What constitutes safe drinking water? For more than a century, the US government has attempted to answer this question by setting national standard...

In this book, the role of biological assessments in a variety of water quality management program applications is discussed, including reporting on...

This book focuses on waste management which is the collection, transport, processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials. The term usually re...

Waters that are used for drinking, manufacturing, farming, and other purposes are degraded in quality as a result of the introduction of contaminat...

Wastewater Treatment: Processes, Uses and Importance begins by providing information about wastewater treatment and its various application, especi...

Adverse impacts of climate change are evident in many regions of the world and are likely to get worse in the future. Ever increasing urbanisation ...

Water shortages are a reality all over the world, and supplying water to urban centers is one of the challenges of modern society. This book examin...

The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for the construction of most of the large irrigation and water resources infrastructure in the West. Recla...

The responsibility for development, management, and allocation of the nation's water resources is spread among federal, state, local, tribal and pr...

Over two thirds of Earth's surface is covered by water; less than a third is taken up by land. As Earth's population continues to grow, people are ...

Forty years after the Clean Water Act set a national goal of eliminating the discharge of pollutants into navigable U.S. waters, the Environmental ...

Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemical and biological contaminants from raw water. The goal is to produce water fit for...

This book focuses on water purification by micelle-clay nano-particles. The micelle-clay complex is composed of an organic cation (surfactant) with...

Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards agai...

Much progress has been made in achieving the ambitious goals that Congress established more than 35 years ago in the Clean Water Act (CWA) to resto...

Water quality is fundamental for our health and affects the environment we share with other animals including marine, freshwater and terrestrial sp...

Water recycling is former wastewater (sewage) that has been treated to remove solids and certain impurities, and then used in sustainable landscapi...

One of the main challenges faced by humans today is finding a balance between economic development of respective countries and sustainable utilisat...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is the world’s largest public engineering, design, and construction management agency, with water resource...

The 114th Congress faces many water resource development, management, and protection issues. Congressional actions shape reinvestment in aging fede...

Water resources play an essential role in all aspects of human life and activities. All living organisms need water for survival. Due to increased ...

"Water, once an abundant natural resource, is becoming a more valuable commodity due to droughts and overuse. Security and sustainable development ...

The Water Resources Reform & Development Act of 2014 became law on 10 June 2014. Its conference report resolved differences between the Water R...

Although the federal government has played a significant role in developing water quality regulations and standards for municipal and industrial (M...

Recent catastrophic breaks in water mains and sewer discharges during storms are indicators of the nation’s old and deteriorating water and wastewa...

Climate change poses a variety of challenges for water management, and there is a need to develop methods for understanding and managing risk. Whil...

There is an environmental concern of ecological protection and conservation that should be incorporated with the water resources management policie...