Energy industries and utilities

After five decades, the field of Statistical Hydrology continues to evolve and remains a very active area of investigation.

Flood risk management policy across the European Union is changing, partly in response to the EU Floods Directive and partly because of new scientific approaches and research findings.

The catchment area of the Mekong River and its tributaries extends from China, through Burma/Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and to Vietnam.

This comprehensive reference provides thorough coverage of water and wastewater reclamation and reuse.

Emergent Pollutants in Freshwater Plankton Communities introduces the environmental and health monitoring techniques for emergent pollutants and their influences on the community structure of lentic freshwater plankton.

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

The book provides readers with essential insights into key issues in connection with planning, developing and financing sustainable energy projects in China that are relevant for practitioners, investors and developers involved in the emerging sustainable energy sector.

Soviet Management and Labor Relations (1988) examines the official model of Soviet labor relations and the operational reality.

While energy has been extracted from the ground for two centuries, recent years have seen transformative changes to how easy it is to access underground energy resources.

The exercise of solving engineering problems that require optimisation procedures can be seriously affected by uncertain variables, resulting in potential underperforming solutions.

Demonstrates that the political institutions of authoritarian regimes and consolidated democracies are better equipped to create attractive policies for investors.

Groundwater is a vitally important resource and as its use increases, the available supply is depleted, creating a ripple effect of impacts on both the environment and the economy that need to be disseminated to a larger audience of students and practitioners.

Polyampholytes are unique polymers containing acid/base and/or anionic/cationic groups in the main or side chains.

Plankton populations have lived in the oceans for hundreds of millions of years, performing essential functions within marine ecosystems.

Selenium (Se) pollution has led to several cases of severe aquatic ecosystem deterioration due to Se poisoning caused by bioaccumulation over time.

Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic development in Europe over the last five centuries.

Microfibers, synthetic fibers like polyester and nylon, are emerging contaminants widely distributed in air, water, and soil, posing significant ecological risks.

Solar power has come of age.

This book presents state-of-the-art knowledge related to concerns about methylmercury (MeHg) in the soil-rice system.

This new volume discusses new and well-known electrochemical energy harvesting, conversion, and storage techniques.

Rapid growth in water requirements makes it necessary to increase the amount of water drawn from rivers.

Water and Environment addresses imbalances between availability and demand, degradation of surface and ground waters, inter-sectorial, inter-regional and international competition in water management.

Originally published in 1968, this book was one of the first full-scale published studies of the principles of investment planning and of the structure of marginal costs in a public enterprise.

Clayton Wheat WilliamsWest Texas oilman, rancher, civic leader, veteran of the Great War, and avocational historianwas a risk taker, who both reflected and molded the history of his region.

This book focuses on the current situation of two technologies for electricity production from renewable energy sources, wind and solar photovoltaic energy, analysing and describing both technologies in detail.

The Mekong Region has come to represent many of the important water governance challenges faced more broadly by the mainland Southeast Asian region.

The public-private partnership to develop vehicles that require less petroleum-based fuel and emit fewer greenhouse gases should continue to include fuel cells and other hydrogen technologies in its research and development portfolio.

As EPA standards for water quality have tightened in recent years, the need to more accurately assess filter performance and improve the overall treatment process has led to increased demand for the high sensitivity provided by particle counters.

Plankton populations have lived in the oceans for hundreds of millions of years, performing essential functions within marine ecosystems.

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This book is a compilation of the papers presented at the Twenty-Eighth Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference.

This book explains the concerted efforts being implemented to promote environmentally and socially responsible practices within Africa's finance and insurance sectors.

Living with Water explores the perennial, dynamic relationship between water and the built environment in South Asia.

Water is the resource that will determine the wealth, welfare, and stability of many countries in the twenty-first century.

Vapour permeation and membrane distillation are two emerging membrane technologies for the production of vapour as permeate, which, in addition to well-established pervaporation technology, are of increasing interest to academia and industry.

Energy has become a major element to Russia's attempts, under Putin, to restore its influence over former Soviet territories and reaffirm itself as the dominant regional power.

Energy Markets in Emerging Economies addresses current key issues, new opportunities, and various growth strategies relating to the energy markets in key emerging economies.

This book analyses the key political challenges to regional energy cooperation in South Asia.

This second edition features new and expanded coverage of contaminant hydrogeologic investigations.

Infrastructure Planning and Finance is a non-technical guide to the engineering, planning, and financing of major infrastucture projects in the United States, providing both step-by-step guidance, and a broad overview of the technical, political, and economic challenges of creating lasting infrastructure in the 21st Century.

Consumers, Prosumers, Prosumagers: How Service Innovations will Disrupt the Utility Business Model examines customer stratification in the electric power sector, arguing that it is poised to become one of the fundamental drivers of the 21st century power network as distributed energy generation, storage, sharing and trading options become available at scale.

Sorption technique was employed to remove heavy metals from gold mining effluent using natural and plant materials for sustainability.

Analytical Methods for Energy Diversity and Security is an ideal volume for professionals in academia, industry and government interested in the rapidly evolving area at the nexus between energy and climate change policy.

This new edition of Microbiology for Water and Wastewater Operators emphasizes the new world order of water control based on microbiological principles and practices.

In order to effectively address global warming, many countries have significantly reduced the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that are put into the atmosphere.