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...

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...

A watershed is the area of land from which precipitation or surface water flow is drained into a receiving water body. The term is roughly analogou...

This book focuses on the geostationary weather satellites and polar weather satellites. Geostationary environmental satellites play a critical role...

Freshwater wetlands are an integral part of central Florida, where thousands are distributed across the landscape. However, their relatively small ...

Chapter 1 develops a better understanding of the health impacts of wildfires and what should be done to minimise those impacts. It looks closely at...

Severe wildfires have been burning more area and more houses in recent years. Some assert that climate change is at least partly to blame; others c...

Wood is the most accessible and renewable material used by humankind during its history. Today, the consumption of wood exceeds all other known mat...

Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understo...

Forest and woodland ecosystems in the world serve important ecological functions and also contribute to the economic, aesthetic and spiritual healt...

Cadmium (Cd) is currently one of the most important toxic metals in occupational and environmental toxicology. It causes adverse effects on kidneys...