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Book Watersheds  Groundwater and Drinking Water

Download or read book Watersheds Groundwater and Drinking Water written by Thomas Harter and published by UCANR Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide will help resource managers, planners, and other decision makers better understand and assess water supplies and to define and manage protection areas for water sources. Developed for those who are interested in water resources, it can easily be used as text material for educational short courses.

Book A Guide to the Formulation of Water Resources Strategy

Download or read book A Guide to the Formulation of Water Resources Strategy written by Guy J.-M. Le Moigne and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World Bank Technical Paper No. 263. Management of water resources is essential for long-term, environmentally sustainable human and economic development. Increasingly, the World Bank and other international organizations are called upon to provide

Book Land and Water Resources

Download or read book Land and Water Resources written by United States. Department of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sources of Information in Water Resources

Download or read book Sources of Information in Water Resources written by Gerald J. Giefer and published by Water Information Center Incorporated. This book was released on 1976 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Groundwater Management in the West

Download or read book Groundwater Management in the West written by Jeffrey S. Ashley and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest conundrums facing the arid western United States is the availability, use, and quality of groundwater. In large sections of the West, groundwater is the only dependable source of water for agricultural production and home consumption. Yet many of the aquifers are being depleted at a rate that will suck them dry within a century. Furthermore, dependence upon groundwater in many areas will only increase in the future. This dependence is already having serious consequences for small towns on the Great Plains. Faced with growing costs associated with deeper wells and the need for ever more advanced technology for extracting water, these towns find they lack the resources to maintain current agricultural practices. ø In this timely assessment of the West?s groundwater resources, the authors provide a detailed overview of groundwater management in the Western states. The authors present for each state the various management strategies, laws, and political realities that have made groundwater appropriation such a volatile subject. They also suggest possible difficulties that states and regions might face under current groundwater policies. By examining separate cases and viewing the West as a whole, the authors are able to identify not only the most pressing problems but also the most appropriate management techniques for protecting water supplies for future use.

Book A guide to forest   water management

Download or read book A guide to forest water management written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people worldwide lack adequate access to clean water to meet basic needs, and many important economic activities, such as energy production and agriculture, also require water. Climate change is likely to aggravate water stress. As temperatures rise, ecosystems and the human, plant, and animal communities that depend on them will need more water to maintain their health and to thrive. Forests and trees are integral to the global water cycle and therefore vital for water security – they regulate water quantity, quality, and timing and provide protective functions against (for example) soil and coastal erosion, flooding, and avalanches. Forested watersheds provide 75 percent of our freshwater, delivering water to over half the world’s population. The purpose of A Guide to Forest–Water Management is to improve the global information base on the protective functions of forests for soil and water. It reviews emerging techniques and methodologies, provides guidance and recommendations on how to manage forests for their water ecosystem services, and offers insights into the business and economic cases for managing forests for water ecosystem services. Intact native forests and well-managed planted forests can be a relatively cheap approach to water management while generating multiple co-benefits. Water security is a significant global challenge, but this paper argues that water-centered forests can provide nature-based solutions to ensuring global water resilience.

Book Natural Water Source Enhancement

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles Moore, Charles Moore Hackley III, WSMF
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2009-01-01
  • ISBN : 9781442130074
  • Pages : 66 pages

Download or read book Natural Water Source Enhancement written by Charles Moore, Charles Moore Hackley III, WSMF and published by . This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natural Water Source Enhancement--Spring Development is an excellent guide to help you recognize and develop any of the many types of natural water flows. Addressed are natural water flows from seeps to compound aquifer volumes. Over 50 years of development experience has been brought into this guide. Examples are given of how to evaluate, design, increase and fully expand these valuable natural water sources. Full Color pictures, charts and graphs included.

Book Connecting the Drops

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karen Schneller-McDonald
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Release : 2015-07-31
  • ISBN : 1501701606
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Connecting the Drops written by Karen Schneller-McDonald and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need for improved water resource protection, beginning with grassroots action, is urgent. The water we use depends on networks of wetlands, streams, and watersheds. Land-use activities, however, are changing these natural systems. Often these changes result in ecological damage, flooding, water pollution, and reduced water supply. We need a healthy environment that sustains our personal and community health; we also need vibrant and sustainable economic development that does not destroy the benefits we derive from nature. Our ability to accomplish both depends on how well we can "connect the drops." In this book, Karen Schneller-McDonald presents the basics of water resource protection: ecology and watershed science; techniques for evaluating environmental impacts; obstacles to protection and how to overcome them; and tips for protection strategies that maximize chances for success. Schneller-McDonald makes clear the important connections among natural cycles, watersheds, and ecosystems; the benefits they provide; and how specific development activities affect water quality and supply. The methods described in Connecting the Drops have broad application in diverse geographic locations. The environmental details may differ, but the methods are the same. For water resource managers and concerned citizens alike, Connecting the Drops helps readers interpret scientific information and contextualize news media reports and industry ads—ultimately offering "how to" guidance for developing resource protection strategies.

Book Environmental Law

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mortimer D. Schwartz
  • Publisher : Gale Cengage
  • Release : 1977
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 216 pages

Download or read book Environmental Law written by Mortimer D. Schwartz and published by Gale Cengage. This book was released on 1977 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Sourcebook on the Environment

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth A. Hammond
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1978-05
  • ISBN : 9780226315225
  • Pages : 632 pages

Download or read book Sourcebook on the Environment written by Kenneth A. Hammond and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1978-05 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literature survey providing a guide to selected aspects of the environment - covers environmental protection, ecology, quality of life, urban development, environmental modifications relating to water quality, nature conservation, transport, etc., and includes a chronology of relevant laws, a directory of organizations and bibliographys.

Book Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis

Download or read book Energy Abstracts for Policy Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Energy Research Abstracts

Download or read book Energy Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Semiannual, with semiannual and annual indexes. References to all scientific and technical literature coming from DOE, its laboratories, energy centers, and contractors. Includes all works deriving from DOE, other related government-sponsored information, and foreign nonnuclear information. Arranged under 39 categories, e.g., Biomedical sciences, basic studies; Biomedical sciences, applied studies; Health and safety; and Fusion energy. Entry gives bibliographical information and abstract. Corporate, author, subject, report number indexes.

Book Water Powers of British Columbia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Waters and Water-Powers
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1919
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 742 pages

Download or read book Water Powers of British Columbia written by Canada. Commission of Conservation. Committee on Waters and Water-Powers and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: