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Author: Intergovernmental Task Force on Monitoring Water Quality (U.S.)
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 44
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn response to increased technological advances and burgeoning demands on available water supplies, the federal government and the private sector are joining efforts to reshape the network and broaden the focus of water quality monitoring efforts in the United States.
Author: Jamie Bartram
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2020-10-14
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 1000101606
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWater quality monitoring is an essential tool in the management of water resources and this book comprehensively covers the entire monitoring operation. This important text is the outcome of a collborative programme of activity between UNEP and WHO with inputs from WMO and UNESCO and draws on the international standards of the International Organization of Standardization.
Author: Intergovernmental Task Force on Monitoring Water Quality (U.S.)
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 44
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn response to increased technological advances and burgeoning demands on available water supplies, the federal government and the private sector are joining efforts to reshape the network and broaden the focus of water quality monitoring efforts in the United States.
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2020-12-04
Total Pages: 423
ISBN-13: 0309679702
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew York City's municipal water supply system provides about 1 billion gallons of drinking water a day to over 8.5 million people in New York City and about 1 million people living in nearby Westchester, Putnam, Ulster, and Orange counties. The combined water supply system includes 19 reservoirs and three controlled lakes with a total storage capacity of approximately 580 billion gallons. The city's Watershed Protection Program is intended to maintain and enhance the high quality of these surface water sources. Review of the New York City Watershed Protection Program assesses the efficacy and future of New York City's watershed management activities. The report identifies program areas that may require future change or action, including continued efforts to address turbidity and responding to changes in reservoir water quality as a result of climate change.
Author: Satinder Ahuja
Publisher: Newnes
Published: 2013-01-02
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 0444594043
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMonitoring Water Quality is a practical assessment of one of the most pressing growth and sustainability issues in the developed and developing worlds: water quality. Over the last 10 years, improved laboratory techniques have led to the discovery of microbial and viral contaminants, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors in our fresh water supplies that were not monitored previously. This book offers in-depth coverage of water quality issues (natural and human-related), monitoring of contaminants, and remediation of water contamination. In particular, readers will learn about arsenic removal techniques, real-time monitoring, and risk assessment. Monitoring Water Quality is a vital text for students and professionals in environmental science, civil engineering, chemistry — anyone concerned with issues of water analysis and sustainability assessment. - Covers in depth the scope of sustainable water problems on a worldwide scale - Provides a rich source of sophisticated methods for analyzing water to assure its safety - Describes the monitoring of contaminants, including pharmaceutical and endocrine disruptors - Helps to quickly identify the sources and fates of contaminants and sources of pollutants and their loading
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2000-02-17
Total Pages: 569
ISBN-13: 0309172683
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement's scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City's watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution sources, advances in treatment technologies, and natural variations in watershed conditions. The book recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens, understanding pathogen transport and fate, and demonstrating that best management practices will remove pathogens. Other recommendations, which are broadly applicable to surface water supplies across the country, target buffer zones, stormwater management, water quality monitoring, and effluent trading.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2000-08-17
Total Pages: 422
ISBN-13: 0309069483
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnvironmental 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. In addressing abatement strategies, the committee discusses the importance of monitoring sites, developing useful models of over-enrichment, and setting water quality goals. The book also reviews voluntary programs, mandatory controls, tax incentives, and other policy options for reducing the flow of nutrients from agricultural operations and other sources.
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
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Published: 1998-02-01
Total Pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9780788133046
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRecommends a nationwide strategy for water-quality monitoring & technical monitoring improvements to support sound water-quality decision-making at all levels of government & in the private sector. Within the nationwide strategy, individual monitoring programs would pursue their own goals & activities. Major recommendations are: work together, share data, use comparable methods, monitor program goals & designs, & report findings. Appendices: glossary of terms, terms of reference, annotated bibliography, & indicator-selection criteria.
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2012-07-17
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 0309224624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExpanding water reuse-the use of treated wastewater for beneficial purposes including irrigation, industrial uses, and drinking water augmentation-could significantly increase the nation's total available water resources. Water Reuse presents a portfolio of treatment options available to mitigate water quality issues in reclaimed water along with new analysis suggesting that the risk of exposure to certain microbial and chemical contaminants from drinking reclaimed water does not appear to be any higher than the risk experienced in at least some current drinking water treatment systems, and may be orders of magnitude lower. This report recommends adjustments to the federal regulatory framework that could enhance public health protection for both planned and unplanned (or de facto) reuse and increase public confidence in water reuse.
Author: Deborah V Chapman
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 1996-08-22
Total Pages: 658
ISBN-13: 0419215905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis guidebook, now thoroughly updated and revised in its second edition, gives comprehensive advice on the designing and setting up of monitoring programmes for the purpose of providing valid data for water quality assessments in all types of freshwater bodies. It is clearly and concisely written in order to provide the essential information for all agencies and individuals responsible for the water quality.
