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

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

Over the past few years, the occurrence of pharmaceutical residues in the environment has attracted great interest regarding the possible harmful e...

This book introduces advanced water vapour condensation processes, modelling and control technologies in order to find a sustainable solution in an...

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 disinfection is the deactivation, removal or killing of pathogens in order to avoid their growth and reproduction. If disinfection is not ach...

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...

Policymakers are giving increased attention to issues associated with financing and investing in the nation's drinking water and wastewater treatme...

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

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

Pollution from non-point sources such as runoff from farms or construction sites, remains the leading cause of impairment of the nation's waters. U...

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 ...

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

This book presents current research in the study of water supply systems and their distribution and environmental effects. Topics discussed in this...