Microbial Wastewater Treatment focuses on the exploitation of microorganisms as decontaminating tools to treat polluted wastewater, a worldwide concern.
The Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, Brown v the Board of Education, and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale in comparison to Arizona v California, argues author Jack August in Dividing Western Waters, Augusts look at Arizonas Herculean legal and political battle for an equitable share of the Colorado River.
Pesticides and Pollution examines the problems of pollution of air, land, river, and the sea, by herbicides, pesticides, sewage, industrial effluents, gases, radiation, leakages, over-drainage, mistakes and mismanagement, in Britain today.
The Scopes Monkey Trial, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, Brown v the Board of Education, and even subsequent televised high profile murder trials pale in comparison to Arizona v California, argues author Jack August in Dividing Western Waters, Augusts look at Arizonas Herculean legal and political battle for an equitable share of the Colorado River.
From Infrastructure to Services reveals important breakthroughs in country-led and country-wide monitoring of rural and small towns water supplies; ICT for monitoring sustainable service delivery; monitoring the finance needed for service delivery; monitoring for sanitation and hygiene; and building coherence in global-regional-national monitoring.
This is the first thorough exploration of how industry, government, and the public can use available nontechnical means to reduce significantly the amount of hazardous waste entering the environment.
Desde la Antigüedad, las redes de alcantarillado han cumplido la función de evacuar las aguas de las ciudades, tanto las provenientes de las precipitaciones atmosféricas como las residuales generadas por actividades humanas.
This book discusses, the issues with respect to consumption of water by the marginalised (poor) sections of the society and the efficacy of using pricing policy as a tool for overall demand management of household water.
Las universidades Central y Nacional de Colombia aunaron esfuerzos para desarrollar investigaciones encaminadas a demostrar la existencia de mercurio en las matrices ambientales agua, sedimentos, aire, biota y suelo de Bogotá y su conurbano (principalmente en Soacha) y advertir sobre los riesgos que esto representa para el ambiente y la salud de sus habitantes.
"La realización de prácticas, en particular en Plantas Piloto es vital para la formación de ingenieros, ya que les permite aproximarse a los equipos, unidades, sistemas y procesos que encontrarán en el desarrollo de su ejercicio profesional.
A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK ONE OF THE NEW YORKERS BEST BOOKS OF 2023 INCLUDED IN THE GUARDIANS BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF 2023 SHORTLISTEDFOR THE 2024 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRITING ';A gripping read that will anger as much as it fascinates' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall';An incredible journey into the world of rubbish, full of fascinating characters and mind-bending facts' Oliver Bullough, author of Moneyland ';Urgent, probing and endlessly interesting' Cal Flyn, author of Islands of AbandonmentThere are stories in all our discarded things: who made them, what they meant to a person before they were thrown away.
Los servicios ecosistémicos o ambientales son entendidos como beneficios usados, requeridos y disfrutados por los seres humanos, como sustento básico de la salud y calidad de vida.
Der Autor zeigt auf, dass sich der ökologische Nutzen des Getrenntsammelns mittels gelbem Sack nach über dreißigjähriger Praxis immer noch unter Null bewegt.
Este trabajo ofrece una serie de reflexiones en torno al regateo como práctica de disputa legal cotidiana que ocurre por fuera de los márgenes de maniobra del derecho dispuestos por el estado en su esquema normado.
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "SEAG0108 - GESTIÓN DE RESIDUOS URBANOS E INDUSTRIALES".
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "SEAG0108 - GESTIÓN DE RESIDUOS URBANOS E INSDUTRIALES".
Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "SEAG0108 - GESTIÓN DE RESIDUOS URBANOS E INDUSTRIALES".
The water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector plays a key role in enabling a healthier population in the Pacific and in building countries' resilience to public health emergencies such as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
This publication presents an assessment of Cambodia's agriculture, natural resources, and rural development (ANRRD) sector and provides a strategy and road map for its future development.
The Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) 2020 assesses national water security across Asia and the Pacific, focusing on five key dimensions: rural, economic, urban, environmental, and water-related disaster.
Asia has experienced massive economic growth, characterized by rapid urbanization and industrialization, changing demographics, and increasing consumption and demand for resources.
This publication describes the urban-rural water linkages (URWLs) approach to restoring river health in degraded environments, such as the Tuan River in Henan Province of the People's Republic of China.
Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world and water is the primary medium through which the impacts of climate change are felt.
This technical report assesses the string of events that triggered Nepal's Melamchi River floods in 2021 and highlights threats to the catchment area that provides vital drinking water to Kathmandu's fast-growing population.
This guidebook provides practical tips and resources for conducting quality socioeconomic surveys to enhance the effectiveness of urban development and water projects.
