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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Acid mine drainage 1 -- Amoco Cadiz oil spill 1 -- Aqueducts 2 -- Aquifers 4 -- Argo Merchant oil spill 5 -- Ashio, Japan, copper mine 6 -- Best available technologies 7 -- Black Sea 8 -- BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill 9 -- Braer oil spill 12 -- Brent Spar occupation 13 -- Chesapeake Bay 14 -- Chlorination 15 -- Clean Water Act and amendments 16 -- Coastal Zone Management Act 18 -- Colorado River 18 -- Continental shelves 20 -- Cultural eutrophication 22 -- Cuyahoga River fires 22 -- Dams and reservoirs 23 -- Danube River 27 -- Desalination 28 -- Dredging 29 -- Drinking water 30 -- Environment Canada 31 -- Environmental Protection Agency 32 -- Eutrophication 35 -- Experimental Lakes Area 36 -- Externalities 38 -- Exxon Valdez oil spill 38 -- Flood Control Act 40 -- Floodplains 41 -- Floods 43 -- Fluoridation 45 -- Ganges River 47 -- Great Lakes International Joint Commission 48 -- Groundwater pollution 49 -- Gulf War oil burning 50 -- Irrigation 52 -- Kesterson Reservoir 54 -- Klamath River 55 -- Lake Baikal 56 -- Lake Erie 58 -- Leachates 59 -- London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution 61 -- Los Angeles Aqueduct 62 -- Mediterranean Blue Plan 64 -- Mississippi River 65 -- Mono Lake 68 -- Monongahela River tank collapse 69 -- Nile River 71 -- North American Free Trade Agreement 72 -- Ocean currents 74 -- Ocean dumping 76 -- Ocean pollution 78 -- Oil spills 81 -- Pacific Islands 84 -- PEMEX oil well leak 86 -- Polluter pays principle 87 -- Rain gardens 88 -- Rainwater harvesting 89 -- Rhine River 91 -- Riparian rights 91 -- Rocky Flats, Colorado, nuclear plant releases 92 -- Runoff, agricultural 94 -- Runoff, urban 95 -- Sacramento River pesticide spill 97 -- Safe Drinking Water Act 98 -- Santa Barbara oil spill 99 -- Sea Empress oil spill 100 -- Sea-level changes 101.

The focus of Water-Energy Interactions in Water Reuse is to collect original contributions and some relevant publications from recent conference proceedings in order to provide state-of-art information on the use of energy in wastewater treatment and reuse systems. Special focus is given to innovative technologies, such as membrane bioreactors, high pressure membrane filtration systems, and novel water reuse processes. A comparison of energy consumption in water reuse systems and desalination will be also provided. Water-Energy Interactions in Water Reuse covers the use of energy in conventional and advanced wastewater treatment for various water reuse applications, including carbon footprint, energy efficiency, energy self-sufficient facilities and novel technologies, such as microbial fuel cells and biogas valorisation. It is of real value to water utility managers; policy makers for water and wastewater treatment; water resources planners, and researchers and students in environmental engineering and science. EDITORS Valentina Lazarova, Suez Environnement, France Kwang-Ho Choo, Kyungpook National University, Korea Peter Cornel, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Table of Contents Introduction; The Water-Energy Nexus; Energy Footprint of Wastewater Treatment; Energy Footprint of Water Reuse; Energy Footprint of Alternative Water Resources; Water Footprint of Energy Production; Index

"Water, water, every where," are the well-known words included in poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere), by Samuel Taylor Coleridge and published in 1798. It is based on the imagined the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage and is supposedly told to another guest whose reactions range from bemusement, impatience, fascination and fear.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Many Sources of Pollution Endanger the Oceans -- 2. The Lack of Clean Water is a Global Crisis -- 3. Access to Water is a Human Right -- 4. Making Water a Human Right Will Not Improve Access -- 5. There is a Water Crisis in the Middle East -- 6. Africa Suffers from a Water Crisis -- 7. Scientific Advances Take the Salt out of Salt Water -- 8. The Lack of Adequate Sewage Systems Causes Major Health Problems -- 9. Recycling Sewage Water is Clean and Effective -- 10. Bottled Water is a Huge Industry That Continues to Grow -- 11. Drinking Bottled Water May Hurt the Environment -- 12. The Demand for Ethanol is Creating a Water Problem -- Appendix -- What You Should Know About Water -- What You Should Do About Water -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index -- Picture Credits -- Back Cover

This book pursues a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach in order to analyze the relationship between water and food security. It demonstrates that most of the world's economies lack sufficient water resources to secure their populations' food requirements and are thus virtual importers of water. One of the most inspiring cases, which this book is rooted in, is Italy: the third largest net virtual water importer on earth. The book also shows that the sustainability of water depends on the extent to which societies recognize and take into account its value and contribution to agricultural production. Due to the large volumes of water required for food production, water and food security are in fact inextricably linked. Contributions from leading international experts and scholars in the field use the concepts of virtual water and water footprints to explain this relationship, with an eye to the empirical examples of wine, tomato and pasta production in Italy. This book provides a valuable resource for all researchers, professionals, policymakers and everyone else interested in water and food security

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Oceans -- 1. Ireland Will Be Hurt by Sea-Level Rise Due to Global Warming -- 2. Australian Sea-Level Rise Due to Global Warming Has Been Exaggerated -- 3. Acidification Threatens the World's Oceans -- 4. The Seriousness of Ocean Acidification Is Overstated -- 5. The Pacific Ocean's Garbage Patch Should Be Cleaned Up -- 6. Cleaning Up the Plastic in the Oceans Will Accomplish Little -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Managing Water Scarcity -- 1. Climate Shifts and Human Action Have Caused Irreversible Desertification in the Sahel -- 2. Human Action Is Reversing Desertification in the Sahel -- 3. China's Water Crisis May Be Helped by Trading Water Rights -- 4. Chile's System of Trading Water Rights Has Hurt Citizens and the Environment -- 5. Israel Steals Palestinian Water, Resulting in a Water Crisis -- 6. The Middle East Water Crisis Is the Result of the Failures of Many Regional Governments -- 7. Nile River Countries Struggle over Water Rights -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 3: Access to Safe Water -- 1. China's Poor Environmental Record Has Poisoned Water Supplies -- 2. Haiti's Cholera Outbreak Highlights Clean Water Crisis -- 3. Bangladesh Is Trying to Establish Arsenic-Free Wells -- 4. India Must Focus on Clean Water for Children -- 5. Desalination Can Help Address the World's Clean Water Shortage -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Hydropower -- 1. In Uganda, Hydroelectric Dams Provide Needed Electricity -- 2. In Brazil, Hydroelectric Dams Threaten Communities and the Environment -- 3. Wave Power May Become an Important Source of Green Energy in Europe -- 4. In Portugal, Wave Power Projects Have Failed

Intro -- DRINKING WATER AND WATER MANAGEMENT: NEW RESEARCH -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1: METRICS OF RIVER/RESERVOIR SYSTEM WATER AVAILABILITY AND SUPPLY RELIABILITY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. WATER RIGHTS ANALYSIS PACKAGE (WRAP) MODELING SYSTEM -- 3. TEXAS WATER AVAILABILITY MODELING SYSTEM -- 4. EXAMPLE RIVER/RESERVOIR SYSTEM SIMULATION -- 5. FREQUENCY ANALYSIS METRICS -- 6. RELIABILITY ANALYSIS METRICS -- 8. SHORT-TERM CONDITIONAL RELIABILITY MODELING -- 7. DIVERSION SHORTAGE SUMMARY METRICS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2: EFFICIENT ADVANCED OXIDATION TECHNOLOGIES AGAINST CHEMICAL THREAT IN DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. ADVANCED OXIDATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF WATERS CONTAMINATED WITH PARAQUAT -- 3. ADVANCED OXIDATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF WATERS AND SOLIDS CONTAMINATED WITH CHLORFENVINPHOS -- 4. ADVANCED OXIDATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE TREATMENT OF WATERS CONTAMINATED WITH BDE-100 -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3: ANALYTICAL METHODS TO MONITOR HALOACETIC ACIDS IN WATERS INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. FORMATION OF HALOACETIC ACIDS DURING CHLORINATION -- 2. HEALTH ISSUES ASSOCIATED TO HALOACETIC ACIDS AND WATER POLICIES -- 3. ANALYTICAL METHODS TO MONITOR HAAS IN WATERS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4: REMOVAL OF HIGH LEVELS OF NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIOACTIVITY FROM DRINKING WATER -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. DETERMINATION OF RADIONUCLIDES -- 3. NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES IN THE ENVIRONMENT -- 4. CHEMICAL SPECIATION OF NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES IN WATER -- 5. REMOVAL OF NATURALLY OCCURRING RADIONUCLIDES FROM DRINKING WATER -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES.

What are the challenges surrounding water in Western Canada? What are our rights to water? Does water itself have rights? Water Rites: Reimagining Water in the West documents the many ways that water flows through our lives, connecting the humans, animals, and plants that all depend on this precious and endangered resource. Essays from scholars, activists, environmentalists, and human rights advocates illuminate the diverse issues surrounding water in Alberta, including the right to access clean drinking water, the competing demands of the resource development industry and Indigenous communities, and the dwindling supply of fresh water in the face of human-caused climate change. Statements from community organizations detail the challenges facing watersheds, and the actions being taken to mitigate these problems. With a special focus on Environmental and Indigenous issues, Water Rites explores how deeply water is tied to human life. These essays are complemented by full-colour portfolios of work by contemporary painters, photographers, and installation artists who explore our relation to water. Reproductions of historical paintings, engravings and film stills demonstrate how water has shaped our country's cultural imaginary from its beginnings, proving that water is a vital resource for our lives and our imaginations.

Water Management and Water Loss contains a selection of papers and articles written by various internationally recognised specialists in the field of water loss reduction. The articles have been drawn together from IWA conferences during the past 5 years and provide details of how water losses from Municipal distribution systems can be reduced. The book provides useful background information and reference materials to help explain the different approaches and interventions that are used to reduce water losses. Numerous real case studies are provided that highlight the processes and methodologies employed around the world to reduce water losses. Water Management and Water Loss covers many aspects of water loss control including, pressure management, leak detection and repair, Internal plumbing losses and retrofitting, community involvement and education/awareness, schools education and leak repair projects

This essay argues three propositions: (1) by 2025 roughly one third of the world's population will be living in countries which are water-stressed, at least by conventional criteria; (2) nevertheless, macro evidence does not portend that the world will be unable to feed its growing population at that time; (3) interstate armed conflicts over water, which were not very important in the last quarter of the twentieth century, seem unlikely to become more intense in the coming decades, especially since most countries have not utilized the enormous possibilities for saving scarce water.