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In an era of dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil. The entire world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of clean water. To avert a devastating shortage, we must not only look at alternate water sources for existing structures but must plan our new developments differently.

Design for Water is an accessible and clearly written guide to alternate water collection, with a focus on rainwater harvesting in the urban environment. The book:

Outlines the process of water collection from multiple sources-landscape, residential, commercial, industrial, school, park, and municipal systems
Provides numerous case studies
Details the assembly and actual application of equipment
Includes specific details, schematics, and references

All aspects of rainwater harvesting are outlined, including passive and active system setup, storage, storm water reuse, distribution, purification, analysis, and filtration. There is even a section on rainwater harvesting for wildlife.

In addition to rainwater, there are several affordable and accessible alternate sources, including cooling tower bleed-off water, air conditioning condensate, gray water, and fog collection. Design for Water is geared to providing those making development decisions and guidelines with the information they need to set up passive harvesting techniques. The book will especially appeal to engineers, landscape architects, municipal decision-makers, developers, and landowners.

Heather Kinkade-Levario is a land-use planner in Arizona and the author of the award-winning Forgotten Rain. She is president of Forgotten Rain L.L.C., a rainwater harvesting and stormwater reuse company.

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This book provides a state-of-the-art review of practice in the collection of rainwater It presents case studies with numerous examples from around the world which will help anyone intending to design or construct a rainwater catchment system.

The prime focus of the book is on implementation of roof and ground catchment systems for meeting either total or supplementary household water requirements. All aspects of design and construction are covered including simple methods of sizing systems, erection of gutters, choice of materials, construction techniques, training, operation, and maintenance. Ina addition, non-technical factors such as water quality, health, social, financial, cultural, political, institutional, and general issues are discussed.

The text is fully supported with drawings, photographs, and detailed step-by step accounts for several different types of household rainwater tanks. The material is based on practical experience learned over 20 years of constructing and researching rainwater systems in Africa and Asia. It will be of use and interest to project managers, development workers, water engineers, architects, builders, and researchers..
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The Clean Water Act, with its emphasis on storm water and sediment control in urban areas, has created a compelling need for information in small-catchment hydrology. Design Hydrology and Sedimentology for Small Catchments provides the basic information and techniques required for understanding and implementing design systems to control runoff, erosion, and sedimentation. It will be especially useful to those involved in urban and industrial planning anddevelopment, surface mining activities, storm water management, sediment control, and environmental management.
This class-tested text, which presents many solved problems throughout as well as solutions at the end of each chapter, is suitable for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education courses. In addition, practicing professionals will find it a valuable reference.
Anderson/Woessner: APPLIED GROUNDWATER MODELING (1992)
Shuirman/Slosson: FORENSIC ENGINEERING (1992)
de Marsily: QUANTITATIVE HYDROGEOLOGY (1986)
Selley: APPLIED SEDIMENTOLOGY, THIRD EDITION (1988)
Huyakorn: COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN SUBSURFACE FLOW (1986)
Pinder: FINITE ELEMENT MODELING IN SURFACE AND SUBSURFACE HYDROLOGY (1977)

Key Features
* Covers major new improvements and state-of-the-art technologies in sediment control technology
* Provides in-depth information on estimating the impact of land-use changes on runoff and flood flows, as well as on estimating erosion and sediment yield from small catchments
* Presents superior coverage on design of flood and sediment detention ponds and design of runoff and sediment control measures.
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Paperback. This book represents a new "earth systems" approach to catchments that encompasses the physical and biogeochemical interactions that control the hydrology and biogeochemistry of the system. The text provides a comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals of catchment hydrology, principles of isotope geochemistry, and the isotope variability in the hydrologic cycle -- but the main focus of the book is on case studies in isotope hydrology and isotope geochemistry that explore the applications of isotope techniques for investigating modern environmental problems.

Isotope Tracers in Catchment Hydrology is the first synthesis of physical hydrology and isotope geochemistry with catchment focus, and is a valuable reference for professionals and students alike in the fields of hydrology, hydrochemistry, and environmental science. This important interdisciplinary text provides extensive guidelines for the application of isotope techniques for.
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This important monograph is based on the results of a study on the identification of conceptual lumped rainfall-runoff models for gauged and ungauged catchments. The task of model identification remains difficult despite decades of research. A detailed problem analysis and an extensive review form the basis for the development of a Matlab® modelling toolkit consisting of two components: a Rainfall-Runoff Modelling Toolbox (RRMT) and a Monte Carlo Analysis Toolbox (MCAT). These are subsequently applied to study the tasks of model identification and evaluation. A novel dynamic identifiability approach has been developed for the gauged catchment case. The theory underlying the application of rainfall-runoff models for predictions in ungauged catchments is studied, problems are highlighted and promising ways to move forward are investigated. Modelling frameworks for both gauged and ungauged cases are developed. This book presents the first extensive treatment of rainfall-runoff model identification in gauged and ungauged catchments..
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A group of psychiatrists and epidemiologists document the various psychiatric disorders afflicting millions of Americans They examine the extent of the various disorders which include alcoholism, drug abuse, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, panic and phobias. The volume is designed to provide a foundation for future discussion and investgation of mental health in the USA, and to point out the urgent need for research and improved treatment to cope with the problem..
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This book presents a concrete research study on landuse and land cover changes over the last 50 years ina karst mountain area of Vietnam. The main issues areland use changes, their causes, and implications onthe local environment. The book consists of sixchapters. After the introduction in chapter 1,chapter 2 details historical land use and land coverchange patterns, which were reconstructed usingvarious spatial data sources: satellite images andaerial photos. Chapter 3 explains the variables thatare found in logistic regression models to becorrelated with observed land use changes of bothshort and longer time spans. It is clearly evident inthis study that the factor 'ethnicity' wassignificantly correlated with the observed land usechange patterns. Chapter 4 delineates in-depthresearch on cultural characteristics of differentethnic groups and their land use changes at villagelevel. Chapter 5 focuses on the impact of theobserved land use changes on the local naturalenvironment of the study area. Finally, chapter 6presents the conclusions and prospects of this research..
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This is the first book to deal comprehensively with recent revolutions in river channel management. It explores the multidisciplinary nature of such management in relation to modern management techniques that bear the background of the entire drainage basin in mind, use channel restoration where appropriate, and are designed to be sustainable..
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