Water resources for the built environment : management issues and solutions

Water resources for the built environment : management issues and solutions / edited by Colin A. Booth, Susanne M. Charlesworth.

"Water management is a key environmental issue in controlling of floods and reducing droughts. This book provides analysis of the main issues, offering solutions and describing good practice. Water Resources for the Built Environment: management issues and solutions develops an appreciation of...

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Other Authors: Booth, Colin (Colin A.) (Editor), Charlesworth, Susanne (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014.
Subjects:
Water resources development.
Watershed management.
Water-supply.
Flood control.
City planning.
water resources development.
flood control.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.
City planning
Flood control
Water resources development
Water-supply
Watershed management
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Table of Contents:
  • Water Resources in the Built Environment: Management Issues and Solutions; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Section 1 Introduction to the Book; 1 Water Resources : Balancing too Little Versus too Much; 1.1Introduction; 1.2Too Little Versus too Much; 1.3Structure of the Book; 1.4Conclusions; References; Section 2 Water Demand, Policy and Cost; 2 Meeting Demand: Water Strategy, Policy and Legislation; 2.1Introduction; 2.2 Legislative and Regulatory Framework for Managing the Water Resources; 2.3Water Management and Conservation for the Future; 2.4Conclusions; References.
  • 3 Water Privatisation and Regulation: The UK Experience3.1Introduction; 3.2 The First Country to Fully Privatise its Water and Sewerage Business; 3.3Water Privatisation and Structure; 3.4The Water Industry and the Domestic Market; 3.5The Water Industry and the Market for Business Customers; 3.6Conclusions; References; 4 Urban Water Economics; 4.1Introduction; 4.2Externalities; 4.3Pollution Control (of Water Resources at a Market or Zero Price); 4.4Natural Resource Economics and Water; 4.5Resource Valuation and Measurement; 4.6International Issues and Development in Water; 4.7Conclusions.
  • 6.2Conventional Approach6.3Hydropower; 6.4Micro and Small Hydros; 6.5Other Factors; 6.6Conclusions; References; 7 Water Quality and Treatment; 7.1Introduction; 7.2Water Quality; 7.3Drinking Water Safety Plans; 7.4Urban Growth and Water Demand; 7.5Conclusions; References; 8 Desalination; 8.1Introduction; 8.2Desalination Technologies; 8.3Developing Technologies; 8.4Economics of Desalination; 8.5Small and Domestic Scale Desalination Plants; 8.6Environmental Impacts; 8.7Renewable Energy Sources and Desalination; 8.8The Future of Desalination and Sustainable Water Supplies.
  • 8.9Case Study: The Thames Water Desalination Plant8.10Conclusions; References; 9 Delivering and Designing for Potable Water in Buildings; 9.1Introduction; 9.2Regulating Water Supply; 9.3Water Supply to Domestic Low-Rise Buildings; 9.4 Water Supply to Medium and High-Rise Buildings (or Those with Insufficient Mains Pressure); 9.5Pipe Sizing and Flow Rate Design in Buildings; 9.6Pipework Maintenance Issues; 9.7Future Issues; References; Section 4 Water Conservation Strategies; 10 Water Neutrality
  • An Overview; 10.1Introduction; 10.2Defining Water Neutrality.

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