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Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Wastewater Management for Coastal Urban Areas

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Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Wastewater Management for Coastal Urban Areas

Close to one-half of all Americans live in coastal counties. The resulting flood of wastewater, stormwater, and pollutants discharged into coastal waters is a major concern. This book offers a well-delineated approach to integrated coastal management beginning with wastewater and stormwater control. The committee presents an overview of current management practices and problems. The core of the volume is a detailed model for integrated coastal management, offering basic principles and methods, a direction for moving from general concerns to day-to-day activities, specific steps from goal setting through monitoring performance, and a base of scientific and technical information. Success stories from the Chesapeake and Santa Monica bays are included. The volume discusses potential barriers to integrated coastal management and how they may be overcome and suggests steps for introducing this concept into current programs and legislation. This practical volume will be important to anyone concerned about management of coastal waters: policymakers, resource and municipal managers, environmental professionals, concerned community groups, and researchers, as well as faculty and students in environmental studies.

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0309048265

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Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Wastewater Management for Coastal Urban Areas

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By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Wastewater Management for Coastal Urban Areas

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Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment

Predicting Relative Contamination Potential Under Conditions of Uncertainty

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee for Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability

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Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment

Predicting Relative Contamination Potential Under Conditions of Uncertainty

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee for Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability

Since the need to protect ground water from pollution was recognized, researchers have made progress in understanding the vulnerability of ground water to contamination. Yet, there are substantial uncertainties in the vulnerability assessment methods now available. With a wealth of detailed information and practical advice, this volume will help decision-makers derive the most benefit from available assessment techniques. It offers: Three laws of ground water vulnerability. Six case studies of vulnerability assessment. Guidance for selecting vulnerability assessments and using the results. Reviews of the strengths and limitations of assessment methods. Information on available data bases, primarily at the federal level. This book will be indispensable to policymakers and resource managers, environmental professionals, researchers, faculty, and students involved in ground water issues, as well as investigators developing new assessment methods.

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0309047994

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9780309047999

Setting Priorities for Drinking Water Contaminants

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Drinking Water Contaminants

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Setting Priorities for Drinking Water Contaminants

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Committee on Drinking Water Contaminants

The provision of safe drinking water has been an important factor in the improvement of the health status of U.S. communities since the turn of the last century. Nonetheless, outbreaks of waterborne disease and incidences of chemical contamination of drinking water continue to occur. Setting Priorities for Drinking Water Contaminants recommends a new process for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to use in deciding which potential drinking water contaminants should be regulated in public water supplies to provide the greatest protection against waterborne illnesses. The book covers chemical and microbiological contaminants and includes a historical review of past approaches to setting priorities for drinking water contaminants and other environmental pollutants. It emphasizes the need for expert judgment in this process and for a conservative approach that considers public health protection as the first priority.

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0309173647

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9780309173643

CLEANER and NSF's Environmental Observatories

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on the Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER)

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CLEANER and NSF's Environmental Observatories

Degradation of the nation's water resources threatens the health of humans and the functioning of natural ecosystems. To help better understand the causes of these adverse impacts and how they might be more effectively mitigated, especially in urban and human-stressed aquatic systems, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has proposed the establishment of a Collaborative Large-scale Engineering Analysis Network for Environmental Research (CLEANER). This program would provide a platform for near-real-time and conventional data collection and analysis; improve understanding and prediction of processes controlling large-scale environmental and hydrologic systems; help explain human-induced impacts on the environment; and help identify more effective adaptive management approaches to mitigate adverse impacts of human activities on water and land resources. At NSF's request, the National Academies undertook a review this proposed program. The resultant report recommends that NSF proceed with its planning, implementation, and intra- and interagency coordination activities for the program, as a successful environmental observatory network could transform the environmental engineering profession and increase its already considerable contributions to society.

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0309102294

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9780309102292

Freshwater Ecosystems

Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology

By: Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

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Freshwater Ecosystems

Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology

By: Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

To fulfill its commitment to clean water, the United States depends on limnology, a multidisciplinary science that seeks to understand the behavior of freshwater bodies by integrating aspects of all basic sciences--from chemistry and fluid mechanics to botany, ichthyology, and microbiology. Now, prominent limnologists are concerned about this important field, citing the lack of adequate educational programs and other issues. Freshwater Ecosystems responds with recommendations for strengthening the field and ensuring the readiness of the next generation of practitioners. Highlighted with case studies, this book explores limnology's place in the university structure and the need for curriculum reform, with concrete suggestions for curricula and field research at the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels. The volume examines the wide-ranging career opportunities for limnologists and recommends strategies for integrating limnology more fully into water resource decision management. Freshwater Ecosystems tells the story of limnology and its most prominent practitioners and examines the current strengths and weaknesses of the field. The committee discusses how limnology can contribute to appropriate policies for industrial waste, wetlands destruction, the release of greenhouse gases, extensive damming of rivers, the zebra mussel and other "invasions" of species-- the broad spectrum of problems that threaten the nation's freshwater supply. Freshwater Ecosystems provides the foundation for improving a field whose importance will continue to increase as human populations grow and place even greater demands on freshwater resources. This volume will be of value to administrators of university and government science programs, faculty and students in aquatic science, aquatic resource managers, and clean-water advocates--and it is readily accessible to the concerned individual.

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0309588995

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9780309588997

Issues in Potable Reuse

The Viability of Augmenting Drinking Water Supplies with Reclaimed Water

By: Committee to Evaluate the Viability of Augmenting Potable Water Supplies with Reclaimed Water,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council

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The Viability of Augmenting Drinking Water Supplies with Reclaimed Water

A small but growing number of municipalities are augmenting their drinking water supplies with highly treated wastewater. But some professionals in the field argue that only the purest sources should be used for drinking water. Is potable reuse a viable application of reclaimed water? How can individual communities effectively evaluate potable reuse programs? How certain must "certain" be when it comes to drinking water safety? Issues in Potable Reuse provides the best available answers to these questions. Useful to scientists yet accessible to concerned lay readers, this book defines important terms in the debate and provides data, analysis, and examples of the experience of municipalities from San Diego to Tampa. The committee explores in detail the two major types of contaminants: Chemical contaminants. The committee discusses how to assess toxicity, reduce the input of contaminants, evaluate treatment options, manage the byproducts of disinfection and other issues. Microbial contaminants, including newly emerging waterborne pathogens. The book covers methods of detection, health consequences, treatment, and more. Issues in Potable Reuse reviews the results of six health effects studies at operational or proposed reuse projects. The committee discusses the utility of fish versus mammals in toxicology testing and covers issues in quality assurance.

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280

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0309517680

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9780309517683

Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Sustainable Underground Storage of Recoverable Water

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Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Sustainable Underground Storage of Recoverable Water

Growing demands for water in many parts of the nation are fueling the search for new approaches to sustainable water management, including how best to store water. Society has historically relied on dams and reservoirs, but problems such as high evaporation rates and a lack of suitable land for dam construction are driving interest in the prospect of storing water underground. Managed underground storage should be considered a valuable tool in a water manager's portfolio, although it poses its own unique challenges that need to be addressed through research and regulatory measures.

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0309134226

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9780309134224

Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Polar Research Board,Committee on Antarctic Policy and Science

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Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic

By: National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Polar Research Board,Committee on Antarctic Policy and Science

With the negotiation of the International Protocol on Environmental Protection in 1991, those nations conducting scientific research programs in Antarctica face new challenges for stewardship of the southern continent and protection of its environment. Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic examines how the implementation of the 1991 agreement in the United States can be done in such a way to ensure the compatibility of scientific and environmental protection goals in this global laboratory. The book also addresses the potential for the new requirements both to benefit and harm research activities in Antarctica.

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0309049474

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Book's by Committee on Wastewater Management for Coastal Urban Areas

Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas

Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas

Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas

Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas

Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment

Ground Water Vulnerability Assessment

Setting Priorities for Drinking Water Contaminants

Setting Priorities for Drinking Water Contaminants

CLEANER and NSF's Environmental Observatories

CLEANER and NSF's Environmental Observatories

Freshwater Ecosystems

Freshwater Ecosystems

Issues in Potable Reuse

Issues in Potable Reuse

Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water

Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water

Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic

Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic

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