Introduction to Water Resources and Environmental Issues
ISBN: 9780521869881 | 0521869889
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 1/18/2010
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This book is a thorough introduction for undergraduate students to the complex world of water resources. It covers the fundamentals in water science, aquatic ecology, geomorphology and hydrology, with topical examples of water resource issues. Water laws, allocation, quality and quantity, and disease issues are addressed, and potential solutions looked at. Supplemented by many student-friendly features and online resources, this book is an essential student guide.
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| Preface | |
| Perspectives on water and environmental issues | |
| The water environment of early civilizations | |
| The hydrologic cycle | |
| Water quality | |
| Watershed basics | |
| Groundwater | |
| Lakes and ponds | |
| Rivers and streams | |
| Wetlands | |
| Dams and reservoirs | |
| Drinking water and wa... MORE | |
| Water allocation law | |
| Roles of federal, regional, state, and local water management | |
| Water conflicts, solutions, and our future | |
| References | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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