linking monitoring programmes to effective and feasible management actions to protect human health. It also provides details of sampling and analytical methods.
This book will be an invaluable source of information for anyone concerned with monitoring and assessing... This book, which has been prepared by an international group of experts, provides comprehensive guidance for the design, planning and implementation o...
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573,87 zł |
Upgrading Water Treatment Plants
ISBN: 9780419260400 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Upgrading Water Treatment Plants is a comprehensive and practical guide providing the technical detail required to upgrade existing water treatment plants to increase processing efficiency and improve overall quality without the need for substantial investment into new physical plant installation.
Based on practical experience and field tested methodology, this book is an invaluable reference for civil engineers, treatment plant managers and water scientists in consultancies, water utilities, government agencies and international organisations concerned with public health and... Upgrading Water Treatment Plants is a comprehensive and practical guide providing the technical detail required to upgrade existing water tre...
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1304,24 zł |
Reinventing Water and Wastewater Systems: Global Lessons for Improving Water Management
ISBN: 9780471064220 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A critical and insightful look at the past, present, and future state of water and wastewater services
In response to the worldwide water crisis foreseen by many experts, Reinventing Water and Wastewater Systems presents practical solutions for making drinking water more affordable and available, as well as strategies for improving water sanitation to satisfy the demands of a growing global population. Through extensive data and case histories, this book demonstrates the potential success of privatizing water delivery and wastewater treatment facilities. In addition, it provides... A critical and insightful look at the past, present, and future state of water and wastewater services
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724,61 zł |
Water Quality: Diffuse Pollution and Watershed Management
ISBN: 9780471396338 / Angielski / Twarda / 888 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides all new material on urban, industrial, and highway pollution, as well as on management and restoration of streams, lakes, and watershed management techniques.
* Includes revised chapters on agricultural diffuse pollution; control of urban, highway, and industrial diffuse pollution; and wetlands considerations. * All regulatory data is up to date, with new material provided on judicial law based on significant decisions made in recent years. Provides all new material on urban, industrial, and highway pollution, as well as on management and restoration of streams, lakes, and watershed manag...
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1207,86 zł |
Stormwater Management
ISBN: 9780471571353 / Angielski / Twarda / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Designed for both students and practicing professionals, it addresses critical issues of water quality, focusing on the illustration and application of both hydrologic and economic water management techniques. Stresses applications using worked examples, case studies and problems. Software is to assist in solving more complex problems and to apply demonstrated techniques.
The software discussed in the book is available for download at http: //www.cee.ucf.edu/software/swm1993.zip Designed for both students and practicing professionals, it addresses critical issues of water quality, focusing on the illustration and application o...
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966,23 zł |
Water Treatment Made Simple: For Operators
ISBN: 9780471740025 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A concise guide to the ins and outs of water treatment plants
Water Treatment Made Simple is an easy-to-understand introduction to the increasingly complex functions of water treatment plants. It's a perfect primer for anyone pursuing Water Treatment Plant Operator certification, and a succinct refresher for new hires since it covers all the fundamental proficiencies of water treatment, including laboratory testing, hydraulics, mathematics, chemistry, water transmission, disinfection, and microbiology. Water Treatment Made Simple also serves as a highly illustrative... A concise guide to the ins and outs of water treatment plants
Water Treatment Made Simple is an easy-to-understand introduction to the in... |
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395,12 zł |
Karl Imhoff's Handbook of Urban Drainage and Wastewater Disposal
ISBN: 9780471810377 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The fundamentals of urban drainage and wastewater disposal are presented in this handbook and this new edition has been reworked to reflect new US technology, practices, and conditions. Chapters cover calculation of drainage systems; urban stormwater and combined sewer overflow management; general considerations of wastewater treatment; design and planning of treatment plants; industrial wastewater treatment and pretreatment; protection of receiving waters: discharge of wastewater into surface waters and self-purification of surface waters; conversion of SI units to English customary units;...
The fundamentals of urban drainage and wastewater disposal are presented in this handbook and this new edition has been reworked to reflect new US tec...
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1026,64 zł |
The Great Thirst: Californians and Water: A History
ISBN: 9780520224568 / Angielski / Miękka / 822 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The story of "the great thirst" is brought up to date in this revised edition of Norris Hundley's outstanding history, with additional photographs and incisive descriptions of the major water-policy issues facing California now: accelerating urbanization of farmland and open spaces, persisting despoliation of water supplies, and demands for equity in water allocation for an exploding population. People the world over confront these problems, and Hundley examines them with clarity and eloquence in the unruly laboratory of California. The obsession with water has shaped California to a...
The story of "the great thirst" is brought up to date in this revised edition of Norris Hundley's outstanding history, with additional photographs and...
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170,24 zł |
Managing Water: Avoiding Crisis in California
ISBN: 9780520253278 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Dorothy Green has produced a tour de force with her wonderfully clear exposition of the evolution of water-management successes and failures in the greater Los Angeles area and much of the state."--Norris Hundley, author of "The Great Thirst: Californians and Water--A History"
"If you have questions about water management in California, this book holds the answers. Water delivery systems make life possible in California, from natural watersheds and rivers to man-made aqueducts, treatment plants and delivery pipes. Dorothy Green's "Managing Water" uses the Los Angeles area to tell a... "Dorothy Green has produced a tour de force with her wonderfully clear exposition of the evolution of water-management successes and failures in the g...
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219,00 zł |
Drinking Water Quality: Problems and Solutions
ISBN: 9780521702539 / Angielski / Miękka / 538 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook provides a comprehensive review of the problems associated with the supply of drinking water in the developed world. Since the first edition of this book was published, water companies and regulators have been presented with numerous new challenges - global warming has seriously affected water supplies and water quality; advances in chemical and microbial analysis have revealed many new contaminants in water that were previously undetectable; and recent terrorist attacks have demonstrated how vulnerable water supplies are to contamination or disruption. This new edition includes...
This textbook provides a comprehensive review of the problems associated with the supply of drinking water in the developed world. Since the first edi...
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292,91 zł |
Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource
ISBN: 9780618127443 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. De Villiers reports from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas and the Middle East, where he has crafted a powerful narrative about the lifeblood of civilizations, the global consequences of human thirst, and solutions that may avert the coming water wars. 2 maps.
De Villiers reports from hot spots as diverse as China, Las Vegas and the Middle East, where he has crafted a powerful narrative about the lifeblood o...
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86,90 zł |
Water for Gotham: A History
ISBN: 9780691089768 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
As the...
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254,38 zł |
Water, Land, and Law in the West: The Limits of Public Policy, 1850-1920
ISBN: 9780700611119 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume features the best and most influential essays by Donald Pisani, one of our nation's leading environmental and western historians. Collectively, the essays highlight the central role played by land, water, and timber allocation in the American West and show how efforts to achieve justice and efficiency were compromised by the region's obsession with achieving rapid economic growth. Pisani's work underscores the importance of natural resources to the American vision of opportunity and social progress, as well as the limits of federal influence in resolving the complex tensions...
This volume features the best and most influential essays by Donald Pisani, one of our nation's leading environmental and western historians. Collecti...
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176,64 zł |
Managing Water Conflict: Asia, Africa and the Middle East
ISBN: 9780714655666 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Countries are meeting increasing water demand by building reservoirs and by diverting water from one area to another. When the water belongs to an international river system, these measures lead to riparian conflicts. However, water scarcity not only brings conflict to these regions, but also plays its part in building cooperation.
In several international river basins in Asia, Africa and the Middle East, competing and disputing riparian countries are now moving towards a co-operative sharing arrangement. The signs of agreements on water sharing may be easy, but the real problem is how to... Countries are meeting increasing water demand by building reservoirs and by diverting water from one area to another. When the water belongs to an int...
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469,48 zł |
Principles of Water Quality Control
ISBN: 9780750636582 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Principles of Water Quality Control is the definitive student text in its field for 25 years, this new edition takes an environmental perspective that is highly relevant in the context of current public policy debates. New material also includes EU regulations and changes in the UK water industry since privatisation. The latest technological developments are also taken into account. As before, the book is intended for undergraduate courses in civil engineering and the environmental sciences, and as preliminary reading for postgraduate courses in public health engineering and... Principles of Water Quality Control is the definitive student text in its field for 25 years, this new edition takes an environmental perspe... |
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323,40 zł |
Managing Water and Water Users: Experiences from Kerala
ISBN: 9780761825579 / Angielski / Miękka / 123 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Managing Water and Water Users offers an answer to the question of why Kerala remains a water-scarce region despite having a regular and adequate rainfall. The papers presented in this volume deal with the multifarious aspects of conservation, management and sharing of water resources.
Managing Water and Water Users offers an answer to the question of why Kerala remains a water-scarce region despite having a regular and adequate rain...
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438,33 zł |
Eau Canada: The Future of Canada's Water
ISBN: 9780774813402 / Angielski / Miękka / 417 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Canada has long been seen as a land of natural bounty?a country of lush forests, abundant agriculture, and pristine lakes. Even as the sustainability of many resources has been questioned, Canadians have remaind stubbornly convinced of the unassailability of their water. Mounting evidence suggests, however, that Canadian water is, in fact, under threat. Eau Canada assembles top experts to discuss the most pressing water issues. Perspectives from a broad range of expertise?geographers, environmental lawyers, former govenrmnet officials, aquatic and political scientists, and... Canada has long been seen as a land of natural bounty?a country of lush forests, abundant agriculture, and pristine lakes. Even as the sustainabili... |
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156,46 zł |
Groundwater Contamination in the United States
ISBN: 9780812212563 / Angielski / Miękka / 538 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Surveys current contamination levels, identifies possible health hazards, and suggests ways to protect and monitor groundwater quality.
Surveys current contamination levels, identifies possible health hazards, and suggests ways to protect and monitor groundwater quality.
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205,17 zł |
Storm Water Management and Technology
ISBN: 9780815513278 / Angielski / Twarda / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides industrial facilities with comprehensive guidance on the development of storm water pollution prevention plans and identification of Best Management Practices (BMPs). It provides technical assistance and support to all facilities suibject to pollution prevention requirements established under National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for storm water point discharge discharges. In addition to providing guidance for facilities that are subject to storm water permit requirements, this book contains information that is generally useful for controlling...
This book provides industrial facilities with comprehensive guidance on the development of storm water pollution prevention plans and identification o...
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229,49 zł |
Making the Most of Scarcity: Accountability for Better Water Management in the Middle East and North Africa
ISBN: 9780821369258 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Water in the Middle East and North Africa region is a source of major social and economic problems stemming from scarcity, variability, unreliable services, and environmental damage. The situation is likely to become even worse in the future, unless current practices change: by 2050 per capita availability will fall by half, water quality will deteriorate further, and more aquifers will become depleted. Climate change is predicted to worsen the problems by increasing temperatures and causing more droughts and floods. While water professionals have been advocating comprehensive water reforms...
Water in the Middle East and North Africa region is a source of major social and economic problems stemming from scarcity, variability, unreliable ser...
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142,51 zł |