TY  - BOOK
AU  - Potter, Katherine 
TI  - Water resources engineering
SN  - 9781641164337
U1  - 627 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Callisto Reference
KW  - Water resources engineering
KW  - Hydraulic engineering
KW  - Water resources development
KW  - Water management
KW  - Hydrology
KW  - Water conservation
KW  - Watershed management
KW  - Irrigation systems
KW  - Groundwater resources
KW  - Surface water
KW  - Water treatment
KW  - Sustainable water use
KW  - Climate change
KW  - Environmental engineering
KW  - Hydraulic structures
KW  - Flood control
KW  - Reservoirs
KW  - Water supply systems
N1  - Includes illustrations and references; Includes bibliographical references and index; Chapter 1. Introduction: Water resource; Fresh water; Sources of fresh water; Seawater; Stormwater – Chapter 2. Understanding water resources engineering: Water resources planning and management; Peak water; Water security; Landscape limnology; Stream restoration; Virtual water; Sewer mining; Water quality modelling; Water resource policy; Water infrastructure; Water scarcity; Water footprint – Chapter 3. Water distribution and supply: Water allocation; Water distribution system; Pipe network analysis; Pipe system design; Hardy Cross method; Water supply network; Palmer-Bowlus flume; Pumping station; Water tower; Windpump; Water supply engineering; Ground water extraction; Underground reservoir modeling – Chapter 4. Water resource management: Water management hierarchy; Integrated water resources management; Integrated urban water management; Groundwater recharge; Stormwater treatment area; Water cycle management – Chapter 5. Water pollution: treatment and control: Water pollution; Water treatment processes; Water purification; Acid neutralizing capacity; Adsorption/Bio-oxidation process; Aerobic granulation; Agricultural wastewater treatment; Decentralized wastewater system; Industrial wastewater treatment; Sewage treatment

N2  - The natural resources of water that can be used for different purposes are referred to as water resources. It can be used in various household, industrial, agricultural and environmental activities. The management of different parts of the water cycle is known as water engineering. It aims to maximize the use of potable water as a precious and finite resource. Water engineering focuses on creating designs that are sustainable, safe and appropriate to the location, supportive to the local ecology, appropriate to the project's current future requirements and sensitive to anticipated shifts in climate. Water engineering also includes water treatment, hydraulic modeling and network modeling. The various sub-fields of water resources engineering along with technological progress that have future implications are glanced at in this book. It presents this complex subject in the most comprehensible and easy to understand language. Those in search of information to further their knowledge will be greatly assisted by this book
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