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Covers thoroughly technologies for ground water pollution control in part one and deals in depth with aquifer restoration decision-making in part two. Part three gives an extensive range of case studies and detailed references. ... Read more

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No natural resource issue has greater significance for the future of Texas than water. The state's demand for water for municipal, industrial, agricultural, and recreational uses continues to grow exponentially, while the supply from rivers, lakes, aquifers, and reservoirs is limited. To help Texans manage their water resources today and plan for future needs, one of Texas's top water experts has compiled this authoritative overview of water issues in Texas. Water in Texas covers all the major themes in water management and conservation:• Living with a Limited Resource• The Molecule that Moves Mountains• A Texas Water Journey• The Gulf Shores of Texas• Who's Who in Water• Texas Water Law: A Blend of Two Cultures• Does Texas Have Enough Water?• Planning for the Future• What's in Your Water?• How Much is Water Worth?• Water is Our Legacy Illustrated with color photographs and maps, Water in Texas will be the essential resource for landowners, citizen activists, policymakers, and city planners. ... Read more

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Water purification is the process of removing undesirable chemical and biological contaminants from raw water. The goal is to produce water fit for a specific purpose. Most water is purified for human consumption (drinking water) but water purification may also be designed for a variety of other purposes, including to meet the requirements of medical, pharmacology, chemical and industrial applications. In general, the methods used include physical process such as filtration and sedimentation, biological processes such as slow sand filters or activated sludge, chemical process such as flocculation and chlorination and the use of electromagnetic radiation such as ultraviolet light. The purification process of water may reduce the concentration of particulate matter including suspended particles, parasites, bacteria, algae, viruses, fungi; and a range of dissolved and particulate material derived from the minerals that water may have made contacted after falling as rain. This new book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this field. ... Read more

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Boston Harbor has always been America’s harbor. It served as a colonial gateway to the world, witnessed the Boston Tea Party, and helped Boston transform itself from an outpost of a few hardy settlers into a bustling metropolis and self-proclaimed hub of the universe.

Yet for hundreds of years, Eric Jay Dolin points out, Boston Harbor was also a cesspool. Long before Bostonians dumped tea into the harbor to protest English taxes, they dumped sewage there. As the Boston area grew and prospered, its sewage problems worsened, as did the harbor’s health, to the point where in the 1980s it was considered the most polluted harbor in the country and ridiculed as the "harbor of shame." Then, in one of the most impressive environmental comebacks in American history, Boston Harbor was dramatically cleaned up. All it took was two lawsuits, two courts, dozens of lawyers, the creation of a powerful sewage authority, thousands of workers, millions of labor hours, and billions of dollars.

Sewage management is rarely as compelling and exciting as higher profile environmental issues such as global climate change, preserving endangered species, or protecting tropical rainforests. But it can be, as Dolin shows in this engaging narrative account. Boston’s struggle to deal with its sewage is an epic story of failure and success, replete with colorful characters, political, bureaucratic, and legal twists and turns, engineering feats, and massive amounts of money. In the end, success hinged on the often overlooked yet monumentally important act of responsibly disposing of the waste people produce every day. ... Read more

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History of the Colonization Boston and the Ensuing Water and Sewage Problems
I found this over-view of the history of colonization of Boston and it's ensuing water and sewage problems very interesting as a classic example of a city growing by leaps and bounds without any common sense consideration of how to safely dispose of sewage without contaminating the environment. This study leads right up to the current situation that author Dolin considers "successful" considering the wrenching history of the sewage problems Bostonians had to live with for most of that city's history up until the late 1970's when movements to finally mitigate the harbor pollution finally got off to a slow, but steady start towards secondary sewage treatment. Dolin relates that the current water quality in Boston Harbor is not perfect, but the efforts to clean it up are in full swing and the difference from just 5 to 10 years ago is dramatic.

The legal battles to force mitigation of the harbor pollution are gone over in clinical/ academic detail and become burdensome at points, but the general historical view of causation and remedy are fascinating and extend on to comparisons of other large cities such as London, et al. and how they dealt with the same problems. A few Bostonians used these comparisons in ongoing attempts to nudge the powers-at-be in Boston to copy their examples of clean-up, usually to limited degrees, but after 300 years of haphazard attempts, Bostonians demanded better and finally got it. A good, academic read on sewage mitigation.

Another book on the subject of water pollution and the attempts to clean it up is "The Rivers Keepers" by John Cronin and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This is the story of efforts to clean up the Hudson River and the establishment of the Waterkeepers movement which has spread to just about all bodies of water in the U.S.- excellent read.

Dry, Academic Overview of the Boston Harbor Clean up
I found this book to be very dry and difficult to read.It does a very poor job at explaining and portraying one of the most contentious periods in Boston history and does an equally poor job of explaining why this project was such an amazing engineering feat.I was also disappointed by the jarring and ramshackle writing style and how the book moves from first person to detached writing and back again.

Basically this is a great story but this book doesn't do a good job at all in telling it. This one is only for hardcore engineers or environmental students, not for those interested in Boston history.

A political history of Boston and its harbor
It's hard to conveniently peg Political Waters: The Long, Dirty, Contentious, Incredibly Expensive, But Eventually Triumphant History Of Boston Harbor: A Unique Environmental Success Story is at once a political history of Boston and its harbor, as well as a story of urban planning and environmental success. Political Waters charts some stormy seas indeed as Boston spent literally centuries working to clean up its reputation as having one of the nation's most polluted bodies of water. Political Waters presents a semi-scholarly assessment of this process and is a highly recommended addition to Environmental Studies reference collections and reading lists.
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Focusing on the sustainability of water supplies to the growing populations throughout the world, this volume consists of articles contributed by experts drawn from around the globe. Issues covered include: policy making in the European Union; rural water supplies in Africa; chemical monitoring and analytical methods; water use in agriculture; social justice in supplying water; potable water recycling, and sustainable water treatment. The book will be useful to those working in the water industry, policy makers and planners, researchers and environmental consultants, and students in environmental science, technology, engineering, and management. There is also much here to interest all concerned with major environmental issues such as climate change and the many other factors which influence the sustainability of water supplies.

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Urbanization of the Earth’s population will have increased the Earth’s urban population from less than one billion in 1950 to five billion by 2030. Managing water for this burgeoning urban population is one of the critical needs for humanity. This book uses a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to examine the urban water environment. Water has multiple roles: municipal water supply, aquatic habitat, landscape aesthetics and recreation. Increasingly, urban water is reused, serving multiple purposes. Humans alter the urban hydrologic cycle and the chemical and physical integrity of urban water systems and resources. Some of those changes are beneficial, and others harmful. Understanding those changes and impacts requires expertise and perspective from a wide range of disciplines. Chapter authors represent this diversity of expertise, with expertise in surface and groundwater hydrology, civil and environmental engineering, environmental policy, urban planning, law, geomorphology, and recreation management.

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Provides a clearly presented overview of the law's provisions and pertient regulation and enforcement issues. ... Read more

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Every treatment plant and pretreater of industrial wastes needs a copy of this reference. Developed by a panel including engineers from wastewater treatment plants, manufacturing facilities, and consulting firms, along with federal and state regulatory personnel, this manual contains information on the roles of both parties in the treatment and discharge of manufacturing process wastewater and the solids it contains. Covers a wide range of pollutants and technology. ... Read more

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Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over-enrichment can result in toxic algal blooms, shellfish poisoning, coral reef destruction, and other harmful outcomes. All U.S. coasts show signs of nutrient over-enrichment, and scientists predict worsening problems in the years ahead.

Clean Coastal Waters explains technical aspects of nutrient over-enrichment and proposes both immediate local action by coastal managers and a longer-term national strategy incorporating policy design, classification of affected sites, law and regulation, coordination, and communication.

Highlighting the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone," the Pfiesteria outbreak in a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, and other cases, the book explains how nutrients work in the environment, why nitrogen is important, how enrichment turns into over-enrichment, and why some environments are especially susceptible. Economic as well as ecological impacts are examined. ... Read more

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This is a perfect book for managers and scientists
This book not only describes controlling mechanisms and direct/indirect effects of nutrient over-enrichment but also provides possible solutions to the nutrient pollution.I especially appreciate the special effort to get input from regional scientists and managers since the dynamics of nutrient pollution may be dependent on specific region and time.This book, in fact, attempts to determine susceptibility of coastal zone to the nutrient over-enrichment in Chapter 6.It presented major factors affecting estuarine susceptibility which attracted my attention.In conclusion, this book serves as an excellent guide for scientists and managers struggling to better understand causes and effects of the nutrient pollution at both regional and national scales for better management of the coastal zones in the U.S. ... Read more

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This book is a collection of papers presented at the 2nd International River Quality Symposium. The papers give case studies of the quality of rivers in different parts of the world, focusing particularly on the polluted Vistula River in Poland and the revived Will amette River in Oregon, USA which was the subject of a major cleaning operation in the 1970s. The book provides valuable information on the quality of rivers in Eastern Europe, particulary Poland. It is timely since, with the collapse of communism, Eastern European countries are faced with tackling huge environmental problems created by the lack of investment in environmental technology. The situation in Poland is contrasted with the USA and UK where water pollution problems have largely been overcome. ... Read more

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Recent contributions have significantly enhanced the understanding of the SCS-CN method and consequently its application potential. In the simplest form, the fundamental proportionality concept of the method relates the two orthogonal hydrological processes of surface water and ground water and the other hypothesis relates to the atmospheric process. Qualitatively, the method broadly integrates all the three major processes of the hydrologic cycle; and therefore it can form one of the fundamental concepts of hydrology. This textbook is aimed at presenting an up-to-date account of the SCS-CN method and clarify its potential for practical applications, and especially those other than originally intended.

The subject matter of the book is divided into nine chapters, treatingthe following topics: a brief introduction of rainfall-runoff modelingand elements of catchment, precipitation, interception, surfacedetention and depression storage, evaporation, infiltration, runoff,and the runoff hydrograph; the factors affecting the curve number(CN), the determination of CN, the use of NEH-4 tables, sensitivityanalysis, advantages and limitations of the SCS-CN method, andapplication to distributed watershed modeling; an analyticalderivation of the SCS-CN method focusing on the Mockus and othermethods; a determination of `S' using the volumetric conceptencompassing an analytical derivation, verification of the existingAMC criteria, determination of S, use of NEH-4 tables and advantagesand limitations of the modified model; the determination of `S' usingphysical principles, involving Fokker-Planck equation of infiltration,description of S, S/P relations for the modified model anddetermination of Ds from universal soil loss equation; simulation ofinfiltration and runoff hydrographs, with particular emphasis onSCS-CN-based infiltration and runoff models and application ofinfiltration and runoff models; long-term hydrologic simulation andhydrologic models of Williams and LaSeur, Hawkins, Pandit andGopalkrishnan, and Mishra and others; rainfall-excess computation,soil moisture budgeting, catchment routing, and baseflow computation;transport of pollutants in urban watersheds; and sediment yield.

Audience: This volume will be of interest to agricultural scientists, agricultural and civil engineers, environmental engineers, forest and range scientists, as well as watershed managers. It will also be useful to college students and faculty members engaged in environment and water related studies. ... Read more

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This is a global survey and assessment of the structure, evolution, and performance of water institutions – administration policies and regulatory practices – in regional, national, and international settings. The coverage includes analysis and discussion of the rationale for institutional innovations, based on case study findings; specific suggestions for sustainable institutional design; and recommendations for implementing institutional reforms.

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This practical reference examines every potential means of exposureto water contaminants, provides in-depth discussions on toxicology, and explains the most up-to-date techniques for evaluating human health risk.Develops a methodology for assessing the cumulative absorbed dose of contaminants through all routes of exposure, including ingestion, inhalation, and dermal!Covering both federal and state efforts to monitor and treat water and discussing water safety regulations, Water Contamination and Healthaddresses indoor exposure to radon from water sources and exposure to chloroform in swimming poolshighlights epidemiology, including the need to determine the actual correlation between chemical exposure and human health effectsemphasizes the internal dose concept using a physiologically based pharmacokinetic modelfurnishes a case study on spontaneous abortion in pregnant women who were exposed to a specific chemical from a contaminated wellexplores the potential existence of carcinogens in water for human consumptionand much more! ... Read more

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The importance of the political sphere for understanding and solving water sector problems is the basic rationale of this book, which is the outcome of the Fifth Dialogues on Water, organised at the German Development Institute, Bonn. These dialogues, unlike earlier ones, focused on the political processes of policy formulation and the strategic behaviour of the actors involved. Specific attention is devoted to implications for development cooperation.

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Wetland Systems covers broad water and environmental engineering aspects relevant for the drainage and treatment of storm water and wastewater. It provides a descriptive overview of complex ‘black box’ treatment systems and the general design issues involved. Standard and novel design recommendations for predominantly constructed wetlands and related sustainable drainage systems are given to take into account the interests of professional engineers and environmental scientists. Wetland Systems deals comprehensively with not only the design, operation, maintenance and water quality monitoring of traditional and novel wetland systems, but also covers:• Analysis of asset performance• Modelling of treatment processes• Performances of existing infrastructure• Sustainability and economic issuesSolutions to pressing water quality problems associated with constructed treatment wetlands, integrated constructed wetlands, farm constructed wetlands and storm water ponds, and other sustainable biological filtration and treatment technologies linked to public health engineering are explained. Case study topics are diverse: natural wetlands and constructed treatment wetlands; sustainable water management; and specific applications, such as wetlands treating hydrocarbons. The research projects discussed are multi-disciplinary, holistic, experimental and modelling-orientated.Wetland Systems is a useful reference for the design and operation of wetland systems by engineers and scientists working for the water industry, non-governmental organisations, local authorities and governmental bodies. It is also a valuable text for undergraduate and postgraduate students, lecturers and researchers in civil and environmental engineering fields. ... Read more

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Questions and answers introduce the basics of water pollution, its causes, effects, and prevention. ... Read more

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This updated edition provides a lucid account of the sources and effects of water pollution, and a broad overview of how it is monitored and controlled. Includes case studies and a description of biological monitoring techniques. Paper. ... Read more