Author: Thomas William StonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Notes on Water Supply in New Countries
Author: Thomas William StonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Foreign Markets for Plumbing Supplies with Notes on Water-supply Systems in Foreign Countries
Author: Jesse Joseph Webb PalmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plumbing
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Notes on the Experience of Other Countries in the Administration of Their Water Supply
Author: H. G. McKinneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Notes on Sources of Temporary Water Supply in the South of England and Neighbouring Parts of the Continent
Author: Geological Museum (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Community Water Supply in Developing Countries
Author: Daniel M. DworkinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Developing countries
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Technology for Water Supply and Sanitation in Developing Countries
Author: WHO Scientific Group on the Biology of Malaria ParasitesPublisher:
ISBN: 9789241207423
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Lecture Notes In Water Policy
Author: David L FeldmanPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9811242259
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Freshwater is our planet's most precious resource — essential for life itself. Despite this fact, many people across our planet face difficulties finding safe, clean, potable water. A U.S. State Department report contends that the world's thirst for water may become a human security crisis by 2040. The World Bank reports many developing nations face catastrophe from intensive irrigation, urbanization, and deteriorating infrastructure. Also, numerous reports contend that in many places un-treated wastewater is still released directly into the environment. This is particularly true in low-income countries, which on average treat less than 10% of their wastewater discharges.In short, we face three imminent challenges regarding freshwater: (1) demands by agriculture, cities, industry, and energy production are increasing; (2) severe pollution from various contaminants and growing withdrawals are limiting the capacity of waterways to dilute contaminants — threatening human and aquatic life; and, (3) climate change will cause periods of frequent and severe droughts — punctuated by acute periods of flooding.The goal of this book is to illuminate how the governance of freshwater is a political, social, economic, cultural, and ecological challenge. The management and provision of water are not merely technical problems whose resolution hinges on hydrological principle, cost, or engineering feasibility. They are products of decisions made by governments, businesses, and interest groups that exercise control over who has access to water, how they use it, and in what condition they receive it. It discusses basic knowledge about water supply and quality; the evolution of water policy in different societies; the importance of water to human and environmental health; the role of law, politics, and markets in its allocation, use, and protection; and, the importance of ethics in its equitable provision.
Foreign Markets for Plumbing Supplies
Author: J. Joseph W. PalmerWater for Rural Communities
Author: John BriscoePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Efforts to improve the water supplies used by people in rural areas of developing countries have run into serious obstacles: not only are public funds not available to build facilities for all, but many newly constructed facilities have fallen into disrepair and disuse. Along with the numerous failures there are also successes in this sector. From these successes a new view has begun to emerge of what the guiding principles of rural water supply strategies should be. This book brings together and spells out the constituents of this emerging view. The central message is that it is the local people themselves, not those trying to help them, who have the most important role to play. The community itself must be the primary decisionmaker, the primary investor, the primary organizer, and the primary overseer. The authors examine the implications of this primary principle for the main policy issues - the level of service to be provided in different settings, the level and mechanisms for cost recovery, the roles for the private and public sectors, and the role of women. The potential advantages of proceeding from this outlook, instead of the older top-down approaches, are considerable. Improvement efforts are more likely to meet felt needs, new facilities are more likely to be kept in service, and more communities are more likely to get safe water sooner.
Vital Signs 1998
Author: Lester R. BrownPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393317626
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Analyzes the key indicators of 1998 that will play a large part in determining the social, economical, and environmental health of the nation in the next decade; includes charts, tables, graphs, and statistics.