Handbook of water harvesting and conservation : basic concepts and fundamentals / edited by Saeid Eslamian, Faezeh Eslamian.

"Water harvesting is gaining more and more recognition as a sustainable and resilient water supply options. It is economically viable,socially compatible and environmentally friendly. Water harvesting has proven to be a robust solution to overcome or reduce watershortages all over the world. It...

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Other Authors: Eslamian, Saeid (Editor), Eslamian, Faezeh A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part A Concepts and Standards for a Secure Water Harvesting 1
  • 1 Concept and Technology of Rainwater Harvesting
  • Fayez Abdulla, Cealeen Abdulla, and Saeid Eslamian
  • 2 Rainwater Harvesting: Recent Developments and Contemporary Measures
  • Aline Pires Veról, Marcelo Gomes Miguez, Elaine Garrido Vazquez, Fernanda Rocha Thomaz, Bruna Peres Battemarco, and Assed Naked Haddad
  • 3 Standards for Rainwater Catchment Design
  • Sisuru Sendanayake and Saeid Eslamian
  • 4 Water Security Using Rainwater Harvesting
  • Adebayo Eludoyin, Oyenike Eludoyin, Tanimola Martins, Mayowa Oyinloye, and Saeid Eslamian
  • Part B Water Harvesting Resources
  • 5 Single-Family Home and Building Rainwater Harvesting Systems
  • Duygu Erten
  • 6 Water Harvesting in Farmlands
  • Elena Bresci and Giulio Castelli
  • 7 Rainwater Harvesting for Livestock
  • Billy Kniffen
  • 8 Road Water Harvesting
  • Negin Sadeghi and Saeid Eslamian
  • Part C Hydroinformatic and Water Harvesting
  • 9 Application of RS and GIS for Locating Rainwater Harvesting Structure Systems
  • Dhruvesh Patel, Dipak R. Samal, Cristina Prieto, and Saeid Eslamian
  • 10 Information Technology in Water Harvesting
  • S. Sreenath Kashyap, M.V.V. Prasad Kantipudi, Saeid Eslamian, Maryam Ghashghaie, Nicolas R. Dalezios, Ioannis
  • Faraslis, and Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari
  • 11 Global Satellite-Based Precipitation Products
  • Zhong Liu, Dana Ostrenga, Andrey Savtchenko, William Teng, Bruce Vollmer, Jennifer Wei, and David Meyer
  • 12 Risk Analysis of Water Harvesting Systems
  • Maria Do Céu Almeida, Nelson Carriço, João Santos and Saeid Eslamian
  • Part D Hydrological Aspects of Water Harvesting
  • 13 Return Period Determination for Rainwater Harvesting System Design
  • Sandeep Samantaray, Dillip K. Ghose, and Saeid Eslamian
  • 14 Rainwater Harvesting Impact on Urban Groundwater
  • A. Jebamalar, R. Sudharsanan, G. Ravikumar, and Saeid Eslamian
  • 15 Effects of Water Harvesting Techniques on Sedimentation
  • Siavash Fasihi, and Saeid Eslamian
  • Part E Hydrometeorological Water Harvesting
  • 16 Principles and Applications of Atmospheric Water Harvesting
  • Mousa Maleki, Saeid Eslamian, and Boutaghane Hamouda
  • 17 Dew Harvesting on High Emissive Natural and Artificial Passive Surfaces
  • Jose Francisco Maestre-Valero, Bernardo Martin-Gorriz, Victoriano Martínez-Alvarez, and Saeid Eslamian
  • 18 Atmospheric Water Harvesting Using Waste Energy from Landfills and Oilfields
  • Enakshi Wikramanayake, Onur Ozkan, Aritra Kar, and Vaibhav Bahadur
  • Part F Environmental Aspects of Water Harvesting
  • 19 Treatment Techniques in Water Harvesting
  • Brandon Reyneke, Monique Waso, Thando Ndlovu, Tanya Clements, Sehaam Khan, and Wesaal Khan
  • 20 Water Recycling from Palm Oil Mill Effluent
  • Hossein Farraji, Irvan Dahlan, and Saeid Eslamian
  • Part G Green Water Harvesting
  • 21 Vegetation Advantages for Water and Soil Conservation
  • Hadis Salehi Gahrizsangi, Saeid Eslamian, Nicolas R. Dalezios, Anna Blanta, and Mohadaseh Madadi
  • 22 Water Harvesting in Forests: An Important Step in Water-Food-Energy Nexus
  • Rina Kumari and Saeid Eslamian
  • 23 Rainwater and Green Roofs
  • Sara Nazif, Seyed Ghasem Razavi, Pouria Soleimani, and Saeid Eslamian
  • 24 Green Landscaping and Plant Production with Water Harvesting Solutions
  • Saeid Eslamian, Saeideh Parvizi, and Sayed Salman Ghaziaskar
  • Part H Reliable Rainwater Harvesting and Storage Systems
  • 25 Comparing Rainwater Storage Options
  • Sara Nazif, Hamed Tavakolifar, Hossein Abbasizadeh, and Saeid Eslamian
  • 26 Rainwater Harvesting Storage-Yield-Reliability Relationships
  • John Ndiritu
  • 27 Towards Developing Generalized Equations for Calculating Potential Rainwater Savings
  • Monzur A. Imteaz, Muhammad Moniruzzaman and, Abdullah Yilmaz
  • Part I Sustainable Water Harvesting and Conservation in a Changing Climate
  • 28 Water Harvesting, Climate Change, and Variability
  • Jew Das, Manish Kumar Goyal, and N.V. Umamahesh
  • 29 Water Harvesting and Sustainable Tourism
  • Neda Torabi Farsani, Homa Moazzen Jamshidi, Mohammad Mortazavi, and Saeid Eslamian
  • 30 Rainwater Harvesting Policy Issues in the MENA Region: Lessons Learned, Challenges, and Sustainable Recommendations
  • Muna Yacoub Hindiyeh, Mohammed Matouq, and Saeid Eslamian
  • Index.