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Wastewater Management
Oxford Book Co. 2009; US$ 50.00Simple fact that Without water, there would be no life". Though we have moved a long way from traditional approach, both in terms of technology and management in the matter of drinking water supply but the increasing population has exerted tremendous pressure and stress on this natural resource. Urbanization and industrialization has bred enormous... more...
Groundwater Characterization, Management and Monitoring
WIT Press 2010; US$ 230.00This book provides a systematic framework for groundwater development. It is conceived to be not only a textbook for students of groundwater and water resources management, but also to be a reference for engineers, hydrogeologists and water resources and water managers in general. It is presented, using the current thinking in groundwater management,... more...
Normas sobre agua saneamiento e higiene para escuelas en contextos de bajo costo
World Health Organization 2010; US$ 20.00Los servicios adecuados de agua, saneamiento, higiene y disposicion de residuos en las escuelas tienen varios efectos positivos y contribuyen a reducir la carga de las enfermedades en los alumnos, el personal y sus familias. Tales intervenciones tambien brindan oportunidades para una mayor igualdad de genero en el acceso a la educacion, y crean oportunidades... more...
Pathways for Getting to Better Water Quality
Springer 2010; US$ 99.99This book is about accomplishing change in how land is managed in agricultural watersheds. Wide-ranging case studies repeatedly document that plans, policies, and regulations are not adequate substitutes for the empowerment of people. Ultimately change on the land is managed and accomplished by the people that live on land within each watershed. more...
Membrane Technology
Wiley 2010; US$ 220.00This ready reference on Membrane Technologies for Water Treatment, is an invaluable source detailing sustainable, emerging processes, to provide clean, energy saving and cost effective alternatives to conventional processes. The editors are internationally renowned leaders in the field, who have put together a first-class team of authors from academia... more...
Welt ohne Wasser
Campus Verlag 2009; US$ 22.64Hauptbeschreibung Wasser ist die Grundlage allen Lebens. Eine Welt ohne Wasser wäre eine Welt ohne Pflanzen, Tiere und Menschen. Diese apokalyptische Vorstellung könnte bald Realität werden: Bereits heute versiegen Flüsse, Seen trocknen aus, das Grundwasser zieht sich zurück. Aktuell haben über eine Milliarde Menschen keinen Zugang zu sauberem Trinkwasser.... more...
Water
Georgetown University Press 2011; US$ 29.95The battles of yesterday were fought over land. Those of today are over energy. But the battles of tomorrow may be over water. Nowhere is that danger greater than in water-distressed Asia. Water stress is set to become Asia's defining crisis of the twenty-first century, creating obstacles to continued rapid economic growth, stoking interstate tensions... more...
Ecological and Environmental Science & Technology in China
Springer 2011; US$ 79.99As one of the eighteen field-specific reports comprising the comprehensive scope of the strategic general report of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, this sub-report addresses long-range planning for developing science and technology in the field of ecological and environmental science. They each craft a roadmap for their sphere of development to 2050.... more...
Audel Water Well Pumps and Systems Mini-Ref
Wiley 2011; US$ 15.00Introducing an Audel "Mini-Ref" for tradespeople working on water well pumps and pumping systems Water well pumps are used everywhere, with installations numbering in the millions. It's hard to believe that no one has written a small field book that covers these pieces of equipment. Finally, here's a great handy guide is for anyone who needs to know... more...
OECD Studies on Water: Water Governance in OECD Countries
OECD Publishing 2011; US$ 105.00This report addresses multilevel governance challenges in water policy implementation and identifies good practices for coordinating water policy across ministries, between levels of government, and across local actors at subnational level. Based on a methodological framework, it assesses the main coordination gaps in terms of policymaking,... more...









