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Category : Water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
Watershed Management Strategies for the State of New Jersey
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 414
Book Description
New Strategies for America's Watersheds
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309064171
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Emergence of a toxic organism like pfisteria in tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay has focused public attention on potential hazards in our water. More importantly, it has reminded us of the importance of the entire watershed to the health of any body of water and how political boundaries complicate watershed management. New Strategies for America's Watersheds provides a timely and comprehensive look at the rise of "watershed thinking" among scientists and policymakers and recommends ways to steer the nation toward improved watershed management. The volume defines important terms, identifies fundamental issues, and explores reasons why now is the time to bring watersheds to the forefront of ecosystem management. In a discussion of scale and scope, the committee examines how to expand the watershed from a topographic unit to a framework for integrating natural, social, and economic perspectives as they share the same geographic space. The volume discusses: Regional variations in climate, topography, demographics, institutions, land use, culture, and law. Roles and interaction of federal, state, and local agencies. Availability or lack of pertinent data. Options for financing. The committee identifies critical points in watershed planning to ensure appropriate stakeholder involvement and integration of science, policy, and environmental ethics.
National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas
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Category : Environmental monitoring
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Resilient Water Management Strategies in Urban Settings
Author: Tamim YounosPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030958442
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book documents innovative approaches for integrating green technologies and decentralized water infrastructure. The two major components of green decentralized water infrastructure are: (1) using locally available alternative water sources (rainwater, greywater, and brackish/saltwater) (at multiple scales, e.g., a single building to a neighborhood community level); and (2) using renewable energy resources (solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, other). Chapter 1, introduces the concept and framework of green decentralized water infrastructure. The subsequent nine chapters give a detailed description of global case studies, and discuss significant components of the green decentralized water infrastructure and the challenges. The chapters document global case studies and prospects (chapters 1-7) followed by challenges facing decentralized water infrastructure (chapters 8-10). The book will provide a cross-disciplinary knowledge-base for smart & futuristic water management in urban settings and a significant opportunity for sharing smart and decentralized water technologies at the global level
Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309067774
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 570
Book Description
In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.
WQM Five-year Strategy (fy 81-baseline).
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Water Planning DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water quality management
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Hydromodification
Author: Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
A Ground Water Strategy for New Jersey
Author: New Jersey. Department of Environmental ProtectionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Groundwater
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
A Coastal Management Strategy for New Jersey
Author: New Jersey. Office of Coastal Zone ManagementPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coastal zone management
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description