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  • Empire of Water

    An Environmental and Political History of the New York City Water Supply

    by David Soll ...
    Supplying water to millions is not simply an engineering and logistical challenge. As David Soll shows in his finely observed history of the nation's largest municipal water system, the task of providing water to New Yorkers transformed the natural and built environment of the city, its suburbs, and distant rural watersheds. Almost as soon as New York City completed its first municipal water ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

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  • Blue Future

    Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever

    by Maude Barlow ...
    Water is a human right: "A rousing case for what will be one of the key environmental challenges of the twenty-first century." — BooklistThe United Nations has recognized access to water as a basic human right—but there is still much work to be done to stem this growing environmental crisis. In this book, water activist Maude Barlow draws on her extensive experience to lay out a set of key ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Blue Gold

    The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water

    by Maude Barlow, Tony Clarke ...
    "Probably the most eloquent call to arms we're likely to hear about the politics of water" ( The Globe and Mail , Toronto).In this "chilling, in-depth examination of a rapidly emerging global crisis," Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke, two of the most active opponents to the privatization of water show how, contrary to received wisdom, water mainly flows uphill to the wealthy ( In These Times). Our ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nature as Teacher – New Principles in the Working of Nature

    Volume 2 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger's Eco-Technology Series

    by Viktor Schauberger ...
    Translated by Callum Coats ...
    Today we are standing helpless and perplexed. With no glimmer of improvement anywhere in sight, we feel hopelessly propelled towards a forlorn future. It is understandable therefore than an increasing number of people, sick and tired of this insane activity, are now seeking ways to return to Mother Nature. Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) Nature as Teacher, the second volume of the Eco-Technology ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Wastewater Gardener

    Preserving the Planet One Flush at a Time

    by Mark Nelson, PhD ...
    Mark Nelson, PhD, has worked for several decades in closed ecological systems research. As one of eight brave souls enclosed in the pioneering Biosphere 2 experiment for two years in 1991-1993, Nelson learned fi rst hand how essential the proper use of human waste is to the health of the planet. This realization, combined with his lifelong love aff air with constructed wetlands, led to the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Ancient Water Technologies

    Edited by L. Mays ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    There is no more fundamental resource than water. The basis of all life, water is fast becoming a key issue in today’s world, as well as a source of conflict. This fascinating book, which sets out many of the ingenious methods by which ancient societies gathered, transported and stored water, is a timely publication as overextraction and profligacy threaten the existence of aquifers and ... Read more

    $179.09 USD

  • Surface Modified Carbons as Scavengers for Fluoride from Water

    Edited by Venkataraman Sivasankar ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses the problems and feasible remediation of fluoride contamination in groundwater. The book investigates applications of various carbons derived from bio-mass and bio-polymers. It also inquires into surface modified carbons that use inorganic ions to help remove excess fluoride ions in drinking water and wastewater effluents. The compliance of kinetic and isotherm models with ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Sustainable Water Use and Management

    Examples of New Approaches and Perspectives

    Edited by Walter Leal Filho, Vakur Sümer ...
    Series series Energy (R0)
    Contributing to the growing debate on the need for sustainable water use and management, with concrete examples of new approaches, concepts, arguments, methods and findings which illustrate how this can be achieved, this book will be attractive for large groups of readers familiar with one or more of the themes it tackles, and to the general public. Within this context, the book makes use of many ... Read more

    $170.09 USD

  • Environmental Contaminants

    Using natural archives to track sources and long-term trends of pollution

    Edited by Jules M. Blais, John P. Smol, Michael R. Rosen ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The human footprint on the global environment now touches every corner of the world. This book explores the myriad ways that environmental archives can be used to study the distribution and long-term trajectories of chemical contaminants. The volume first focuses on reviews that examine the integrity of the historic record, including factors related to hydrology, post-depositional diffusion, and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Data-Driven Modeling: Using MATLAB® in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering

    by Shahab Araghinejad ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    “Data-Driven Modeling: Using MATLAB® in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering” provides a systematic account of major concepts and methodologies for data-driven models and presents a unified framework that makes the subject more accessible to and applicable for researchers and practitioners. It integrates important theories and applications of data-driven models and uses them to deal with ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Adaptive Water Management

    Concepts, Principles and Applications for Sustainable Development

    by Farideh Delavari Edalat, M. Reza Abdi ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This book explores a new framework of Adaptive Water Management (AWM) for evaluating existing approaches in urban water management. It highlights the need to adopt multidisciplinary strategies in water management while providing an in-depth understanding of institutional interactions amongst different water related sectors.The key characteristics of AWM i.e. polycentric governance, organisational ... Read more

    $107.99 USD

  • Security of Public Water Supplies

    Edited by Jamie Bartram, Rolf A. Deininger, Peter Literathy ...
    Series Book 66 - NATO Science Partnership Subseries
    "The best of all things is water" -Pindar 460 B. C. The provision of secure drinking water for its citizens is an aim of every government, and is a priority item to all the NATO and CP countries. The quantity of water in most of these countries is usually adequate, but the quality in many cases is not. With the development of new analytical methods, one suddenly finds new substances of human ... Read more

    $143.99 USD