Water Resource Management : Sustainability in an Era of Climate Change

This book is about how water managers in the United States are responding to the call for increased effort to achieve sustainable supplies of clean fresh water for present and future generations. The author, himself a participant in the water supply chain, demonstrates that while water is indeed one...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author McNabb, David E. (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Subjects
Social sciences.
Environmental management.
Environmental geography.
Water pollution.
Environmental sociology.
Environmental policy.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319548166
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-54816-6
Physical DescriptionXXIV, 465 p. 33 illus. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • 1 The State of America's Water Resource
  • 2 Internal Pressures on the Resource
  • 3 External Pressures on the Resource: Growth and Urbanization
  • 4 Climate Change Pressures on the Resource
  • 5 Beginnings of Water Resource Management in the U.S.
  • 6 Federal Water Regulators
  • 7 Water Resource Regulation Comes of Age
  • 8 Managing Water Conflicts
  • 9 Retail Water Management
  • 10 Managing Wastewater
  • 11 Managing Storm, Flood and Runoff Water
  • 12 Managing Recycled Water
  • 13 The Privatization Commercialization of Water
  • 14 Integrated Water Resource Management
  • 15 The Total Water Management Approach.

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