Overview

Encompassing papers form the 2019 Water and Society Conference, this book is a collection of latest trans-disciplinary research on issues related to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society. This book demonstrates the need to bridge the gap between specialists in physical sciences, biology, environmental sciences and health. Over the centuries, civilisations have relied on the availability of clean and inexpensive water. This can no longer be taken for granted as the need for water continues to increase due to the pressure from growing global population demanding higher living standards. Agriculture and industry, major users of water, are at the same time those that contribute to its contamination. Water distribution networks in urban areas, as well as soiled water collection systems, present serious problems in response to a growing population as well as the need to maintain ageing infrastructures. Many technologically feasible solutions, such as desalination or pumping systems are energy demanding but, as costs rise, the techniques currently developed may need to be re-assessed. The research contained in this book addresses the interaction between water and energy systems. The socio-political implications of a world short of clean, easily available water are enormous. It will lead to realignments in international politics and the emergence of new centres of power in the world. The following list covers some of the subjects included in this book: Water resources management; Agribusiness; Water as a human right; Water quality; Water resources contamination; Sanitation and health; Water and disaster management; Policy and legislation; Future water demands; Irrigation and water management; Management of catchments; Groundwater management and conservation.

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Author:   S. Mambretti ,  J. L. Miralles i Garcia
Publisher:   WIT Press
Imprint:   WIT Press
Volume:   239
ISBN:  

9781784663575

ISBN 10:   1784663573
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   06 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Factors contributing towards high water usage within poor communities in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa; Drinking water: An overview of the human right to safe drinking water in Mexico; Evaluation of the management of the Laurentian Great Lakes: The role of US congressional policymaking; Effect of population dynamics and land use on the contribution of sediments to reservoirs for hydropower generation; Water security: Is South Africa optimally pursuing its options?; Decision Support Systems for water resource management applied to Andean supply micro-basins; Impact of water abstraction on the water level of Lake Ziway, Ethiopia; Evaluation of the sustainability of the Valle de Bravo reservoir, Mexico, as a water-supply source; Thermal springs and social distribution of ground water; Groundwater mobile app development to engage citizen science; Stored water quality in household roof tanks of villas in selected areas of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Impact of natural capital investment strategies on water quality in the Ndembera River sub-catchment, Tanzania; PLS-PM for ecological integrity mapping: Case study of the Ave River Basin, Portugal; Social paradigm shift required to counter the eutrophication of the Hartbeespoort Dam in South Africa; Turbidity patterns in the Albufera lake, Spain, and their relation to irrigation cycles; Theoretical investigation of a novel solar still configuration for enhanced high-quality drinking water production; Microbiological testing of drinking water in the western Transdanubian region of Hungary using API tests; WASH implications of unprotected landfill on groundwater quality: A case study of Umuerim, Nekede, Imo State, Nigeria; Sustainability of water investments in West Africa; Biological nutrient removal efficiencies for hydraulically overloaded wastewater works; Urban wastewater treatment through a system of green filters in the Montanita commune, Santa Elena, Ecuador; Anaerobic treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater: Evaluating operating conditions; Application of HEC-HMS and Iber in the numeric modeling of floods in the Rio San Sebastian of the municipality of Totolapan, Morelos, Mexico; Evaluation of the surface runoff estimated by the Mexican Official Standard and SCS-CN model in two small basins in Mexico; Flooding simulation and channeling in the valley of the Andes mountain range in the south of Peru; Path modelling analysis of natural radioactivity in drinking water and public health impacts; Waste management study in the Lake Buhi periphery, Buhi, Camarines Sur, Philippines Author index

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