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Irrigation Systems
CABI 2007; US$ 130.00Drawing on almost 40 years of experience of irrigation in the developing world, the author introduces fresh ideas on the design of irrigation systems and combines important issues from the disciplines of social conflict, management, and political thinking. more...
Role of Sediment Transport in Operation and Maintenance of Supply and Demand Based Irrigation Canals
CRC Press 2011; US$ 79.95This work describes the role of sediment transport in the operation and maintenance of demand-based downstream controlled irrigation canals. Sediment deposition in these irrigation canals severely affects the operation of the automatic flow control system. The book also discusses sediment transport modelling in irrigation canals. A simplified 1-D mathematical... more...
Sustainable Irrigation Development in the White Volta sub-Basin
CRC Press 2011; US$ 79.95Sub-Saharan Africa has an irrigation potential of about 42 million hectares of which only 17% is developed. Despite several investments in irrigation the growth is slow. This study aims at helping to achieve sustainable irrigation in sub-Saharan Africa, through gaining a better understanding of productive irrigation water use and effective management... more...
Piping and Pipeline Engineering
Marcel Dekker Inc 2003; US$ 199.95Offering the fundamental qualitative steps vital to any successful piping and pipeline activity, this book pairs real-world practices with textbook theory to depict proper piping and pipeline construction, integrity and maintenance. more...
Biofilm Reactors WEF MOP 35
McGraw-Hill Education 2010; US$ 130.00The latest in proven and emerging fixed/film technology systems--from the Water Environment Federation Biofilm Reactors provides detailed coverage of the basics of fixed-film systems, including the microbiology and modeling of biofilms, and the various fixed-film technologies that may be applied to wastewater treatment. The manual focuses on... more...
Water and American Government
University of California Press 2002; US$ 15.95Donald Pisani's history of perhaps the boldest economic and social program ever undertaken in the United States--to reclaim and cultivate vast areas of previously unusable land across the country?shows in fascinating detail how ambitious government programs fall prey to the power of local interest groups and the federal system of governance itself.... more...
Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering
New Age International Pvt. Ltd., Publishers 2005; US$ 20.00The book "Irrigation and Water Resources Engineering" deals with the fundamental and general aspects of irrigation and water resources engineering and includes recent developments in hydraulic engineering related to irrigation and water resources engineering. Significant inclusions in the book are a chapter on management (including operation, maintenance,... more...
Irrigation Management
CABI 2010; US$ 160.00A practical guide to improve efficiency and productivity in irrigated agriculture. It offers knowledge for the management of irrigation and drainage systems, including traditional technical areas of systems operation and maintenance, and expanding managerial, institutional and organizational aspects. more...
A Tradition in Transition, Water Management Reforms and Indigenous Spate Irrigation Systems in Eritrea
CRC Press 2007; US$ 87.95Spate irrigation is the least understood type of irrigation. This research gives an in-depth assessment of the century old Wadi Laba indigenous spate irrigation system in Eritrea. This system relied on earthen and brushwood structures and customary water rules to support subsistence livelihoods of the poor Wadi Laba communities. The research further... more...
Water and the Environment
Spon Press 1998; US$ 260.00Water and the Environment addresses imbalances between availability and demand, degradation of surface and ground waters, inter-sectorial, inter-regional and international competition in water management. more...
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