Water studies / editor, C.A. Brebbia, Wessex Institute, UK.

Comprising specially selected papers this book presents trans-disciplinary research on issues related to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society. The valuable research contained in this book demonstrates the need to bridge the gap between physical, biological, environmental and health sciences. Water is essential for sustaining life on our planet, nevertheless its unequal distribution is a source of permanent conflict. It is predicted that population growth and irregular rainfall, due to climate change, may lead to more restricted access to water in certain regions of the world. This problem is made even more severe by human actions that can cause degradation to nature and the environment. The availability of clean and inexpensive water can no longer be taken for granted as the need for water continues to increase due a growing global population. Heavy water consumers such as agriculture and industry often contribute to its contamination. Water distribution networks in urban areas and soiled water collection systems, present serious problems as well as the need to maintain ageing infrastructures. Possible technologically solutions, such as desalination or pumping systems are energy demanding but, as costs rise, the techniques currently developed may need to be re-assessed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Empowerment versus charity in bringing microflush toilets to the poor: sustainable local economies for the common good / S. Mecca & A. Ayala -- Assessing the effectiveness of water and sanitation sector governance networks in developing countries: a policy analysis framework / Rigoberto E. Alvarado & Lisa M. Bornstein -- Sustainability of basin level development under a changing climate / Ibrahim Alemeddine, Abbas Fayyad, Majdi Abou Najm & Mutasem El-Fael -- The environmental added value of water: a proposal / Alfonso G. Banderas Tarabay & Rebeca González-Villela -- Mobile augmented reality for flood events management / Domenica Mirauda, Ugo Erra, Roberto Agatiello & Marco Cerverizzo -- Sustainable water management in Kuwait: current situation and possible correctional measures / A. Mukhopadhyay & A. Akber -- Analysis for water mitigation options using MCDA: a case study in the Galapagos islands / Maria F. Reyes, Aleksandar Petricic, Nemanja Trifunovic, Saroj Sharma & Maria D. Kennedy -- Impact of groundwater salinity on agricultural productivity with climate change implications / Mutasem El-Fadel, Tanya Deeb, Ibrahim Alameddine, Rami Zurayk & Jad Chaaban -- Designing two-part greywater fees: conceptual framework and empirical evidence from Germany / Benedikt Roters & Mark Oelmann -- Effects of climate change on water availability for the Usumacinta River environmetal flow (Mexico) / Rebeca González Villela & Martín J. Montero Martínez -- Water retention measures: case study from Slovakia / Martina Zelenáková, Maria Manuela Portela & Petr Hlustík -- Integrated watershed management and floodplain protection on the Carson River in the western USA / John Cobourn & Steven R. Lewis -- Are the benefits of integrated catchment modelling being realized in the United Kingdom? / William Rust & Phoebe Venn -- Economic, social and environmental vulnerability to drought in the northwest river basin system, Mexico / David Ortega-Gaucin, Heidy V. Castellano & Jesús De La Cruz -- Local knowledge-based water management and irrigation in the Western Pamirs / Andrei Dörre -- Monitoring of seepages in earthen dams and levees / F. Cejka, V. Benes, F. Glac & Z. Boukalová -- Rack length in bottom intake systems / Luis G. Castillo, Juan T. García, Patricia Haro & José M. Carrillo -- Micropollutants in stormwater discharge in the Swist River basin / Franz Michael Mertens, Ekkehard Christoffels, Andrea Franziska Brunsch & Jens Wunderlich-Pfeiffer -- Water quality monitoring in urban basins as support for water resources management: a case study from southern Brazil / Nícolas R. Finkler, Jardel Cocconi, Taison A. Bortolin, Ludmílson A. Mendes & Vania E. Schneider -- Controlling environmental pollution in the urban water cycle / Emma Fältström -- Treatment of manganese in acid and neutral mine drainage using modified dolomite / Iuliana Laura Calugaru, Thomas Genty & Carmen Mihaela Neculita -- Historical use of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers in rain-fed regions and their consequential implications on water quality in the Pacific Northwest, USA / R.L. Mahler & M.E. Barber -- How does targeted grassing of arable land influence drainage water quality and farm economic indicators? / Antonín Zajícek, Petr Fucik, Renata Duffková & Jana Maxová -- Hydrologic assessment of woody biomass removal for biofuel production / C. Taylor Smith, Michael Barber & Robert Mahler -- Retention soil filter for treatment of combined sewer overflow and wastewater treatment plant effluent / Katharina Knorz, Franz-Michael Mertens, Andrea F. Brunsch & Ekkehard Christoffels -- Relations between the microscale riverbed morphology and the macrozoobenthos: implications for the ecological quality assessment and the definition of reference conditions / Michael Groll -- Uncertainty in minimum instream flow requirements for streams in semi-arid environments / Michael Barber & Robert Mahler.

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