Download or read book History of Hydrogeology written by Nicholas Howden and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-11-29 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lessons can be learnt from the past; from time to time it is useful for practitioners to look back over the historical developments of their science. Hydrogeology has developed from humble beginnings into the broad church of investigatory procedures which collectively form the modern-day hydrogeologist’s tool box. Hydrogeology remains a branch of the over-arching science of geology and today provides analysis of the sub-surface part of the water cycle within a holistic approach to problem solving. The History of Hydrogeology, is a first attempt to bring the story of the evolution of the science of hydrogeology together from a country- or region-specific viewpoint. It does not cover history to the present day, nor does it deal with all countries involved in groundwater studies, but rather takes the story for specific key countries up and until about the period 1975 to 1980. This is when hydrogeology was still evolving and developing, and in some areas doing so quite rapidly. The book has been written not only for practitioners of hydrogeology and hydrology but also for teachers and students to see the context of the evolution of the science around the globe. The History of Hydrogeology will also be of interest to science historians and all those interested in the role that individuals, institutes and nations have played over the years in defining modern day studies of groundwater.
Download or read book Groundwater Ecology written by Jack A. Stanford and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Groundwater has long been an object of intense scrutiny. Only recently have methods become available that permit ecologists, hydrologists, and environmental scientists to assess the biotic and abiotic status of these all-important aquifers. - The dynamics of water movement through complex subterranean ecosystems - The biological organization and the factors that constrain these ecosystems - Alluvial and karst ecosystem functions - Contamination, management, and remediation
Download or read book Underground Habitats and Their Protection written by Christian Juberthie and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On title page: Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats
Download or read book Aquifer Systems Management written by Laurence Chery and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 2050, the demand for water to sustain world agriculture will increase by seventy-five per cent in order to feed an estimated nine billion inhabitants. Increased amounts of water will be required for irrigation and for industrial and domestic use. Natural ecosystems will be threatened by the expansion of agricultural land and by a reduction in water availability, while climate change will exacerbate the situation. Management of available resources, particularly groundwater, will become more critical and aquifers will need to be managed for the benefit of all. These selected papers were first presented at the International Association of Hydrogeologists, Dijon 2006, and are divided into six themes: large aquifers, resource assessment; large aquifers, water salinity and evolution; karstic and carbonate aquifer systems; geothermal aquifer systems; aquifer contamination studies and aquifer monitoring systems and management. The volume also includes a short biography of Henry Darcy and illustrates his contribution to science. Five invited contributions describe modern methods for estimating the hydraulic conductivity of aquifers.
Download or read book Aquifer Systems Management Darcy s Legacy in a World of Impending Water Shortage written by Laurence Chery and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-04-21 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presented at the International Association of Hydrogeologists Dijon Symposium, this book contains 43 selected papers, grouped into six topics, that address the following issues: large aquifers, resource assessment; large aquifers, water salinity and evolution; karstic and carbonate aquifer systems; geothermal aquifer systems; aquifer contamination studies; and aquifer monitoring systems and management. In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darcy's Law, the volume includes a summary of Darcy's life and his contribution to science, and five invited contributions on modern methods to estimate the hydraulic conductivity of aquifers.
Download or read book Polluted Sites written by Paul Lecomte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a translation of ""Les sites pollues: traitement des sols et des eaux souterraines"", second edition. It covers: contaminated sites; environmental diagnosis; assessment of hazard; remediaiton; costs; new legal requirements; and investments and role of insurance.
Download or read book Groundwater Pollution in Africa written by Yongxin Xu and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-10-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2000, various UN organizations launched a collaborative effort to assess the vulnerability of groundwater in several African cities. The project addressed the issue of aquifer vulnerability and the protection of groundwater quality. This book is a collection of thirty peer-reviewed papers on the topic, and provides a glimpse of the situation acr
Download or read book Contaminant Transport in Groundwater written by H.E. Kobus and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceeding of a symposium on Contaminant transport in groundwater held in Stuttgart, April 1989. Topics covered include: Field methods & data processing; Field studies & tracer experiments; Contaminant chemistry & column experiments; Modelling of chemistry coupled to transport; Dispersion theory & transport in fractured media; Numerical aspects of modelling, parameter identification & optimization; Multiphase flow & transport in saturated soil.
Download or read book Groundwater Pollution written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gestion Des Ressources en Eau written by Institut d'administration publique du Canada and published by IRPP. This book was released on 1986 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution written by Magalie Lesueur Jannoyer and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crisis Management of Chronic Pollution: Contaminated Soil and Human Health deals with a long term pollution problem, generated by the former use of organochlorine pesticides. Through a case study of the chlordecone pollution in the French West Indies, the authors illustrate a global and systemic mobilization of research institutions and public services. This "management model", together with its major results, the approach and lessons to be learned, could be useful to other situations. This book gathers all the works that have been carried out over the last ten years or more and links them to decision makers’ actions and stakeholders’ expectations. This reference fills a gap in the literature on chronic pollution.
Download or read book Pollution des eaux souterraines en France written by Claude Guillemin and published by Editions BRGM. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invisibles et fragiles les eaux souterraines ont un rôle primordial dans notre vie quotidienne, notre économie, notre environnement, notre avenir... Par chance, en France, les deux tiers du territoire sont occupés par 200 aquifères dans lesquels nous puisons allègrement plus de 7 milliards de m3 d'eau par an, dont 60 % pour la consommation humaine. Pourtant ce trésor, apparemment inépuisable, est menacé par toutes sortes de pollutions que lui font subir les HOMMES. Les scientifiques estiment même que, si la contamination des eaux souterraines se poursuit au rythme actuel, leur traitement risque de devenir rapidement impossible ! Malgré l'attitude suicidaire des hommes, totalement dépendants de l'eau, les auteurs de cet ouvrage démontrent que la pollution des aquifères n'est pas une fatalité. Ils nous prouvent aussi que des moyens efficaces peuvent et doivent être mis en œuvre pour éviter, avant qu'il ne soit trop tard, une catastrophe écologique irrémédiable et rendre, par contre, la pérennité aux eaux pures et naturelles pour nos enfants et les générations à venir... Cet ouvrage est le document qu'attendaient tous les professionnels liés à l'utilisation et aux problèmes de l'eau souterraine et de l'eau en général, ainsi qu'à tout ceux qui ont la charge et la responsabilité de gérer nos communes, nos régions, notre pays. Il s'adresse aussi à toutes les personnes qui revendiquent le droit de savoir et de comprendre tout ce qui concerne le bien le plus précieux et le plus fragile de notre patrimoine naturel : l'EAU.
Download or read book Groundwater Management written by International Water Supply Association. Specialised Conference and published by Elsevier Science & Technology. This book was released on 1985 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Groundwater Vulnerability and Pollution Risk Assessment written by Andrzej J. Witkowski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers detailed comparisons and validations of different methods of assessing groundwater vulnerability (DRASTIC, GOD, PI, RTt, AVI, SINTACS, COP). It contains new aspects of vulnerability assessment for the evaluation of coastal aquifer vulnerability and aquifer vulnerability to methane gas leakage from shale gas wells. The book also contains the results of studies on intrinsic and specific vulnerability assessment (migration of antibiotics and nitrate, groundwatersurface water interaction), with examples of the different national approaches to groundwater vulnerability mapping in Poland, Ireland, Italy and elsewhere. There are 15 chapters derived from two IAH conferences held in Ustron ́, Poland in 2015 and 2018. The book is valuable for those interested in groundwater vulnerability, in risk assessment, and in environmental issues. It is aimed at land use planners, water managers, the environmental industry, regional and local environmental protection councils and students studying hydrogeology and environmental sciences.
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Download or read book Geology written by Aurèle Parriaux and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geology – Basics for Engineers (second edition) presents the physical and chemical characteristics of the Earth, the nature and the properties of rocks and unconsolidated deposits/sediments, the action of water, how the Earth is transformed by various phenomena at different scales of time and space. The book shows the engineer how to take geological conditions into account in their projects, and how to exploit a wide range of natural resources in an intelligent way, reduce geological hazards, and manage subsurface pollution. This second edition has been fully revised and updated. Through a problem-based learning approach, this instructional text imparts knowledge and practical experience to engineering students (undergraduate and graduate level), as well as to experts in the fields of civil engineering, environmental engineering, earth sciences, architecture, land and urban planning. Free digital supplements to the book, found on the book page, contain solutions to the problems and animations that show additional facets of the living Earth. The original French edition of the book (2007) won the prestigious Roberval Prize, an international contest organized by the University of Technology of Compiegne in collaboration with the General Council of Oise, France. Geology, Basics for Engineers was selected out of a total of 110 candidates. The jury praised the book as a "very well conceived teaching textbook" and underscored its highly didactic nature, as well as the excellent quality of its illustrations. Features: Offers an exhaustive outline of the methods and techniques used in geology, with a study of the nature and properties of the principal soils and rocks Helps students understand how geological conditions should be taken into account by the engineer by taking a problem-solving approach Contains extensive figures and examples, solutions to probems, and illustrative animations Presents a highly didactic and synthetic work intended for engineering students as well as experts in civil engineering, environmental engineering, the earth sciences, and architecture
