Screen LibraryChemistry and Water : the Science Behind Sustaining the World's Most Crucial Resource /
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Elsevier,
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| Publisher Address: | Amsterdam : |
| Publication Dates: | [2017] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128093306 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: |
9780128096055 0128096055 |
| Index Number: | GB855 |
| CLC: | O661.1 |
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Front Cover; CHEMISTRY AND WATER; CHEMISTRY AND WATER: The Science Behind Sustaining the World's Most Crucial Resource; Copyright; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; One -- Overview: Sustaining Water, the World's Most Crucial Resource; 1. OVERVIEW; 1.1 Water Scarcity; 1.2 Water Quality; 1.3 Sanitation and Water Quality; 1.4 Monitoring Water Contaminants; 1.5 Climate Disruptions; 1.6 Water Reclamation and Sustainability; 2. PROGRESS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM WATER QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS; 3. IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA-MEGHNA RIVER BASIN. 4. FORESTED WATERSHEDS, WATER RESOURCES, AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES IN THE US, PANAMA, AND PUERTO RICO5. WATER QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN INDIA; 6. CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO WATER PROBLEMS IN THE MIDDLE EAST; 7. CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO WATER PROBLEMS IN AFRICA; 8. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF EXISTING WATER RESOURCES DATA IN THE WESTERN BALKAN STATES; 9. ION CHROMATOGRAPHY INSTRUMENTATION FOR WATER ANALYSIS; 10. USE OF ION CHROMATOGRAPHY FOR MONITORING IONIC CONTAMINANTS IN WATER; 11. IMPROVING SCIENCE AND COMMUNICATION IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; 12. WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS. 13. EVALUATION OF ANIMAL MANURE COMPOSITION FOR PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE WATER SUPPLIES14. EFFECT OF UPFLOW VELOCITY ON NUTRIENT RECOVERY FROM SWINE WASTEWATER; 15. DROUGHT-INSPIRED ECONOMIC USE OF WATER IN WINE PRODUCTION; 16. SINGAPORE'S WATER INNOVATIONS; 17. WATER QUALITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH: ROLE OF WASTEWATER; 18. ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: WATER TREATMENT; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Two -- Progress and Lessons Learned from Water-Quality Monitoring Networks; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BACKGROUND AND DEFINITION OF TERMS; 3. METHODS; 3.1 Literature Review. 3.2 Methods of Analysis of Long-Term Water-Quality Data4. HISTORY OF NATIONAL-SCALE, FIXED-SITE WATER-QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS IN RIVERS AND STREAMS; 4.1 The First National Water-Quality Monitoring Networks, 1935-64; 4.2 Expansion of Networks, Monitoring Challenges, and Pesticide Issues, 1965-74; 4.3 Monitoring and Assessment for the Clean Water Act, 1975-84; 4.4 Improved Monitoring Designs Through a Hydrologic Systems Approach, 1985-94; 4.5 Monitoring Coordination and Network Redesigns for the 21st Century, 1995-2004. 4.6 A Time of Increasing Complexity: Trends, Models, and Indicators, 2005-144.7 Whither Long-Term Water-Quality Monitoring Networks?; CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgments; REFERENCES; Three -- Impact of Climate Change on Water with Reference to the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 The Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna Water Basin; 1.2 Development Challenges and Aspirations; 1.3 State of Water Quality in Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna River Basin; 2. CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS OF THE GANGES-BRAHMAPUTRA-MEGHNA BASIN; 2.1 Short-Term and Long-Term Climate Scenarios. |