Author: Karu Chinniah
Publisher: Alberta Environment
ISBN: 9780778543947
Category : Municipal engineering
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Standards and Guidelines for Municipal Waterworks, Wastewater and Storm Drainage Systems
Author: Karu Chinniah
Publisher: Alberta Environment
ISBN: 9780778543947
Category : Municipal engineering
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Alberta Environment
ISBN: 9780778543947
Category : Municipal engineering
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Water and Society
Author: Darrell W. Pepper
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1845645561
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
This book contains the papers presented at a conference co-organized by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the Wessex Institute of Technology to facilitate trans-disciplinary communication on issues related to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society. With adequate water supply becoming a critical issue in more and more area, \there is a great and urgent need to bridge the gap between the broad spectrum of social sciences and humanistic disciplines and the specialists in physical and natural sciences, biology, environmental sciences, and health. Many issues are also trans-national in nature and relate to rights of states and hence it is essential to discuss these at international level to arrive at equitable and binding solutions that will ensure the rights of society to quality water supplies. The book discusses The nature of water; Water as a human right; Water as the source of life; Water in a changing climate; Future water demands and adaptation strategies; Water resources contamination; Surface and sub-surface water resources; Irrigation and desertification; Water, sanitation and health; Transnational water rights; Legislation and controls; Water through the ages; Lessons to be learnt; and Water and disaster management.
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1845645561
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
This book contains the papers presented at a conference co-organized by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the Wessex Institute of Technology to facilitate trans-disciplinary communication on issues related to the nature of water, and its use and exploitation by society. With adequate water supply becoming a critical issue in more and more area, \there is a great and urgent need to bridge the gap between the broad spectrum of social sciences and humanistic disciplines and the specialists in physical and natural sciences, biology, environmental sciences, and health. Many issues are also trans-national in nature and relate to rights of states and hence it is essential to discuss these at international level to arrive at equitable and binding solutions that will ensure the rights of society to quality water supplies. The book discusses The nature of water; Water as a human right; Water as the source of life; Water in a changing climate; Future water demands and adaptation strategies; Water resources contamination; Surface and sub-surface water resources; Irrigation and desertification; Water, sanitation and health; Transnational water rights; Legislation and controls; Water through the ages; Lessons to be learnt; and Water and disaster management.
Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780660460239
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Malathion is a registered insecticide and acaricide used on a wide variety of sites including agricultural and non-agricultural sites. In 2018 (the most recent year for which data are available), over 25 000 kg of malathion was sold in Canada. Malathion may be released into surface water or soil as runoff from the application site. Malathion is not usually found in drinking water sources in Canada. Low levels of malathion have been found in several Canadian provinces. The maximum reported concentrations are well below the MAC. Malathion is rarely detected in foods"--Executive summary.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780660460239
Category : Drinking water
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Malathion is a registered insecticide and acaricide used on a wide variety of sites including agricultural and non-agricultural sites. In 2018 (the most recent year for which data are available), over 25 000 kg of malathion was sold in Canada. Malathion may be released into surface water or soil as runoff from the application site. Malathion is not usually found in drinking water sources in Canada. Low levels of malathion have been found in several Canadian provinces. The maximum reported concentrations are well below the MAC. Malathion is rarely detected in foods"--Executive summary.
Water Quality for Ecosystem and Human Health
Author: Geneviève M. Carr
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9789295039513
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This document is intended to provide an overview of the major components of surface and ground water quality and how these relate to ecosystem and human health. Local, regional and global assessments of water quality monitoring data are used to illustrate key features of aquatic environments, and to demonstrate how human activities on the landscape can influence water quality in both positive and negative ways. Clear and concise background knowledge on water quality can serve to support other water assessments.
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
ISBN: 9789295039513
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This document is intended to provide an overview of the major components of surface and ground water quality and how these relate to ecosystem and human health. Local, regional and global assessments of water quality monitoring data are used to illustrate key features of aquatic environments, and to demonstrate how human activities on the landscape can influence water quality in both positive and negative ways. Clear and concise background knowledge on water quality can serve to support other water assessments.
Canadian Guidance Framework for the Management of Phosphorus in Freshwater Systems
Author: Canada. National Guidelines and Standards Office
Publisher: Environment Canada
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This document presents a guidance framework for the management of phosphorus in freshwater systems. The introduction reviews the development & validation of this framework. Chapter 2 presents a review of the scientific literature on phosphorus in the aquatic environment, including properties, sources, fate, sediment interactions, parameters affecting phosphorus availability, trophic status, & effects on organisms. Chapter 3 examines a number of approaches used by other jurisdictions for setting phosphorus guidelines. Chapter 4 outlines the proposed framework-based approach for phosphorus management in which water bodies are marked for further assessment by comparing their trophic status to predefined ranges of phosphorus concentration. Chapter 5 summarizes some of the recommended assessment options currently use in Canada & other jurisdictions. Chapter 6 reviews management options that can be considered once the phosphorus concentrations have been assessed & compared to original goals for the water body. The final two chapters present case studies of implementation of this framework at Lake Simcoe in Ontario and at Kodiak Lake, Northwest Territories.
Publisher: Environment Canada
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This document presents a guidance framework for the management of phosphorus in freshwater systems. The introduction reviews the development & validation of this framework. Chapter 2 presents a review of the scientific literature on phosphorus in the aquatic environment, including properties, sources, fate, sediment interactions, parameters affecting phosphorus availability, trophic status, & effects on organisms. Chapter 3 examines a number of approaches used by other jurisdictions for setting phosphorus guidelines. Chapter 4 outlines the proposed framework-based approach for phosphorus management in which water bodies are marked for further assessment by comparing their trophic status to predefined ranges of phosphorus concentration. Chapter 5 summarizes some of the recommended assessment options currently use in Canada & other jurisdictions. Chapter 6 reviews management options that can be considered once the phosphorus concentrations have been assessed & compared to original goals for the water body. The final two chapters present case studies of implementation of this framework at Lake Simcoe in Ontario and at Kodiak Lake, Northwest Territories.
Surface Water Quality Guidelines for Use in Alberta
Author: Alberta. Water Management Division
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780778508977
Category : Aquatic organisms
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780778508977
Category : Aquatic organisms
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Wicked Problems of Water Quality Governance
Author: James E. Nickum
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000815307
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This book explores the many dimensions of water quality problems in different parts of the globe, with focus on problems of governance, from legal frameworks to social discourses and compensation measures. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.3 on Water and Sanitation emphasizes the centrality of improving water quality to attain sustainable development. Yet the obstacles to achieving this goal are significant. This book explores the variety of difficult, possibly intractable “wicked” problems of water quality governance around the world. Cases include the challenge of managing water from source to sea, exploring why attempts to do so have come up short in limiting harm to the Great Barrier Reef; differing social discourses on market based instruments in Canada; efforts to bring to closure the human legacies of Minamata methyl mercury poisoning half a century ago in Japan; current problems of mercury use in Andean mining; misalignment of established Eastern European water laws with those of the EU; water quality markets in China; the impacts of service coverage and quality on low income households in countries from New Zealand to Bangladesh and Malawi; the importance of perceptions, ranging from the use of treated wastewater by farmers in the MENA region to consumers in Fukushima and to users of the artificial river in Beijing’s Olympic Park; and finally the confluence of wicked problems in refugee camps facing COVID. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal, Water International.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000815307
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This book explores the many dimensions of water quality problems in different parts of the globe, with focus on problems of governance, from legal frameworks to social discourses and compensation measures. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6.3 on Water and Sanitation emphasizes the centrality of improving water quality to attain sustainable development. Yet the obstacles to achieving this goal are significant. This book explores the variety of difficult, possibly intractable “wicked” problems of water quality governance around the world. Cases include the challenge of managing water from source to sea, exploring why attempts to do so have come up short in limiting harm to the Great Barrier Reef; differing social discourses on market based instruments in Canada; efforts to bring to closure the human legacies of Minamata methyl mercury poisoning half a century ago in Japan; current problems of mercury use in Andean mining; misalignment of established Eastern European water laws with those of the EU; water quality markets in China; the impacts of service coverage and quality on low income households in countries from New Zealand to Bangladesh and Malawi; the importance of perceptions, ranging from the use of treated wastewater by farmers in the MENA region to consumers in Fukushima and to users of the artificial river in Beijing’s Olympic Park; and finally the confluence of wicked problems in refugee camps facing COVID. The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal, Water International.
The River Returns
Author: Christopher Armstrong
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773576797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Alberta's iconic river has been dammed and plumbed, made to spin hydro-electric turbines, and used to cleanse Calgary. Artificial lakes in the mountains rearrange its flow; downstream weirs and ditches divert it to irrigate the parched prairie. Far from being wild, the Bow is now very much a human product: its fish are as manufactured as its altered flow, changed water quality, and newly stabilized and forested banks. The River Returns brings the story of the Bow River's transformation full circle through an exploration of the recent revolution in environmental thinking and regulation that has led to new limits on what might be done with and to the river.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773576797
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Alberta's iconic river has been dammed and plumbed, made to spin hydro-electric turbines, and used to cleanse Calgary. Artificial lakes in the mountains rearrange its flow; downstream weirs and ditches divert it to irrigate the parched prairie. Far from being wild, the Bow is now very much a human product: its fish are as manufactured as its altered flow, changed water quality, and newly stabilized and forested banks. The River Returns brings the story of the Bow River's transformation full circle through an exploration of the recent revolution in environmental thinking and regulation that has led to new limits on what might be done with and to the river.
Environmental Impact
Author: C. A. Brebbia
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1845646045
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
"The interdisciplinary conference addressed some of the most serious problems affecting sustainable development, issues that must be considered by development projects in order to provide complete solutions. A major motivation for the meeting was to learn from past failures and avoid repeating similar mistakes while attempting to prevent emerging threats to the environmental and ecological systems by developing more constructive and progressive approaches to ensure sustainability"--Publisher information.
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1845646045
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
"The interdisciplinary conference addressed some of the most serious problems affecting sustainable development, issues that must be considered by development projects in order to provide complete solutions. A major motivation for the meeting was to learn from past failures and avoid repeating similar mistakes while attempting to prevent emerging threats to the environmental and ecological systems by developing more constructive and progressive approaches to ensure sustainability"--Publisher information.
Water Pollution IX
Author: C. A. Brebbia
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1845641159
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
Featuring papers from the Ninth International Conference on Water Pollution, this volume covers coastal areas and seas, lakes and rivers, groundwater and aquifer issues, oil spills, agricultural contamination, environmental monitoring and sensing, and remote sensing applications.
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1845641159
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 673
Book Description
Featuring papers from the Ninth International Conference on Water Pollution, this volume covers coastal areas and seas, lakes and rivers, groundwater and aquifer issues, oil spills, agricultural contamination, environmental monitoring and sensing, and remote sensing applications.