Water, Development and the Environment
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    Water, Development and the Environment
    William James
    Manufacturer: CRC
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    ASIN: 0873715225

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    Water, Development and the Environment presents an impressive compilation of ideas addressing the most pressing problems facing the world today. Topics discussed include sustainable development, water scarcity, urban water pollution, water resources management, and management of landscape interventions. The authors discuss new philosophies and procedures and provide examples of the environmental impact of water development-particularly landscape changes.

    Smart Nursing: How To Create A Positive Work Environment That Empowers And Retains Nurses (Springer Series on Nursing Management and Leadership)
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    Smart Nursing: How To Create A Positive Work Environment That Empowers And Retains Nurses (Springer Series on Nursing Management and Leadership)
    June Fabre
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    Drinking Water Quality - Taking Responsibility
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Drinking Water Quality - Taking Responsibility
    Susan L. Conner , and Lloyd A. Freeman
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    ASIN: 0966252098

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    Drinking water problems are not new, but they are making news more and more often. It is becoming harder and harder to ignore the consequences of water pollution and the toll it takes on our health. Drinking Water Quality - Taking Responsibility addresses these problems and more. What's different about this book? Instead of

    s l o w l y d r a g g i n g through endless pages of dull information...we've made it FUN and QUICK for adults to read with LARGE PRINT and COLOR PICTURES on every page!

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    5 out of 5 stars Great Book for the Average Consumer - Can Change Your Life.......2000-01-06

    This easy to read and understand delivers the best and most accurate information for the average American consumer. Gives the knowledge and tools to improve your health by drinking lots of safe drinking water.

    5 out of 5 stars COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN - EASY TO UNDERSTAND!.......1998-11-30

    If you never thought about water - think again! This easy to understand book is written with facts, charts and illustrations that make learning about water informative and fun. Colors are just brilliant and the high quality print makes it a perfect gift - give one to someone who you care about. Turning on the tap can now be a choice, as municipal water systems are set to provide volume - not health. After reading this book I decided it was my responsibility to protect my family. Filtered water, distilled water, cancer causing chemicals in YOUR water, scam water sales people and more - with all topics covered. It's a book, a reference and a work to share with your best friend. I give it Five Stars and a Double Rainbow!!

    5 out of 5 stars Couldn't put it down - Easy to understand!.......1998-11-21

    If you never thought about water - think again! This easy to understand book is written with facts, charts, and illustrations that make learning about water informative and fun. Colors are brilliant and the high quality print makes this book a perfect gift - give it to someone who you care about. Turning on the tap can now be a choice, as municipal water systems are set to provide volume not health. After reading this book I decided it was my responsibility to protect my family. Filtered water, distilled water, cancer causing chemicals in YOUR water, scam water sales people and more - with all topics covered. It's a book, a reference and a work to share with your best friend. You'll give it five stars and double rainbow!!!
    The Green Office Manual: A Guide to Responsible Practice
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    The Green Office Manual: A Guide to Responsible Practice

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    ASIN: 1853836796

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    This completely revised second edition of the popular, jargon-free guide to greener working practices highlights the opportunities for achieving cost savings and environmental improvements to enhance competitiveness in organizations of all sizes, with specific guidance for small businesses. The manual sets out effective and simple mechanisms to encourage participation and commitment from both staff and suppliers. It builds on the sound advice of the first edition, with a wide range of new case studies from different sectors including retailers, hotels and hospitality, schools and educational institutions, airports and prisons, as well as plenty of office based examples.

    Written with the busy office manager in mind, the manual offers clear and reliable independent information and easy-to-follow guidelines for businesses of all sizes. Profiles are provided of useful organizations who can help together with their contact details and website information.

    Customer Reviews:

    3 out of 5 stars Probably helpful if you live in the UK.......2007-01-09

    This book was well written and included many case studies and lists. The lists were quite helpful from a "save me the time to come up with the list myself" but nothing earth shattering (excuse the pun). The references and cases were almost exclusively from the UK so, as I live in Canada, some of the measurements and resources listed did not apply.
    Buying for the Future: Contract Management and the Environmental Challenge
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      Buying for the Future: Contract Management and the Environmental Challenge
      Kevin Lyons
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      In BUYING FOR THE FUTURE Kevin Lyons draws on his pioneering work at Rutgers University to provide the first "how to" guide to responsible purchasing. Lyons covers the key areas, such as purchasing policy design and implementation strategies; how to write environmentally-sensitive contracts; the relevance of environmental laws; understanding the competitive bidding process; enforcing the environmental responsibilities of suppliers; and developing national and international gatekeeping partnerships. This indispensable guide shows how institutions, businesses, governments and organizations across the globe can make purchasing decisions that are both environmentally responsible and economically beneficial.
      The Supply Management Environment (Ism Knowledge Series)
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        Stanley E. Fawcett
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        ASIN: 0970311419

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        "The Supply Management Environment" focuses on the strategic importance of purchasing and the effect today's rapidly changing environment has on the profession. The impact of globalization and time compression, e-business, and resource planning systems are the trends transforming purchasing strategy. This text is a vital resource for supply management professionals at every level, and addresses some of today's most critical issues.
        Basic Environmental Technology: Water Supply, Waste Management, and Pollution Control (3rd Edition)
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        Basic Environmental Technology: Water Supply, Waste Management, and Pollution Control (3rd Edition)
        Jerry A. Nathanson
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        ASIN: 013082626X

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        This clearly written, easy-to-read book offers a practical introduction to the topics of water supply, waste management, and pollution control. Because of the wide scope of the subject matter, the author has included review sections so that readers with little knowledge of biology, chemistry, geology, or hydraulics can comprehend and use this book, and mathematical topics are introduced at a relatively basic level. An overview of environmental technology introduces the book, and includes a discussion of public health, ecology, geology, and soils. The book then focuses on water and wastewater topics, including hydraulics and hydrology, water quality and water pollution, drinking water treatment and distribution, sewage collection, sewage treatment and disposal, and stormwater water management. Municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, air pollution, and noise pollution are also discussed. For individuals working in the fields of environmental quality control and public health protection, as well as civil engineers, wastewater technicians, and water treatment professionals.

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        4 out of 5 stars Basic EnviromentalTechnology:Water supply, Waste management,.......2004-01-10

        This book is an excellent book for Civil Engineering schools. It is a first undergrad course in Civil Engneering/Technology or in Enviromental courses. It gives the basic knowledge in this subjects for prepartion for more advanced under undergrad studies of each of the major items in the book. The book is an overview of these crucial studies, and enables the student to easier undrstand and study the material in advanced courses.

        4 out of 5 stars Excellent text for students in non-engineering disciplines w.......1998-08-23

        I use this text in my course "Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment" It includes some chapters beyond the scope of the course, but there is enough "good stuff" in the first 10-11 chapters to make it appropriate. I hope this text is updated every few years to include new material. The style is clear and has numerous graphics and problems to help the student.
        Balancing Water: Restoring the Klamath Basin
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        • Camera and Pen Weave a Story for Stewardship
        • Balancing Water:Restoring the Klamath Basin
        • Outstanding - wonderfully written - world class photography
        Balancing Water: Restoring the Klamath Basin
        Tupper Ansel Blake , and Madeleine Graham Blake
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        The Klamath Basin is a land of teeming wildlife, expansive marshes, blue-ribbon trout streams, tremendous stretches of forests, and large ranches in southern Oregon and northern California. Known to waterfowl, songbirds, and shorebirds, the Klamath Basin's marshlands are a mecca for birds along the Pacific Flyway. This gorgeously illustrated book is a paean to the beauty of the Klamath Basin and at the same time a sophisticated environmental case study of an endangered region whose story parallels that of watershed development throughout the west.
        A collaboration between two photographers and a writer, Balancing Water tells the story in words and pictures of the complex relationship between the human and natural history of this region. Spectacular images by Tupper Ansel Blake depict resident species of the area, migratory birds, and dramatic landscapes. Madeleine Graham Blake has contributed portraits of local residents, while archival photographs document the history of the area.
        William Kittredge's essay on the conjunction of conflicting interests in this wildlands paradise is by turns lyrically personal and brimming with historical and scientific facts. He traces the water flowing through the Klamath Basin, the human history of the watershed, and the land-use conflicts that all touch on the availability of water. Ranchers, loggers, town settlers, Native Americans, tourists, and environmentalists are all represented in the narrative, and their diverse perspectives form a complicated web like that of the interactions among organisms in the ecosystem.
        Kittredge finds hope in the endangered Klamath Basin, both in successful restoration projects recently begun there, and in the community involvement he sees as necessary for watershed restoration and biodiversity preservation. Emphasizing that we must take care of both human economies and the natural environment, he shows how the two are ultimately interconnected. The Klamath Basin can be a model for watershed restoration elsewhere in the west, as we search for creative ways of solving our intertwined ecological and social problems.

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        5 out of 5 stars Camera and Pen Weave a Story for Stewardship.......2003-12-21

        Five stars... without a doubt! Blake, Blake, and Kitteridge craft a compelling case for stewardship of the ecosystems we inhabit. The story is grounded in the Klamath Basin of Southern Oregon where a complex dance of men and nature is being played out. Historically, the federal government in the form of the Bureau of Reclamation identified the water rich basin as a region to promote for farming. No surprise that today the area is largely given over to farming and ranching. Prior communities consisted of local Native Americans who for the last hundred years or so have been driven out of the basin either by our military or our legal system. And last, but not the least in importance, the bio-diversity that suffers at the hands of lost habit, chemicals used for pesticides, and misguided management by public institutions.

        Farmers, the indigenous Klamath people, migrating birds and native fish, all have their claims to the basin. From recalling the basin from his early childhood to driving the dirt roads to meet the 3rd generation farmers and ranchers, William Kitteridge's writing is exceptional at putting real faces and names to this place.

        The story is made sublime with some of the most outstanding western wildlife photography you are likely to find. The photographs represent the sacredness of a place that serves as a stop for millions of migrating birds that no words can begin to portray.

        A tragic postscript to the publishing of this book was a fish kill of some 30 thousand salmon on their way up the Klamath River to their spawning beds. Its been concluded that in stream flows got drawn down to the point where the migrating salmon stacked up in swallow and warm pools which ultimately depleted the water of oxygen. Only recently have federal wildlife managers admitted that diversion of water to farmers in the basin caused the massive fish kill in the Klamath.

        5 out of 5 stars Balancing Water:Restoring the Klamath Basin.......2001-08-25

        Excellent narrative that provides the historic context for what is emerging as one of the most difficult and contentious fights between economic and enviromental interests anywhere in the US. The photography is outstanding and Kittredge's discussion of the people and the issues in this beautiful area provide concise insight for anyone interested in understanding the tragedy of US government policies on the management of the land, the people, the fish, and the birds of the Klamath Lake basin. Strongly recommend!!!

        5 out of 5 stars Outstanding - wonderfully written - world class photography.......2000-06-05

        This book is an epiphany. Kittredge is the best essayist writing about the American west living today, and the photographs are almost perfect. This book will introduce readers to an area that has remained mostly obscure, an area where huge environmental dramas have long since began, and are still being played out. Many sympathies are presented in this book; lots of heros, too. An amazing read.
        Water Resources in Jordan: Evolving Policies for Development, the Environment, and Conflict Resolution ("An Rff Press Book) (RFF Press)
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          Water Resources in Jordan: Evolving Policies for Development, the Environment, and Conflict Resolution ("An Rff Press Book) (RFF Press)

          Manufacturer: RFF Press
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          ASIN: 1933115327
          Release Date: 2006-09-19

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          This is the first comprehensive, multi-disciplinary book to address water policy in Jordan. Edited by the former Minister of Water and Irrigation of Jordan, with contributions by other prominent Jordanian and international water professionals, this volume covers such areas as the population-water resources equation in Jordan; institutional and legal frameworks; the data systems used for the assessment and formulation of water policy, water allocations and uses in municipal, industrial, and agricultural sectors; social and environmental issues; and water conflict with Jordan's neighbors. The book is a must for readers interested in Middle East politics and the critical nature of water issues in the region. The book notes the importance of interaction with the outside world to augment water resources through trade, making the experience of Jordan relevant to other developing regions where water is scarce. It introduces the term "shadow water" to mean the scarce indigenous water resources that the import of agricultural and industrial commodities saves or replaces. It quantifies, for the first time, the shadow water and its financial cost. It lists the benefits drawbacks of shadow water, and defines its role in balancing the population-water resources equation. The book shows how financially profitable it can be to treat water as a tradable commodity, to be exchanged peaceably across international borders. Haddadin and his distinguished contributors bring the water conflicts between Jordan and its neighbors, Israel and Syria, into sharp focus. The resolution of each conflict is analyzed, and recommendations for implementation of the agreements are made. The book includes a historical perspective on the development of water policies in Jordan, and explores the significance of water in the religious, social, and political life of the country.

          Treatment Wetlands
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          Treatment Wetlands
          Robert H. Kadlec , and Robert L. Knight
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          This outstanding new book examines the planning, design, construction, and operation of wetlands used for water quality treatment. Treatment Wetlands is the first comprehensive book to systematically describe all aspects of this new technology. Topics include all major wetland configurations, wastewater sources, and combinations of climatic conditions. This complete reference contains detailed information on wetland ecology, wetland water quality, selection of appropriate technology, design for consistent performance, construction guidance, and operational control through effective monitoring. Design approaches that can be tailored to specific wetland treatment projects are also included. Rule-of-thumb methods, regression-based empirical design approaches, and rational methods are explained facilitating wetland design based on multi-parameter input conditions.

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          5 out of 5 stars Comprehensive Reference.......2001-02-17

          An outstanding volume. Extrememly well organized and comprehensive. Aimed at serious practitioner or professional engineer needing quantitative methods and process understanding. This is more than an engineering design manual - a thorough extremely well organized treatment of treatment wetlands. Restoration scientists and practitioners using simple "permanent pools" in stormwater wetlands will benefit from the wetland science and process engineering organized here into the best current reference available.

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