Download or read book Regional Water Data Banks Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Regional Water Data Banks Project written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Renewable Energy Desalination written by Bekele Debele Negewo and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-09-26 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book looks at water availability and water demand in various sectors till 2050, presenting a methodology to prioritize options both on the demand and on the supply side, with a special focus on renewable energy desalination.
Download or read book Overview of Middle East Water Resources written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Water for the Future written by U.S. National Academy of Sciences and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1999-03-09 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the result of a joint research effort led by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and involving the Royal Scientific Society of Jordan, the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and the Palestine Health Council. It discusses opportunities for enhancement of water supplies and avoidance of overexploitation of water resources in the Middle East. Based on the concept that ecosystem goods and services are essential to maintaining water quality and quantity, the book emphasizes conservation, improved use of current technologies, and water management approaches that are compatible with environmental quality.
Download or read book Water Resources Planning and Management written by R. Quentin Grafton and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-17 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is an increasingly critical issue at the forefront of global policy change, management and planning. There are growing concerns about water as a renewable resource, its availability for a wide range of users, aquatic ecosystem health, and global issues relating to climate change, water security, water trading and water ethics. This handbook provides the most comprehensive reference ever published on water resource issues. It brings together multiple disciplines to understand and help resolve problems of water quality and scarcity from a global perspective. Its case studies and 'foundation' chapters will be greatly valued by students, researchers and professionals involved in water resources, hydrology, governance and public policy, law, economics, geography and environmental studies.
Download or read book Cooperating Rivals written by Jeffrey K. Sosland and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the politics of water scarcity in the Middle East's Jordan River Basin (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority) between 1920 and 2006. Jeffrey K. Sosland demonstrates that while water scarcity might generate political tension, it does not by itself precipitate war, nor is it likely to do so. At the same time, efforts to promote water cooperation, such as those initiated by the United States, have an identifiable political benefit by creating rules, building confidence, and reducing tensions among adversaries. Sosland concludes that while this alone might not resolve the overall conflict, it does create positive long-term value in achieving peace.
Download or read book Water written by Unesco and published by UN-HABITAT. This book was released on 2006 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated report sets out a global review of the state of the world's freshwater resources, based on the collective work of 24 United Nations agencies, following on from the conclusions of the first UN World Water Development Report 'Water for People, Water for Life' published in 2003 (ISBN 9231038818). This second edition discusses progress towards the water-related targets of the UN Millennium Development Goals and examines a range of key issues including population growth and increasing urbanisation, changing ecosystems, food production, health, industry and energy, as well as risk management, valuing and paying for water and increasing knowledge and capacity. It contains 16 case studies which consider key challenges in water resource management and makes a number of recommendations to guide future action and encourage sustainable use, productivity and management of our increasingly scarce freshwater resources.
Download or read book Wastewater Reuse Risk Assessment Decision Making and Environmental Security written by Mohammed K. Zaidi and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-05-23 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume features the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Wastewater Reuse - Risk Assessment, Decision-Making and Environmental Security", held in Istanbul, Turkey, in October 2006. It contains 45 papers that cover the current situation of water management in the world and especially the Middle-east and Mediterranean regions, addressing some of the most difficult international conflicts.
Download or read book The Water Encyclopedia written by Pedro Fierro Jr. and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2007-02-05 with total page 1880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just do an Internet search. It's on the Internet These phrases have quickly become a part of the vernacular. The quintessential book of data relating to water, The Water Encyclopedia: Hydrologic Data and Internet Resources, Third Edition arose from the premise that most of the information provided within this publication could be easily
Download or read book Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Environmental Challenges in the Mediterranean 2000 2050 written by Antonio Marquina and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses six key factors that will affect environmental policies in the Mediterranean region during the next fifty years: population growth, climate change, soil erosion and desertification, water scarcity, food production, and urbanization and pollution. The authors assess these as potential sources of violent conflict. The interdisciplinary approach makes this a relevant and useful reference for a broad range of professionals, specialists and researchers.
Download or read book The Current Middle East Peace Process written by Glen Segell and published by Glen Segell Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Temporal Trends for Water resources Data in Areas of Israeli Jordanian and Palestinian Interest written by Geological Survey (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification written by and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 1537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification, Four Volume Set provides a rich source of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from natural and deliberate contaminants, including those that are added because of carelessness of human endeavors. Human development has great impact on water quality, and new contaminants are emerging every day. The issues of sampling for water analysis, regulatory considerations, and forensics in water quality and purity investigations are covered in detail. Microbial as well as chemical contaminations from inorganic compounds, radionuclides, volatile and semivolatile compounds, disinfectants, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals, including endocrine disruptors, are treated extensively. Researchers must be aware of all sources of contamination and know how to prescribe techniques for removing them from our water supply. Unlike other works published to date that concentrate on issues of water supply, water resource management, hydrology, and water use by industry, this work is more tightly focused on the monitoring and improvement of the quality of existing water supplies and the recovery of wastewater via new and standard separation techniques Using analytical chemistry methods, offers remediation advice on pollutants and contaminants in addition to providing the critical identification perspective The players in the global boom of water purification are numerous and varied. Having worked extensively in academia and industry, the Editor-in-Chief has been careful about constructing a work for a shared audience and cause
Download or read book Groundwater Banking in Imperial Irrigation District Planning for Future Water Scarcity on the Colorado River written by Sara Morton and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban and rural economies throughout the southwestern United States and Mexico rely on surface water imported from the Colorado River. The Imperial Irrigation District (herein IID or District) has rights to use 3.1 million acre-feet (MAF) per year of Colorado River Water (Regional Water Management Group 2013 and Imperial Irrigation District 2009). Of this water entitlement, IID uses 97 percent for agricultural production. In addition, IID supplies water to San Diego and Los Angeles urban areas. The population reliant on Colorado River water is expected to rise from approximately 40 million people today, up to 76 million people over the next 50 years (Bureau of Reclamation 2012). Growth is anticipated both in urban areas including San Diego and Los Angeles, and within the area served directly by IID. Within IID, while demand for agricultural production is expected to remain constant, demand for water by municipal, commercial and industrial users is expected to increase (Regional Water Management Group 2013 and Imperial Irrigation District 2009). IID maintains senior water entitlements for roughly 20 percent of the Colorado River flows. The rights were established almost a century ago, before populations grew significantly throughout the southwestern United States, and during decades when flows on the river were higher than historic averages (Reisner 1986). Moreover, models based on paleo data, and climate change models have predicted a decline in water flows on the Colorado River. Many climate change scenarios predict long-term droughts with deficits of up to 60 MAF (US Bureau of Reclamation 2012). Over the past decades, court battles over water rights to the Colorado River have ensued. In addition, environmental policy has influenced controls of river flows to support ecosystems beneficially, in addition to providing water to support human populations. Given that IID utilizes a significant portion of its Colorado River entitlement for agricultural production, there is political and legal pressure for it to reduce its use in order to provide more water to support urban populations and ecosystems. As part of the Quantification Settlement Agreement (2003) for reducing reliance on Colorado River, the IID is required to transfer water to urban areas and for ecosystem restoration. The laws that allocate the Colorado River will be described in the Background of this report. As recent policies require more water to be allocated for urban and ecosystem uses, the amount of agricultural production within the IID is not expected to decrease. IID relies almost entirely on Colorado River imports to support agricultural production, and does not have alternative water supplies. In the face of a potential reduction in river supplies, and an increase in demand for water, IID is exploring options to improve reliability of its water supply. One of the options is storing Colorado River water for future use. The IID Integrative Water Management Plan (2012) has identified a goal to diversify its regional water supply portfolio by developing groundwater storage and banking of Colorado River water. Specifically, IID intends to develop the capability to store any surplus water to which it is entitled (within its 3.1 MAF) in groundwater storage banks for later use. For any given year in which IID diverts less water than it is allocated, the unused surplus water is called an "underrun". In this report, I evaluate the question: Is the Imperial Irrigation District's project to store "underruns" from their Colorado River entitlement economically and environmentally sustainable? How should their goals for water security be weighed against economic and environmental impacts? The development of groundwater banking projects in conjunction with increasing diversions of water from the Colorado River raises questions about economic and environmental sustainability. The definition and feasibility for groundwater banking projects in the IID are described in the Background section of this report. As described, groundwater banking within the IID region would require upfront costs for construction, and long-term costs associated with energy consumption, operation and maintenance. Furthermore the groundwater is typically salty and would require desalinization in order for it to be used beneficially. Impacts to ecosystems may also occur if more water is diverted from the Colorado River. The IID Integrative Water Management Plan also includes strategies for reducing overall water demands within the district. One of the key strategies is programs that pay farmers to not use water through field fallowing, or by improving efficient irrigation practices. There are economic and environmental sustainability issues associated with these programs, too. For instance, the Salton Sea relies almost entirely on agricultural runoff to sustain its water levels. As described in the Methodology section, this report compares groundwater banking projects that involve Colorado River inputs against alternative strategies that reduce demands. The methodology for evaluating impacts relies on the 'soft path' approach for water policy decisions. This approach encourages water managers to first consider demand reductions before increasing water supply infrastructure. The methodology highlights key factors for IID to consider for evaluating groundwater banking projects to meet water security objectives. The Results and Discussion section includes a description of how groundwater banking projects measure against alternatives in terms of economic and environmental sustainability factors. The analysis includes a cost comparison of groundwater banking projects for IID, in comparison to the strategies implemented if no groundwater banks are implemented. The environmental sustainability factors are discussed qualitatively, and from the perspective of identifying potential ecological resource impacts that IID should consider. The section also includes an analysis for how these strategies meet water security objectives. Based on the analysis of economic factors, environmental sustainability factors and the ability to meet future water security needs, the analysis provides results for IID's policy makers to consider when evaluating groundwater banking projects in the future.
Download or read book Water Resources Sector Strategy written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper focuses on how to improve the development and management of water resources while providing the principles that link resource management to the specific water-using sectors. In 1993 the Board of the World Bank endorsed a Water Resources Management Policy Paper. In that paper, and this Strategy, water resources management is seen to comprise the institutional framework; management instruments; and the development, maintenance and operation of infrastructure. The paper looks at the dynamics of water and development. It builds on the 1993 policy paper, evaluating current scenarios and looking at future options and their implications both for government policy and the World Bank.
