Energy industries and utilities

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will not only be Africa's largest dam, but it is also essential for future cooperation and development in the Nile River Basin and East African region.

Climate change not only involves rising temperatures but it can also alter the hydro-meteorological parameters of a region and the corresponding changes emerging in the various biotic or abiotic environmental features.

This book addresses how water supply systems can be planned, designed, and managed for sustainability by presenting unique approaches and methodologies in rural drinking water supply schemes.

This translation of the original German textbook, Hydrogeologie, summarizes tracing techniques.

This book aims to provide details about membrane desalination processes, starting from basic concepts leading to real world implementation.

Since the beginning of the Obama Administration, conservative politicians have railed against the President's "e;War on Coal.

This book presents a comprehensive, systematic analysis of Russia- Iran relations in the period following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Artificial intelligence and the use of computational methods to extract information from data are providing adequate tools to monitor and predict water pollutants and water quality issues faster and more accurately.

Energy may be the most important factor that will influence the shape of society in the 21st century.

This book critically explores how the water-energy-food nexus can be used as an organising framework to address environmental degradation and promote sustainable development.

The Soviet Economy on the Brink of Reform (1988) is a collection of essays in honour of Alec Nove and covers such topics as Leon Trotsky, Navrozov, Soviet Investment criteria, Soviet Agricultural, and economic politics under Andropov and Chernenko.

The hydrological sciences typically present grey or fuzzy information, making them quite messy and a choice challenge for fuzzy logic application.

This book explores the Arctic as a rapidly evolving phenomenon in international affairs of a rising number of stakeholders.

Fossil fuel energy is the lifeblood of the modern world.

Advances in Natural Gas: Formation, Processing, and Applications is a comprehensive eight-volume set of books that discusses in detail the theoretical basics and practical methods of various aspects of natural gas from exploration and extraction, to synthesizing, processing and purifying, producing valuable chemicals and energy.

Modeling the dynamics of energy markets has become a challenging task.

The Russian Far North is immensely rich in resources, both energy and other resources, and is also one of the least developed regions of Russia.

Offshore Safety Management, Second Edition provides an experienced engineer's perspective on the new Safety and Environmental System (SEMS) regulations for offshore oil and gas drilling, how they compare to prior regulations, and how to implement the new standards seamlessly and efficiently.

Nitrogen rich wastewaters (10-400 mg N L-1) are usually produced by municipal, industrial and agricultural wastes, such as effluents from anaerobic treatments.

Flood hazards and the risks they present to human health are an increasing concern across the globe, in terms of lives, well-being and livelihoods, and the public resources needed to plan for, and deal with, the health impacts.

It has been more than ten years since the last edition of the bestselling Restoration and Management of Lakes and Reservoirs.

This book examines the reduction of natural resource revenue dependency in resource-rich countries.

The provision of a safe and reliable water supply is a major challenge for the world's growing urban populations.

Ever-increasing population growth has caused a proportional increased demand for water, and existing water sources are depleting day by day.

In 2017 four rivers in Aotearoa New Zealand, India, and Colombia were given the status of legal persons, and there was a recent attempt to extend these rights to the Colorado River in the USA.

Climate change not only involves rising temperatures but it can also alter the hydro-meteorological parameters of a region and the corresponding changes emerging in the various biotic or abiotic environmental features.

Water is often seen as a free commodity.

Energie ist ein knappes, aber auch ein strategisches Gut.

This book deals with the energy footprints of biorefineries and the hotel and buildings sector.

This work describes the role of sediment transport in the operation and maintenance of demand-based downstream controlled irrigation canals.

Sustainable Water Treatment and Management covers broad water and environmental engineering aspects relevant to water resources management as well as the treatment of storm water and wastewater.

This new volume presents informative research on the different aspects of employing nanotechnology for environmental pollution decontamination, highlighting the main tools, methods, and approaches for contaminants detection and remediation.

Due to limited non-renewable resources and climate change problems, the global energy sector must be transformed from fossil fuel dominated to renewable energy based.

With an increased demand for wastewater reuse, groundwater recharge with treated wastewater has been practiced across the globe.

This book highlights the concepts, issues and policies related to the circular economy.

Stock market booms are cause for celebration.

The transport of sediment greatly influences the sustainability of an irrigation system.

Stability of the electricity industry is crucial for economic growth of all nations.

This book reports the first systematic monitoring and modelling study on water availability, water quality and seawater intrusion of the Shatt al-Arab River (SAR) on the border of Iraq and Iran, where causes and concentration levels of salinity have not yet been fully understood, let alone addressed, leading to conflicting perceptions of its origin (external or internal), the natural conditions and the practices that can explain the current critical conditions.

The Definitive Guide to Petroleum Reservoir Engineering-Now Fully Updated to Reflect New Technologies and Easier Calculation Methods Craft and Hawkins' classic introduction to petroleum reservoir engineering is now fully updated for new technologies and methods, preparing students and practitioners to succeed in the modern industry.

This book assesses recent developments in the analysis of agricultural policy and water resource management, and highlights the utility and theoretical rigor of quantitative methods for modeling agricultural production, market dynamics, and natural resource management.

Originally published in 1979, this study develops a model that explains the rate of adoption of an innovation in an industry - i.

In a comparative study drawing on material from the United States and Britain, this book, first published in 1992, examines how various types of industrial, political, urban and sectarian disorder occur.

This book provides a comprehensive and unique perspective on China's oil and natural gas industry and a practical roadmap to reforms.

Ecosystem services can be broadly defined as the aspects of ecosystems that provide benefits to people.

The oil industry in the United States has been the subject of innumerable histories.

The enhanced biological removal of phosphorus (EBPR) is a popular process due to high removal efficiency, low operational costs, and the possibility of phosphorus recovery.

Professionals in the water supply industry are faced with a mass of technical information about how best to use new technologies to improve the efficiency of their supply operations.