Water Engineering

Understanding Hydrological Variability for Improved Water Management in the Semi-Arid Karkheh Basin, Iran..

Hospital staff and caregivers are regularly exposed to biomechanical overload risk, particularly at spine and shoulder level a risk factor that will continue to rise with the progressive aging of the population. Patient Handling in the Healthcare Sector: A Guide for Risk Management with MAPO Methodo..

With water security being so crucial an issue in the twenty-first century, this text provides topical discussion on related issues, such as: hydrological processes, water resources management, and rainfall in arid and semi-arid regions...

This new edition covers the drainage of rainwater and wastewater. It deals comprehensively with the analysis and design of new systems and of existing infrastructure. Combining principles, practice and research, it provides significant new material on modelling, risk, smart urban drainage, and the g..

Explaining the nature and value of urban groundwater, this text, written by a UNESCO/IAH group, includes a detailed discussion of six urban environments ranging from mature industrial cities to weathered crystalline aquifers and arid-zone cities...

Rapid population growth, along with drought, water-intensive energy development, climate change conditions, and a number of other factors are all stressors on world water supplies. In many countries throughout the world, water reuse has proved to be an effective and safe means to help satisfy growin..

Understanding the impacts of urbanization on the urban water cycle and managing the associated health risks demand adequate strategies and measures. Health risks associated with urban water systems and services include the microbiological and chemical contamination of urban waters and outbreak of wa..

Ecosystem services can be broadly defined as the aspects of ecosystems that provide benefits to people. This book provides guidance on the valuation of ecosystem services, using the case of multifunctional wetlands to illustrate and make recommendations regarding the methods and techniques that can ..

This book provides comprehensive information on Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions from publicly owned treatment works (POTWs). It describes models of emission factors so that readers will know what to expect when models need to be used for the estimation of VOCs from their specific wastewate..

This is a practical, hands-on, scribble-in-the-margins manual, full of practical information about how sewers work and strategies for maintaining them. It shows readers how to: analyze their system's traits and problems; identify points that impede flow; prioritize corrective maintenance and repair;..

A colour atlas containing 210 colour micrographs to help the reader identify organisms found in sewage and sludge. Subjects depicted include bacteria, eggs, amoeba, parasitic protozoa, algae and flagellates. There is a chapter on enumeration which suggests techniques for fixing and staining...

Wastewater Organisms contains 210 high-quality full-color micrographs to help readers identify organisms found in sewage and sludge. These photos provide the maximum level of detail and aid in understanding the form and dimension of the organisms. There is a chapter on enumeration which provides lit..