Water Resources & Supply, Hydrology
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Overview
Managing water effectively means reconciling the often conflicting goals of conservation, irrigation, drainage, supply, flood control, hydropower, waste, recreation, and other needs. Water Resources Management: Principles, Cases, and Regulations gives you a complete framework for mastering the technical, financial, legal, political, regulatory, and administrative demands of today's complex water industry. Stressing how to gain political and managerial water project support, infrastructure engineer Neil S. Grigg also serves up over 50 real-world case studies that help you manage the problems of water supply and environment, flood control, drought, reservoir operations, water quality, watersheds and wetlands, estuaries and coastal waters, and much more.Editorials
Booknews
Presents a water management system that can be applied to a range of water industry problems, explaining key principles in the industry and illustrating their application to current water and environmental issues with some 50 real-world case histories. Emphasizes sustainable development in discussion of areas such as financial aspects and water law. Appendices offer definitions, a roster of industry players, and useful computations. For engineers, hydrologists, managers, environmentalists, and planners in the water industry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
May 1, 1996
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Professional
Pages
540
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780070247826