La eficiencia del agua en las ciudades
La eficiencia del agua en las ciudades

Author: Antonio Estevan; Víctor Viñuales

Publisher: Fundación Nueva Cultura del Agua/Bakeaz

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 8488949421

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Hace seis años en nuestro país había más de 10 millones de españoles con restricciones diarias de agua. Esta situación traumática no provocó el giro debido en la política del agua. Las leyes y decretos que se adoptaron estaban destinados en su inmensa mayoría a aumentar la oferta del agua. Se desaprovechó la oportunidad para sentar las bases de una cultura del agua basada en la gestión de la demanda. Hasta anteayer la casi única prioridad de los municipios españoles era llevar agua potable (que cumpliera la ley) a las viviendas de las ciudades y pueblos de España. Si la demanda de agua superaba la oferta, el problema consistía en buscar esa agua nueva donde la hubiera. Como sólo se pensaba en la oferta, sólo se actuaba sobre ella. Pero los tiempos están cambiando. Poco a poco ha ido agrietándose el pensamiento único hidráulico y van conformándose nuevas certezas. Actuar sobre la demanda, gestionarla, es deseable y posible. Las sequías en nuestro país no son la excepción, son la norma. Por lo tanto, tenemos que hacer una gestión del agua acorde con nuestro ambiente climático y, también, en consonancia con lo que un desarrollo sostenible comporta. La revolución de la eficiencia que pedía el Club de Roma implica, muy especialmente, realizar una gestión eficiente del agua en los municipios. A lograrlo pretende contribuir esta publicación.

Water Management Challenges in Global Change
Water Management Challenges in Global Change

Author: B. Ulanicki

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-11-25

Total Pages: 705

ISBN-13: 1000116239

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Water Management Challenges in Global Change contains the proceedings of the 9th Computing and Control for the Water Industry (CCWI2007) and the Sustainable Urban Water Management (SUWM2007) conferences. The rationale behind these conferences is to improve the management of urban water systems through the development of computerbased methods. Issues such as economic globalisation, climate changes and water shortages call for a new approach to water systems management, which addresses the relevant technical, social and economic aspects. This collection represents the views of academic and industrial experts from a number of countries, who provide technical solutions to current water management problems and present a vision for addressing the global questions. The themes underlying many of the contributions include energy and material savings, water savings and the integration of different aspects of water management. The papers are grouped into three themes covering water distribution systems, sustainable urban water management and modelling of wastewater treatment plants. The water distribution topics cover asset and information management, planning, monitoring and control, hydraulic modelling of steady state and transients, water quality and treatment, demand and leakage management, optimisation, design and decision support systems, as well as reliability and security of water distribution systems. The sustainable urban water management topics include urban drainage systems, water reuse, social aspects of water management and also selected facets of water resources and irrigation. Computer control of wastewater treatment plants has been seen as less advanced than that of clean water systems. To address this imbalance, this book presents a number of modelling techniques developed specifically for these plants. Water Management Challenges in Global Change will prove to be invaluable to water and environmental engineering researchers and academics; managers, engineers and planners; and postgraduate students.

Water and Sanitation Services
Water and Sanitation Services

Author: Jose Esteban Castro

Publisher: Earthscan

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1849773750

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Focusing on how to provide clean water for all - one of the key Millennium Development Goals, this book integrates technical and social perspectives. A broad, international range of case studies are provided, from developed, middle income and developing countries, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.

Urban Water Supply Handbook
Urban Water Supply Handbook

Author: Larry W. Mays

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2002-06-04

Total Pages: 704

ISBN-13: 007150057X

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This state-of-the-art resource draws upon the accumulated wisdom of a carefully chosen team of internationally recognized experts selected for their extensive experience in the essential aspects of water supply systems. This industry “who’s who” covers everything from the historical perspectives of urban water supply to planning, safety and security – an especially timely and crucial issue, management, performance indicators, operation, pricing, maintenance, and public-private partnerships. The author includes informative case studies for valuable “real world” perspective.

Agua
Agua

Author: Leonor Pintado

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13:

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Water Policy in Spain
Water Policy in Spain

Author: Alberto Garrido

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2009-08-11

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0203866029

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Though the modern Spanish State was formed in the mid Fifteenth Century, historical records show that water works, statues, and the utilization of water dates back to centuries BC. As a semi-arid country, the effort to control, store and assure water supplies to cities and fields is present in numerous historical and political landmarks.Water polic

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Publisher: IICA Biblioteca Venezuela

Published:

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13:

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Ecological Crisis and Water Supply
Ecological Crisis and Water Supply

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-11-27

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9004679634

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This book analyses the origin and evolution of the water supply service in Andalusia (southern Spain) between 1800 and 2020 from several perspectives. It does so from a historical perspective, to understand the evolution of the service over the years; from an economic perspective, as it is very useful to obtain an overview of the level of efficiency of the service; from a legislative perspective, as the regulatory framework of each era determines the models of management and provision of the service; and, finally, from an ecological and environmental perspective, of great importance in the New Water Culture and the protection of this resource. The volume's main objective is to contribute to the extension of knowledge and analysis of the processes of municipalisation and/or privatisation of this service in Andalusia, with the aim of providing those responsible for local governments and administrations, both political and technical, with useful reflection and illustrative information on the use of municipalisation and/or privatisation as instruments for the reform of the local public sector. Contributors are: María Ana Bernardo, Ana Cardoso de Matos, José Escalante Jiménez, Antonio Rafael Fernández-Paradas, Mercedes Fernández-Paradas, Leticia Gallego Valero, Víctor Manuel Heredia-Flores, Carlos Larrinaga, Nuria Magaldi, Alberte Martínez-López, Juan Manuel Matés-Barco, Jesús Mirás Araujo, Encarnación Moral Pajares, Jesús Raúl Navarro García, Nuria Rodríguez Martín, and María Vázquez-Fariñas.