The definitive reference on water resources management and issues!

Water Resources Handbook is by far the most comprehensive reference ever published on water resource issues. It presents authoritative information about a vast range of topics. It also brings into focus the many and increasingly complicated factors--involving not only engineering but also law, economics, finance, and public policy--the determine the quantity and quality of the world's potable water supply.

Features:

• Treatises on the state of the art in water resource economics and law policy-making and planning, and system analysis and risk analysis
• Quality management of natural systems such as lakes, reservoirs, rivers, groundwater, estuaries, and wetlands
• Water supply systems, including surface and groundwater, treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, water reuse, and water demand analysis
• Water excess management, including floodplain hydrology and hydraulics, urban stormwater, and flood control systems
• The Future impact of global climate change, water resources deficit management, decision support systems, and more
• Discussions of state-of-the-art computer models for water resources

For authoritative information that ranges from definitions and methodologies to guidelines and regulations--from the global to the specific--the Water Resources Handbook is the first place to look.

Contents

1. Principles for Water Resources
   Water Resources: An Introduciton
   Priciples of Flow of Water
   Water Economics
   Principles of Planning and Financing for Water Resources in the United States
   Water Law
   Systems Analysis
   Uncertainty and Reliability Analysis

2. Water Resource Quality (Natural Systems) Water Quality
   Lakes and Reservoirs
   Rivers and Streams
   Groundwater
   Estuaries
   Wetlands
   Computer Models for Water-Quality Analysis

3. Water REsources Supply Systems
   Surface Water Resource Systems
   Groundwater Systems
   Water Treatment Systems
   Water Distribution
   Wastewater-collection Systems
   Wastewater Treatment
   Water Reclamation and Reuse
   Irrigation Systems
   Water Demand Analysis

4. Water Resources Excess Management
   Hydrology for Water-Excess Management
   Hydraulics for Excess Water Management
   Urban Stormwater Management
   Federal Perspective for Flood-Damage-Reduction Studies
   Computer Models for Water-Excess Management

5. Water Resources for the Future
   Global Climate Change: Effect on Hydrologic Cycle
   Ecological Effects of Global Climate Change on Freshwater Ecosystems with Emphasis on Streams and Rivers
   Energy and Water
   Water-Use Management: Permit and Water-Transfer Systems
   Decision Support Systems (DDS) for Water-Resources Management

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