Download or read book Conservaci n en sistemas urbanos de suministro de agua potable written by Oscar Javier Hernández Gaona and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Agua poder urbano y metabolismo social written by Rosalva Loreto López and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Estrategias de uso eficiente y ahorro de agua en centros educativos caso de estudio edificio facultad de ciencias ambientales Universidad Tecnol gica de Pereira written by Cristian David Trujillo Cardona and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: El uso eficiente de agua a nivel mundial se ha convertido en una necesidad crucial para garantizar la sostenibilidad del recurso hídrico, considerándolo como un “recurso finito y vulnerable, esencial para sostener la vida, el desarrollo y el medio ambiente”, teniendo en cuenta que su “gestión debe basarse en un enfoque participativo, involucrando a usuarios, planificadores y los responsables de las decisiones a todos los niveles” (Conferencia internacional sobre el Agua y el Medio Ambiente, Dublín 1.992). Es bien sabido que un adecuado abastecimiento de agua potable es condición previa e indispensable para mantener la vida humana, los ecosistemas y lograr un desarrollo sostenible (Topfer, 1.998). Los usuarios del agua en abastecimientos urbanos se clasifican básicamente en institucionales, residenciales, comerciales, industriales y públicos. Cada uno de estos usuarios demanda el recurso de acuerdo a sus necesidades, El Sayed et al, (2.010) destacan que las autoridades de muchos países están luchando para satisfacer la creciente demanda del recurso hídrico y del saneamiento, y al mismo tiempo mantener la sostenibilidad del sistema de suministro urbano del recurso. Dentro de los usos urbanos, llama la atención un uso específico debido a su comportamiento y dadas las magnitudes en los consumos de agua, en cuanto a dicho uso, se hace referencia al consumo y gestión del recurso hídrico en instituciones educativas, las cuales por su tamaño y demanda de agua (servicios, aseo, laboratorios, cafeterías, riego y jardín) son categorizados como altos consumidores del recurso. Para ilustrar, Bonet et al, (2.001) señalan que los usos del agua en centros universitarios de gran tamaño son similares a los usos que se dan en ciudades de tamaño medio y que comprender esto es importante para realizar procesos de gestión ambiental en las instituciones. Así mismo, con el fin de promover procesos de conservación y uso eficiente en centros educativos, Cheng y Hong (2.002) establecen...

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Download or read book Guia Rapida Del Agua written by Gloria del Rocio Molina Moreno and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-01-20 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ante todas las consideraciones debemos tener en cuenta que el acceso al agua potable es fundamental para la salud, uno de los derechos humanos básicos y un componente de las políticas eficaces de protección de la salud.Así pues, el acceso al agua potable es una cuestión importante en materia de salud y desarrollo en los ámbitos nacional, regional y local. En algunas regiones, se ha comprobado que las inversiones en sistemas de abastecimiento de agua y de saneamiento pueden ser rentables desde un punto de vista económico, ya que la disminución de los efectos adversos para la salud y la consiguiente reducción de los costos derivados son superiores al costo de las intervenciones. Esto es cierto para diversos tipos de inversiones, desde las grandes infraestructuras de abastecimiento de agua al tratamiento doméstico del agua. La experiencia ha demostrado asimismo que las medidas destinadas a mejorar el acceso al agua potable favorecen en particular a los pobres, tanto de zonas rurales como urbanas, y pueden ser un componente eficaz de las estrategias de mitigación de la pobreza.Centrándonos en la actual Guía rápida se describen el agua en el medioambiente, la relación entre el agua y la salud, las aguas de consumo público y por último las aguas residuales, su tratamiento y el impacto ambiental.En la elaboración de esta Guía rápida se incluye una revisión en profundidad de los métodos utilizados para garantizar la calidad e inocuidad microbiológica. Esta revisión tiene en cuenta importantes novedades en la evaluación de los riesgos microbiológicos y el modo en que afectan a la gestión del aguaLa Guía rápida del Agua que ahora presentamos se dirige no sólo a los responsables de la reglamentación y la elaboración de políticas en materia de agua y salud, y a sus asesores, para orientarles en la elaboración de normas aplicables a tal efecto. Sino también a otras muchas personas que utilizarán la guía y los documentos aconsejados en ella, como fuente de información acerca de la calidad del agua y la salud, así como sobre métodos de gestión eficaces. Diego Molina Ruiz

Download or read book Los servicios urbanos del agua written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mexico City s Water Supply written by The Joint Academies Committee on the Mexico City Water Supply and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-05-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the technical, health, regulatory, and social aspects of ground water withdrawals, water use, and water quality in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, and makes recommendations to improve the balance of water supply, water demand, and water conservation. The study came about through a nongovernmental partnership between the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council and the Mexican Academies of Science and Engineering. The book will contain a Spanish-language translation of the complete English text.

Download or read book Water Reuse written by Metcalf & Eddy, Inc., an AECOM Company and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2007-02-05 with total page 1610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Integrated Approach to Managing the World's Water Resources Water Reuse: Issues, Technologies, and Applications equips water/wastewater students, engineers, scientists, and professionals with a definitive account of the latest water reclamation, recycling, and reuse theory and practice. This landmark textbook presents an integrated approach to all aspects of water reuse _ from public health protection to water quality criteria and regulations to advanced technology to implementation issues. Filled with over 500 detailed illustrations and photographs, Water Reuse: Issues, Technology, and Applications features: In-depth coverage of cutting-edge water reclamation and reuse applications Current issues and developments in public health and environmental protection criteria, regulations, and risk management Review of current advanced treatment technologies, new developments, and practices Special emphasis on process reliability and multiple barrier concepts approach Consideration of satellite and decentralized water reuse facilities Consideration of planning and public participation of water reuse Inside This Landmark Water/Wastewater Management Tool • Water Reuse: An Introduction • Health and Environmental Concerns in Water Reuse • Technologies and Systems for Water Reclamation and Reuse • Water Reuse Applications • Implementing Water Reuse

Download or read book The North American Mosaic written by Commission for Environmental Cooperation (Montréal, Québec). Secretariat and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The North American Mosaic has four overarching features. First, it is, to the extent feasible, based on comparable information on the status and trends of major indicators of the state of the environment in Canada,Mexico, and the United States. Second, the report confirms that these three countries together make up an incredibly complex, dynamic, and interconnected ecosystem in which humans play a dominant and decisive role. Third, the report raises important and sometimes disquieting questions concerning the sustainability of some current trends. Finally, the report is a reminder that our economic, social, and physical well-being are utterly dependent on the life-sustaining services provided by nature. This report emphasizes the importance of developing mutually compatible economic, social, and environmental goals and policies across the three-country region.

Download or read book The United Nations World Water Development Report 2020 written by UNESCO and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2020 edition of the WWDR, titled Water and Climate Change illustrates the critical linkages between water and climate change in the context of the broader sustainable development agenda. Supported by examples from across the world, it describes both the challenges and opportunities created by climate change, and provides potential responses – in terms of adaptation, mitigation and improved resilience – that can be undertaken by enhancing water resources management, attenuating water-related risks, and improving access to water supply and sanitation services for all in a sustainable manner. It addresses the interrelations between water, people, environment and economics in a changing climate, demonstrating how climate change can be a positive catalyst for improved water management, governance and financing to achieve a sustainable and prosperous world for all. The report provides a fact-based, water-focused contribution to the knowledge base on climate change. It is complementary to existing scientific assessments and designed to support international political frameworks, with the goals of helping the water community tackle the challenges of climate change, and informing the climate change community about the opportunities that improved water management offers in terms of adaptation and mitigation.

Download or read book Forests Water and People in the Humid Tropics written by M. Bonell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forests, Water and People in the Humid Tropics is the most comprehensive review available of the hydrological and physiological functioning of tropical rain forests, the environmental impacts of their disturbance and conversion to other land uses, and optimum strategies for managing them. The book brings together leading specialists in such diverse fields as tropical anthropology and human geography, environmental economics, climatology and meteorology, hydrology, geomorphology, plant and aquatic ecology, forestry and conservation agronomy. The editors have supplemented the individual contributions with invaluable overviews of the main sections and provide key pointers for future research. Specialists will find authenticated detail in chapters written by experts on a whole range of people-water-land use issues, managers and practitioners will learn more about the implications of ongoing and planned forest conversion, while scientists and students will appreciate a unique review of the literature.

Download or read book Glosario Del Banco Mundial written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1996 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of the World Bank has been revised and expanded by the Terminology Unit in the Languages Services Division of the World Bank in collaboration with the English, Spanish, and French Translation Sections. The Glossary is intended to assist the Bank's translators and interpreters, other Bank staff using French and Spanish in their work, and free-lance translator's and interpreters employed by the Bank. For this reason, the Glossary contains not only financial and economic terminology and terms relating to the Bank's procedures and practices, but also terms that frequently occur in Bank documents, and others for which the Bank has a preferred equivalent. Although many of these terms, relating to such fields as agriculture, education, energy, housing, law, technology, and transportation, could be found in other sources, they have been assembled here for ease of reference. A list of acronyms occurring frequently in Bank texts (the terms to which they refer being found in the Glossary) and a list of international, regional, and national organizations will be found at the end of the Glossary.

Download or read book Biological Wastewater Treatment written by Mogens Henze and published by IWA Publishing (International Water Assoc). This book was released on 1881 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For information on the online course in Biological Wastewater Treatment from UNESCO-IHE, visit: http://www.iwapublishing.co.uk/books/biological-wastewater-treatment-online-course-principles-modeling-and-design Over the past twenty years, the knowledge and understanding of wastewater treatment have advanced extensively and moved away from empirically-based approaches to a first principles approach embracing chemistry, microbiology, physical and bioprocess engineering, and mathematics. Many of these advances have matured to the degree that they have been codified into mathematical models for simulation with computers. For a new generation of young scientists and engineers entering the wastewater treatment profession, the quantity, complexity and diversity of these new developments can be overwhelming, particularly in developing countries where access is not readily available to advanced level tertiary education courses in wastewater treatment. Biological Wastewater Treatment addresses this deficiency. It assembles and integrates the postgraduate course material of a dozen or so professors from research groups around the world that have made significant contributions to the advances in wastewater treatment. The book forms part of an internet-based curriculum in biological wastewater treatment which also includes: Summarized lecture handouts of the topics covered in book Filmed lectures by the author professors Tutorial exercises for students self-learning Upon completion of this curriculum the modern approach of modelling and simulation to wastewater treatment plant design and operation, be it activated sludge, biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal, secondary settling tanks or biofilm systems, can be embraced with deeper insight, advanced knowledge and greater confidence.

Download or read book Tourism and Water written by Stefan Gössling and published by Channel View Publications. This book was released on 2015 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic and comprehensive guide to the current state of knowledge on tourism and water. It is the first book to thoroughly examine the interrelationships of tourism and water use based on global, regional and business perspectives. Its assessment of tourism's global impact along with its overviews of sectoral and management approaches will provide a benchmark by which the water sustainability of tourism will be measured for years to come. In making a clear case for greater awareness and enhanced water management in the tourism sector, it is hoped that the book will contribute to the wise and sustainable use of this critical resource. The book is interdisciplinary in coverage and international in scope. It is designed as essential reading for not only students of tourism but also practitioners.

Download or read book Education for Sustainable Development Goals written by Rieckmann, Marco and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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