ABSTRACT

While the world’s population continues to grow, the availability of water remains constant. Facing the looming water crisis, society needs to tackle strategic management issues as an integrated part of the solution toward water sustainability. The first volume in the two-volume set Sustainable Water Management and Technologies offers readers a practical and comprehensive look at such key water management topics as water resource planning and governance, water infrastructure planning and adaption, proper regulations, and water scarcity and inequality. It discusses best management practices for water resource allocation, ground water protection, and water quality assurance, especially for rural, arid, and underdeveloped regions of the world. Timely topics such as drought, ecosystem sustainability, climate change, and water management for shale oil and gas development are presented.

  • Discusses best practices for water resource allocation, ground water protection, and water quality assurance.
  • Offers chapters on urban, rural, arid, and underdeveloped regions of the world.
  • Describes timely topics such as drought, ecosystem sustainability, climate change, and water management for shale oil and gas development.
  • Covers water resource planning and governance, water infrastructure planning and adaptation, proper regulations, and water scarcity and inequality
  • Discusses water resource monitoring, efficiency, and quality management.

chapter 1|32 pages

Water Quality Management

chapter 2|32 pages

Water Monitoring and Diagnosis

chapter 3|26 pages

Sustainable Monitoring of Algal Blooms

chapter 5|36 pages

Reservoir System Management

chapter 6|14 pages

Sustainable Urban Water Management

chapter 9|22 pages

Water Scarcity in Developing Regions

chapter 11|22 pages

Climate Change and Future Water Supply

chapter 14|16 pages

Water, Energy, and Ecosystem Sustainability