Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems
Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems

Author: Ken Thompson

Publisher: American Water Works Association

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 662

ISBN-13: 1583214402

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The problem of salinity in reclaimed water is growing as more utilities choose to use reclaimed water for irrigation and other purposes. This project is the first comprehensive look at this problem on a national level. The project conducted literature reviews on the sources of salinity to municipal wastewater and on constraints to using reclaimed water, conducted two surveys of utilities that reclaim water, and summarized regulations regarding reclaimed water. Salt balances were developed for sewersheds in five case study utilities integrating extensive field sampling, a household survey, and a newly developed model, Water Quality (WQ) Analyst. Finally, the net annualized cost of potential salinity mitigation practices was determined using an economics model. CD included with full Appendices.

Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems
Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems

Author: Ken Thompson

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages:

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The research objectives of this study were to characterize the nature of salinity loadings for reclaimed water systems, develop new tools including salinity mass loading and economic models, and validate and apply the tools through utility case studies. The researchers also planned to develop a methodology that can be applied nationally to allow utilities to identify the most cost-effective and scientifically defensible approach to reducing salinity in their reclaimed water.

Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems
Characterizing and Managing Salinity Loadings in Reclaimed Water Systems

Author: American Water Works Association Researc

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Published: 2006-08-31

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9781843399568

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Salinity is emerging as a serious concern in municipal water supplies. At elevated concentrations, salinity, normally measured as total dissolved solids (TDS), can damage crops and landscape plants, and corrode pipes, cooling towers, and other structures. This project is the first comprehensive look at the problem and potential solutions of salinity in reclamation water on a national level. There are at least 1,500 utilities nationally that use reclaimed water. Reclamation utilities are faced with increasing levels of salinity in their reclaimed water that originates from a number of different sources. Currently, utilities across the United States do not have a complete set of tools that allows them to identify and quantify the impacts of the different salinity contributions occurring in their systems. The results of this project are the initial development of cost effective and scientifically defensible salinity management tools that can be realistically implemented. This is available as a pay-per-view product only.

Sustainability
Sustainability

Author: Julie Sze

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2018-07-03

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1479858641

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A critical resource for approaching sustainability across the disciplines Sustainability and social justice remain elusive even though each is unattainable without the other. Across the industrialized West and the Global South, unsustainable practices and social inequities exacerbate one another. How do social justice and sustainability connect? What does sustainability mean and, most importantly, how can we achieve it with justice? This volume tackles these questions, placing social justice and interdisciplinary approaches at the center of efforts for a more sustainable world. Contributors present empirical case studies that illustrate how sustainability can take place without contributing to social inequality. From indigenous land rights, climate conflict, militarization and urban drought resilience, the book offers examples of ways in which sustainability and social justice strengthen one another. Through an understanding of history, diverse cultural traditions, and complexity in relation to race, class, and gender, this volume demonstrates ways in which sustainability can help to shape better and more robust solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Blending methods from the humanities, environmental sciences and the humanistic social sciences, this book offers an essential guide for the next generation of global citizens.

Cities of the Future
Cities of the Future

Author: Vladimir Novotny

Publisher: IWA Publishing

Published: 2007-09-04

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 1843391368

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This book is developed from and includes the presentations of leading international experts and scholars in the 12-14 July, 2006 Wingspread Workshop. With urban waters as a focal point, this book will explore the links between urban water quality and hydrology, and the broader concepts of green cities and smart growth. It also addresses legal and social barriers to urban ecological sustainability and proposes practical ways to overcome those barriers. Cities of the Future features chapters containing visionary concepts on how to ensure that cities and their water resources become ecologically sustainable and are able to provide clean water for all beneficial uses. The book links North American and Worldwide experience and approaches. The book is primarily a professional reference aimed at a wide interdisciplinary audience, including universities, consultants, environmental advocacy groups and legal environmental professionals.

The Water Environment of Cities
The Water Environment of Cities

Author: Lawrence A. Baker

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-04-21

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0387848916

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The concept for the Water Environment of Cities arose from a workshop “Green 1 Cities, Blue Waters” workshop held in 2006. The workshop assembled experts from engineering, planning, economics, law, hydrology, aquatic ecology, geom- phology, and other disciplines to present research ?ndings and identify key new ideas on the urban water environment. At a lunch discussion near the end of the workshop, several of us came to the recognition that despite having considerable expertise in a narrow discipline, none of us had a vision of the “urban water en- ronment” as a whole. We were, as in the parable, blind men at opposite ends of the elephant, knowinga great deal about the parts, but notunderstandingthe whole. We quickly recognized the need to develop a book that would integrate this knowledge to create this vision. The goal was to develop a book that could be used to teach a complete, multidisciplinary course, “The Urban Water Environment”, but could also be used as a supplemental text for courses on urban ecosystems, urban design, landscapearchitecture,water policy,waterqualitymanagement andwatershed m- agement. The book is also valuable as a reference source for water professionals stepping outside their arena of disciplinary expertise. The Water Environment of Cities is the ?rst book to use a holistic, interdis- plinary approach to examine the urban water environment. We have attempted to portrayaholisticvisionbuiltaround theconcept of water as a coreelement ofcities. Water has multipleroles:municipalwatersupply,aquatichabitat,landscapeaesth- ics, and recreation. Increasingly, urban water is reused, serving multiple purposes.

Residential End Uses of Water
Residential End Uses of Water

Author: Peter W. Mayer

Publisher: American Water Works Association

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13:

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The American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF) and 22 municipalities, water utilities, water purveyors, water districts and water providers funded this study. Goals of this research included: Providing specific data on the end uses of water in residential settings across the continent; Assembling data on disaggregated indoor and outdoor uses; Identifying variations in water used for each fixture or appliance according to a variety of factors; and Developing predictive models forecast residential water demand. This report represents a time and place snapshot of how water is used in single-family homes in twelve North American locations. Similarities and differences among 'end users' were tabulated for each location, analyzed and summarized. Great care was taken to create a statistically significant representative sample of customer for each of the twelve locations. However, these twelve locations are not statistically representative of all North American locations.