Drought & Water Supply

Water is the most every day of substances. It pours from our taps and falls from the sky. We drink it, wash with it, and couldn't live without it. ...

New Zealand''s Rivers: An Environmental History explores the relationship between New Zealanders and their rivers, explaining how they have arrived...

Microtopographic features, such as natural depressions, wetlands, and raised roads, are very important in regulating watershed energy and water flu...

The Hydropolitics of Dams charts the troubled waters of 'heavy engineering' approaches to ecosystem management, exploring the history, benefits and...

As urbanisation progresses, urban environments have been confronted with many challenges, such as air pollution and stormwater disaster. The latter...

Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? In a provocative exploration of the past,...

Located in the heart of England's Lake District, the placid waters of Thirlmere seem to be the embodiment of pastoral beauty. But under their calm ...

For some gardeners, every drop of water is precious, while others could do with a little less. There are even a surprising number of people whose g...

Containing the proceedings of the Second International Conference on the title topic, the book examines issues related to the nature of water, and ...

Landscaping is a critical element in improving both the function and appearance of rainwater recycling and stormwater management practices. Designi...

Plugged by no fewer than twenty-five dams, the Colorado is the world's most regulated river, providing most of the water supply of Las Vegas, Tucso...

Plugged by no fewer than twenty-five dams, the Colorado is the world's most regulated river, providing most of the water supply of Las Vegas, Tucso...

Containing papers presented seventh international conference on the topic, this book Reviews the advances have been made in the development and app...

Few people actively engaged in Indias water sector would deny that the Indian subcontinent faces serious problems in the sustainable use and manage...

Water as a resource is irreplaceable. Yet heavy rainfall can become an absolute disaster - even in modern cities - if rainwater is not drained out ...

Streams are dynamic components of living landscapes. Stream restoration, riparian restoration, and open land conservation are very connected. In co...

In California, the roughly 500-mile long Central Valley Project (CVP), one of the nation''''s largest water projects, provides water for multiple u...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that more than $680 billion is needed to repair and replace water and wastewater infrastructure...

In the last few decades, we have witnessed significant advancements in our understanding of the problems in the water sector in many countries and ...

The Corps is responsible for dredging sediment from waterways to maintain shipping routes important for commerce. One dredge type, a hopper dredge,...

Degradation of soil and water resources due to food and fibre production has been a concern for centuries in all societies on this planet. While so...

The Sahelian zone stretches across Africa from Senegal and Mauritania in the west to Sudan in the east, passing through Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger a...

This book provides new research on water resources. Chapter One discusses water resource management and intelligent monitoring systems for reservoi...

Forming the 9th volume from this successful international conference series, this book marks a growing global interest in the planning, design and ...

The average western lifestyle is kept afloat by about 2,000 gallons of H2O a day. The numbers are shocking. Your Water Footprint reveals the true c...

Water is an essential natural resource for life. Nowadays, water contamination is a common issue due to a variety of sources but mainly of anthropo...

On 25 March 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) jointly proposed a rule defining the scope...

Water institutions establish the incentives, information, and compulsions that guide behaviour and influence economic outcomes. Water pricing polic...

The responsibility for development, management, and allocation of the nation''''s water resources is spread among federal, state, local, tribal and...

The world's population is increasing; but its supply of water is not. Empires have grown and declined due to discovery and exhaustion of their wate...

With increases in the number of people travelling, the speed and methods of travel, the types and volume of trade, the ability to move living plant...

Water supply privatization was emblematic of the neoliberal turn in development policy in the 1990s. Proponents argued that the private sector coul...

Red Water, Black Gold: The Canadian River in Texas 19201999 tells the story of the Canadian River in the Texas Panhandle. It is a tale of grand des...

Water is our most vital resource. The growing demands made by an increasing number of people adopting urban lifestyles and Western diets, coupled w...

Water is the most vital element among the natural resources, and is crucial for the survival of all living organisms. Water drove the development o...

The World Bank predicts that two-thirds of the world''''s population will not have enough fresh drinking water by the year 2025. Instead of protect...

Adequate supplies of water are essential to people, the economy and the environment. Yet the Nation faces an increasing set of water resource chall...

The events of 11 September 2001 focused heightened attention on the security status of the nation''''s drinking water supplies and the vulnerabilit...

For the thirty-four million people living in Sudan, environmental pollution is a major concern throughout the country; therefore industry, communit...

Key issues related to freshwater availability and use, such as concerns about population growth straining water supplies, lack of information on wa...

Arguably, no other institution has transformed the heart of Texas like the Lower Colorado River Authority. Born in the Great Depression of the 1930...