Water Encyclopedia: Water Quality and Resource Development

Cover Page......Page 1
Title: WATER ENCYCLOPEDIA - WATER QUALITY AND RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT......Page 4
ISBN 0471736864......Page 5
Water Quality Control......Page 6
Water Resource Development and Management......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 9
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 10
ACID MINE DRAINAGE—EXTENT AND CHARACTER......Page 14
THE CONTROL OF ALGAL POPULATIONS IN EUTROPHIC WATER BODIES......Page 15
ARSENIC COMPOUNDS IN WATER......Page 20
ARSENIC HEALTH EFFECTS......Page 28
BACKGROUND CONCENTRATION OF POLLUTANTS......Page 31
WATERBORNE BACTERIA......Page 33
WATER ASSESSMENT AND CRITERIA......Page 37
PHYSIOLOGICAL BIOMARKERS AND THE TRONDHEIM BIOMONITORING SYSTEM......Page 41
BIOMARKERS, BIOINDICATORS, AND THE TRONDHEIM BIOMONITORING SYSTEM......Page 42
ACTIVE BIOMONITORING (ABM) BY TRANSLOCATION OF BIVALVE MOLLUSCS......Page 46
BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND AND OTHER ORGANIC POLLUTION MEASURES......Page 50
BIODEGRADATION......Page 54
BIOLUMINESCENT BIOSENSORS FOR TOXICITY TESTING......Page 58
BIOMANIPULATION......Page 63
GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES IN BIOMONITORING......Page 71
MACROPHYTES AS BIOMONITORS OF TRACE METALS......Page 77
BIOSORPTION OF TOXIC METALS......Page 81
BROMIDE INFLUENCE ON TRIHALOMETHANE AND HALOACETIC ACID FORMATION......Page 87
ACTIVATED CARBON: ION EXCHANGE AND ADSORPTION PROPERTIES......Page 92
ACTIVATED CARBON—POWDERED......Page 99
CHLORINATION......Page 101
CHLORINATION BY-PRODUCTS......Page 104
CLASSIFICATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT IN AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS......Page 107
COAGULATION AND FLOCCULATION IN PRACTICE......Page 111
COLLOIDS AND DISSOLVED ORGANICS: ROLE IN MEMBRANE AND DEPTH FILTRATION......Page 112
COLUMN EXPERIMENTS IN SATURATED POROUS MEDIA STUDYING CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT......Page 116
CYTOCHROME P450 MONOOXYGENASE AS AN INDICATOR OF PCB/DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS IN FISH......Page 119
WATER RELATED DISEASES......Page 124
DISHWASHING WATER QUALITY PROPERTIES......Page 125
DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT PRECURSOR REMOVAL FROM NATURAL WATERS......Page 128
ALTERNATIVE DISINFECTION PRACTICES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS FOR DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT MINIMIZATION......Page 131
WATER QUALITY ASPECTS OF DREDGED SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT......Page 135
THE ECONOMICS OF WATER QUALITY......Page 140
UNDERSTANDING ESCHERICHIACOLI O157:H7 AND THE NEED FOR RAPID DETECTION IN WATER......Page 149
EUTROPHICATION AND ORGANIC LOADING......Page 155
TRACE ELEMENT CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDWATER OF DISTRICT HARDWAR, UTTARANCHAL, INDIA......Page 156
IRON BACTERIA......Page 162
CARTRIDGE FILTERS FOR IRON REMOVAL......Page 165
IRRIGATION WATER QUALITY IN AREAS ADJOINING RIVER YAMUNA AT DELHI, INDIA......Page 168
WATER SAMPLING AND LABORATORY SAFETY......Page 174
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS—WATER QUALITY ISSUES......Page 176
LAND USE EFFECTS ON WATER QUALITY......Page 182
MONITORING LIPOPHILIC CONTAMINANTS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT USING THE SPMD-TOX PARADIGM......Page 183
USE OF LUMINESCENT BACTERIA AND THE LUXGENES FOR DETERMINATION OF WATER QUALITY......Page 185
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT......Page 189
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AND NONPOINT SOURCE CONTROL......Page 197
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN AN URBAN LANDSCAPE......Page 202
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE U.S.: HISTORY OF WATER REGULATION......Page 206
WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN A FORESTED LANDSCAPE......Page 212
TRACE METAL SPECIATION......Page 215
METAL ION HUMIC COLLOID INTERACTION......Page 218
HEAVY METAL UPTAKE RATES AMONG SEDIMENT DWELLING ORGANISMS......Page 224
METHEMOGLOBINEMIA......Page 232
MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES MANAGEMENT......Page 236
MICROBIAL DYNAMICS OF BIOFILMS......Page 241
MICROBIAL ENZYME ASSAYS FOR DETECTING HEAVY METAL TOXICITY......Page 246
MICROBIAL FORMS IN BIOFOULING EVENTS......Page 252
MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY CONTROL IN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS......Page 256
WATER QUALITY MODELS FOR DEVELOPING SOIL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES......Page 261
WATER QUALITY MODELING—CASE STUDIES......Page 268
FIELD SAMPLING AND MONITORING OF CONTAMINANTS......Page 276
WATER QUALITY MODELS: CHEMICAL PRINCIPLES......Page 282
WATER QUALITY MODELS: MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORK......Page 286
ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS WITH SUBMITOCHONDRIAL PARTICLES......Page 291
INTEREST IN THE USE OF AN ELECTRONIC NOSE FOR FIELD MONITORING OF ODORS IN THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 294
OIL-FIELD BRINE......Page 297
OIL POLLUTION......Page 303
INDICATOR ORGANISMS......Page 305
pH......Page 307
PERCHLOROETHYLENE (PCE) REMOVAL......Page 312
A PRIMER ON WATER QUALITY......Page 314
OVERVIEW OF ANALYTICAL METHODS OF WATER ANALYSES WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO EPA METHODS FOR PRIORITY POLLUTANT ANALYSIS......Page 317
SOURCE-WATER PROTECTION......Page 324
PROTOZOA IN WATER......Page 326
WATER QUALITY......Page 327
EMERGING AND RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS IN GROUNDWATER......Page 329
ROAD SALT......Page 332
REVIEW OF RIVER WATER QUALITY MODELING SOFTWARE TOOLS......Page 338
RIVER WATER QUALITY CALIBRATION......Page 344
SALMONELLA: MONITORING AND DETECTION IN DRINKING WATER......Page 350
LYSIMETER SOIL WATER SAMPLING......Page 353
REGULATORY AND SECURITY REQUIREMENTS FOR POTABLE WATER......Page 356
A WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE APPROACH TO CHARACTERIZE SEDIMENT QUALITY USING LABORATORY AND FIELD ASSAYS: AN EXAMPLE FOR SPANISH COASTS......Page 363
REMEDIATION AND BIOREMEDIATION OF SELENIUM-CONTAMINATED WATERS......Page 368
SHELLFISH GROWING WATER CLASSIFICATION......Page 373
SORPTIVE FILTRATION......Page 375
QUALITY OF WATER IN STORAGE......Page 380
QUALITY OF WATER SUPPLIES......Page 383
THE SUBMITOCHONDRIAL PARTICLE ASSAY AS A BIOLOGICAL MONITORING TOOL......Page 389
MICROSCALE TEST RELATIONSHIPS TO RESPONSES TO TOXICANTS IN NATURAL SYSTEMS......Page 392
TOXICITY IDENTIFICATION EVALUATION......Page 393
WHOLE EFFLUENT TOXICITY CONTROLS......Page 395
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTS FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES......Page 396
ALGAL TOXINS IN WATER......Page 400
GROUND WATER QUALITY IN AREAS ADJOINING RIVER YAMUNA AT DELHI, INDIA......Page 405
CHLORINE RESIDUAL......Page 411
SOURCE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT......Page 412
DOSE-RESPONSE OF MUSSELS TO CHLORINE......Page 414
METALLOTHIONEINS AS INDICATORS OF TRACE METAL POLLUTION......Page 419
AMPHIPOD SEDIMENT TOXICITY TESTS......Page 421
CILIATED PROTISTS AS TEST ORGANISMS IN TOXICITY ASSESSMENT......Page 426
SOFIE: AN OPTIMIZED APPROACH FOR EXPOSURE TESTS AND SEDIMENT ASSAYS......Page 431
PASSIVE TREATMENT OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE (WETLANDS)......Page 436
BIOMARKERS AND BIOACCUMULATION: TWO LINES OF EVIDENCE TO ASSESS SEDIMENT QUALITY......Page 439
LEAD AND ITS HEALTH EFFECTS......Page 445
MICROBIAL DETECTION OF VARIOUS POLLUTANTS AS AN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OF WATER QUALITY AND ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY OF......Page 453
LUMINESCENT BACTERIAL BIOSENSORS FOR THE RAPID DETECTION OF TOXICANTS......Page 466
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF SEDIMENT TOXICITY TEST FOR REGULATORY PURPOSES......Page 471
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WATER RESOURCES CHALLENGES IN THE ARAB WORLD......Page 483
EFFLUENT WATER REGULATIONS IN ARID LANDS......Page 488
CALIFORNIA—CONTINUALLY THE NATION’S LEADER IN WATER USE......Page 491
LESSONS FROM THE RISING CASPIAN......Page 493
INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN CHINA......Page 497
WILL WATER SCARCITY LIMIT CHINA’S AGRICULTURAL POTENTIAL?......Page 501
WATER USE CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY......Page 502
CONSERVATION OF WATER......Page 508
THE DEVELOPMENT OF AMERICAN WATER RESOURCES: PLANNERS, POLITICIANS, AND CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION......Page 511
WATER MARKETS: TRANSACTION COSTS AND INSTITUTIONAL OPTIONS......Page 512
AVERTING WATER DISPUTES......Page 514
WATER SUPPLY AND WATER RESOURCES: DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM RESEARCH......Page 522
DROUGHT IN THE DUST BOWL YEARS......Page 524
DROUGHT MANAGEMENT PLANNING......Page 527
DROUGHT AND WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT......Page 528
ASSESSMENT OF ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS IN WATER-LIMITED ENVIRONMENTS......Page 529
REACHING OUT: PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN GROUNDWATER PROTECTION......Page 531
INTEGRATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS INTO WATER RESOURCES PLANNING......Page 533
THE EXPANSION OF FEDERAL WATER PROJECTS......Page 535
FLOOD CONTROL HISTORY IN THE NETHERLANDS......Page 537
FOOD AND WATER IN AN EMERGENCY......Page 539
WATER DEMAND FORECASTING......Page 542
REMOTE SENSING AND GIS APPLICATION IN WATER RESOURCES......Page 544
GLOBALIZATION OF WATER......Page 549
WATER SCIENCE GLOSSARY OF TERMS......Page 554
HARVESTING RAINWATER......Page 561
URBAN WATER RESOURCE AND MANAGEMENT IN ASIA: HO CHI MINH CITY......Page 565
HYDROPOWER—ENERGY FROM MOVING WATER......Page 567
WATER MARKETS IN INDIA: ECONOMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS......Page 568
WATER RESOURCES OF INDIA......Page 572
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEMS......Page 580
OVERVIEW AND TRENDS IN THE INTERNATIONAL WATER MARKET......Page 581
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR WATER RESOURCES......Page 583
INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IWRM)......Page 587
MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES FOR DROUGHT CONDITIONS......Page 589
WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT......Page 599
NASA HELPING TO UNDERSTAND WATER FLOW IN THE WEST......Page 600
TRANSBOUNDARY WATER CONFLICTS IN THE NILE BASIN......Page 603
PLANNING AND MANAGING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE......Page 607
APPLICATION OF THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE TO WATER SCIENCE......Page 608
WATER PRICING......Page 616
SPOT PRICES, OPTION PRICES, AND WATER MARKETS......Page 619
WATER MANAGED IN THE PUBLIC TRUST......Page 621
WATER RECYCLING AND REUSE: THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS......Page 623
STATE AND REGIONAL WATER SUPPLY......Page 626
RIVER BASIN DECISIONS SUPPORT SYSTEMS......Page 632
WATER RESOURCE SUSTAINABILITY: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES......Page 637
THE PROVISION OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES......Page 643
SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES......Page 646
SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT ON MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS: RESEARCH AND EDUCATION......Page 651
MEETING WATER NEEDS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH TRADABLE RIGHTS......Page 656
WATER USE IN THE UNITED STATES......Page 658
HOW WE USE WATER IN THESE UNITED STATES......Page 663
VALUING WATER RESOURCES......Page 666
WATER—HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE IN CANADA......Page 669
WATER CONSERVATION—EVERY DROP COUNTS IN CANADA......Page 673
ECOREGIONS: A SPATIAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT......Page 680
FLOOD OF PORTALS ON WATER......Page 681
FUZZY CRITERIA FOR WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION......Page 687
PARTICIPATORY MULTICRITERIA FLOOD MANAGEMENT......Page 691
WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS ANALYSIS......Page 696
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