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Water Distribution System Monitoring A Practical Approach for Evaluating Drinking Water Quality

Water Distribution System Monitoring A Practical Approach for Evaluating Drinking Water Quality

To keep drinking water safe involves more than following the letter of the law. This book introduces a comprehensive perspective and a proactive step-by-step approach to maintaining drinking water quality in distribution systems and aids in delivering verifiably safe and economical water to end users. This second edition is updated throughout and reflects the latest processes for improving drinking water quality in water systems and bringing those systems into compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule the Disinfection By-Products Rule and the Total Coliform Rule. It also presents the latest techniques for calming discolored water issues keeping microbiological growth and biofilm formation in check and preventing the formation of pinhole leaks in copper pipes. The book also aids in determining side effects of treatment chemicals achieving simultaneous compliance with multiple regulations and optimizing treatment chemical dosages. A typical water distribution system is complex and chaotic with varying piping configurations water flows chemical reactions and microbiological activity. It is therefore no surprise that monitoring and assessing water quality can be a daunting task. Water Distribution System Monitoring: A Practical Approach for Evaluating Drinking Water Quality simplifies this task by providing the tools for well-defined and measurable control of water quality. | Water Distribution System Monitoring A Practical Approach for Evaluating Drinking Water Quality

GBP 74.99
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Feature Engineering for Machine Learning and Data Analytics

Feature Engineering for Machine Learning and Data Analytics

Feature engineering plays a vital role in big data analytics. Machine learning and data mining algorithms cannot work without data. Little can be achieved if there are few features to represent the underlying data objects and the quality of results of those algorithms largely depends on the quality of the available features. Feature Engineering for Machine Learning and Data Analytics provides a comprehensive introduction to feature engineering including feature generation feature extraction feature transformation feature selection and feature analysis and evaluation. The book presents key concepts methods examples and applications as well as chapters on feature engineering for major data types such as texts images sequences time series graphs streaming data software engineering data Twitter data and social media data. It also contains generic feature generation approaches as well as methods for generating tried-and-tested hand-crafted domain-specific features. The first chapter defines the concepts of features and feature engineering offers an overview of the book and provides pointers to topics not covered in this book. The next six chapters are devoted to feature engineering including feature generation for specific data types. The subsequent four chapters cover generic approaches for feature engineering namely feature selection feature transformation based feature engineering deep learning based feature engineering and pattern based feature generation and engineering. The last three chapters discuss feature engineering for social bot detection software management and Twitter-based applications respectively. This book can be used as a reference for data analysts big data scientists data preprocessing workers project managers project developers prediction modelers professors researchers graduate students and upper level undergraduate students. It can also be used as the primary text for courses on feature engineering or as a supplement for courses on machine learning data mining and big data analytics.

GBP 44.99
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A Beginner’s Guide to Image Shape Feature Extraction Techniques

A Beginner’s Guide to Image Shape Feature Extraction Techniques

This book emphasizes various image shape feature extraction methods which are necessary for image shape recognition and classification. Focussing on a shape feature extraction technique used in content-based image retrieval (CBIR) it explains different applications of image shape features in the field of content-based image retrieval. Showcasing useful applications and illustrating examples in many interdisciplinary fields the present book is aimed at researchers and graduate students in electrical engineering data science computer science medicine and machine learning including medical physics and information technology. | A Beginner’s Guide to Image Shape Feature Extraction Techniques

GBP 38.99
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The Drinking Water Handbook

The Drinking Water Handbook

This new edition of The Drinking Water Handbook is thoroughly revised and updated and includes a comprehensive discussion of the Flint Michigan lead contamination event new coverage of contaminants in water such as personal care products and pharmaceuticals (PCPP) and endocrine disruptors and examines the security requirements for waterworks and ancillary procedures. It examines the process of producing drinking water— from sources of water to the purification process through distribution systems to the tap and then to the actual use and reuse of water. It also reflects the latest advancements in treatment technologies and reviews new laws and regulations related to drinking water.

GBP 150.00
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Water Quality Concepts Sampling and Analyses

Water Quality Concepts Sampling and Analyses

As water quality becomes a leading concern for people and ecosystems worldwide it must be properly assessed in order to protect water resources for current and future generations. Water Quality Concepts Sampling and Analyses supplies practical information for planning conducting or evaluating water quality monitoring programs. It presents the latest information and methodologies for water quality policy regulation monitoring field measurement laboratory analysis and data analysis. The book addresses water quality issues water quality regulatory development monitoring and sampling techniques best management practices and laboratory methods related to the water quality of surface and ground waters. It also discusses basic concepts of water chemistry and hydrology related to water sampling and analysis; instrumentation; water quality data analysis; and evaluation and reporting results. Discussing an array of water quality topics from water quality regulations and criteria to project planning and sampling activities this book outlines a framework for improving water quality programs. Using this framework you can easily put the proper training and tools in place for better management of water resources.

GBP 59.99
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Resolving Water Conflicts Workbook

Resolving Water Conflicts Workbook

This book works to build trust consensus and capacity to enhance understanding through a water conflict management framework designed to bolster collaborative skills. Built on case-studies analysis and hands-on real-life applications it addresses issues of water insecurity of marginalized systems and communities global water viability institutional resilience and the inclusion of faith-based traditions for climate action. The authors assess the complexities of climate challenges and explain how to create sustainable effective and efficient water approaches for an improved ecological and socioeconomic future within the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. | Resolving Water Conflicts Workbook

GBP 105.00
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Water and Wastewater Engineering Technology

Water and Wastewater Engineering Technology

Water and Wastewater Engineering Technology presents the basic concepts and applications of water and wastewater engineering technology. It is primarily designed for students pursuing programs in civil water resources and environmental engineering and presents the fundamentals of water and wastewater technology hydraulics chemistry and biology. The book examines the urban water cycle in two main categories water treatment and distribution and wastewater collection and treatment. The material lays the foundation for typical one-semester courses in water engineering and also serves as a valuable resource to professionals operating and managing water and wastewater treatment plants. The chapters in this book are standalone offering the flexibility to choose combinations of topics to suit the requirements of a given course or professional application. Features: • Contains example problems and diagrams throughout to illustrate and clarify important topics. • Problems both in SI and USC system of units. • The procedure of unit cancellation followed in all solutions to the problems. • Design applications and operation of water and wastewater system emphasized. • Includes numerous practice problems with answers and discussion questions in each chapter cover a range of engineering interventions to help conserve water resources and preserve water quality.

GBP 89.99
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Practical Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Practical Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

Water is now at the centre of world attention as never before and more professionals from all walks of life are engaging in careers linked to water – in public water supply and waste treatment agriculture irrigation energy environment amenity management and sustainable development. This book offers an appropriate depth of understanding of basic hydraulics and water resources engineering for those who work with civil engineers and others in the complex world of water resources development management and water security. It is simple practical and avoids (most of) the maths in traditional textbooks. Lots of excellent 'stories' help readers to quickly grasp important water principles and practices. This third edition is broader in scope and includes new chapters on water resources engineering and water security. Civil engineers may also find it a useful introduction to complement the more rigorous hydraulics textbooks. | Practical Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering

GBP 180.00
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Advanced Water Technologies Concepts and Applications

Advanced Water Technologies Concepts and Applications

The book explores basic concepts and advanced topics in the field of water technologies. It deals extensively with advances in materials material selection preparation characterization and application. The relevance of water technologies in industries is considered and a section is dedicated to describing and analyzing the technologies required for water reuse and advanced purification including desalination. Nuclear desalination low-carbon desalination and water purification technologies to address the adverse impacts of climate change are examined from both the adaptation and mitigation points of view. Aimed at senior undergraduate/graduate students in chemical civil and environmental engineering along with wastewater and desalination researchers this book: Details advanced water treatments for varied processes. Describes membrane and desalination techniques for water reuse and advanced purification. Elaborates water technologies at both the front and back ends of the process. Discusses modern technologies for effluent treatment and water recycling. Explores the role of information technology in the water sector. | Advanced Water Technologies Concepts and Applications

GBP 130.00
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Drinking Water Quality and Contaminants Guidebook

Drinking Water Quality and Contaminants Guidebook

K347191 BCC Drinking water quality is a sensitive issue and the public is constantly barraged by contaminant reports now routinely at parts-per-trillion. Protection from microbial disease risks from drinking water must always be predominant; trace chemicals usually fall farther down the scale of possible health risks but even negligible detections raise public concerns. Drinking Water Quality and Contaminants Guidebook presents information and guidance on drinking water quality and regulatory issues reflecting experiences and judgments from the author’s more than 43 years of extensive experience. It contains digested comprehensive information on important chemical microbial and radionuclide water contaminants and discussions of several drinking water-related policy issues. Information is presented for long-standing regulated contaminants and chemicals of emerging concern in understandable terms for professionals and non-experts alike. Dossiers contain readily accessed information on sources physical and chemical properties toxicity analytical methodology water treatment technology regulations and health advisories and also include World Health Organization Guidelines. Aesthetic and acceptance factors such as water hardness and salinity that influence public perceptions of drinking water quality are also addressed. Features: Compiles and interprets essential information on numerous key chemical microbial and radionuclide water contaminants Provides standardized entries for each contaminant including occurrence health analytical water treatment regulations and World Health Organization guidance and recommendations with source citations Examines many water-related topics including fracking potable water reuse desalination boil water notices bottled water foodborne and waterborne disease and public perceptions about public drinking water quality Provides essential information and the basis for management of many long-standing contaminants such as lead mercury disinfection by-products E. coli and also emerging issues such as legionella glyphosate BPA and more

GBP 105.00
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United States Water Law An Introduction

United States Water Law An Introduction

A Vital Explanation of Water Law and PolicyBecause demand for and access to quality water far exceeds the current supply it is increasingly critical to understand the state and federal laws and policies that govern water rights. From farming fishing and biology to manufacturing mine operation and public water supply water regulation affects all strata of society. Determining U. S. Water Rights: Different Systems for Different NeedsUnited States Water Law: An Introduction is a concise overview of law and policy related to U. S. water rights and regulation of water quantity and quality. This wide-ranging book reviews the two major systems used to determine rights in the western and eastern states. It explores these different systems which are based on the divergent factors affecting the two regions – the immense amount of government-owned property and arid conditions in the west and ownership of riparian land in the east. The author also covers western states that adhere to the hybrid system which recognizes early riparian rights predating adoption of later appropriation systems and he explains that most states recognize at least some riparian rights to the use of surface water. Special sections detail regulatory considerations such as Native American rights environmental regulation nuisance and tort law and social theory. Tools to Aid Further ResearchTo elucidate basic principles and differences in water law this book contains Internet links to state water codes and contact information for regulatory agencies that handle applications. It presents key federal case law and statutes and other features to reinforce the material. For law practitioners and environmentalists to property/business owners acquiring or retaining water rights this is the ideal primer on water law with numerous tools to aid in further research. | United States Water Law An Introduction

GBP 59.99
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Fresh Water and Watersheds

Fresh Water and Watersheds

Authored by world-class scientists and scholars The Handbook of Natural Resources Second Edition is an excellent reference for understanding the consequences of changing natural resources to the degradation of ecological integrity and the sustainability of life. Based on the content of the bestselling and CHOICE-awarded Encyclopedia of Natural Resources this new edition demonstrates the major challenges that the society is facing for the sustainability of all well-being on the planet Earth. The experience evidence methods and models used in studying natural resources are presented in six stand-alone volumes arranged along the main systems of land water and air. It reviews state-of-the-art knowledge highlights advances made in different areas and provides guidance for the appropriate use of remote sensing and geospatial data with field-based measurements in the study of natural resources. Volume 4 Fresh Water and Watersheds covers fresh water and watersheds their health and conservation protection and management. Organized for ease of reference it provides fundamental information on groundwater storage water quality supply and balance and water resource vulnerability. New in this edition are discussions on water footprint assessment water surface dynamics and water management on a global scale. Understanding the conditions of watersheds is crucial for restoring areas with degraded water quality as well as protecting healthy waters from emerging problems. This volume demonstrates the key processes methods and models used through several practical case studies from around the world. Written in an easy-to-reference manner The Handbook of Natural Resources Second Edition as individual volumes or as a complete set is an essential reading for anyone looking for a deeper understanding of the science and management of natural resources. Public and private libraries educational and research institutions scientists scholars and resource managers will benefit enormously from this set. Individual volumes and chapters can also be used in a wide variety of both graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental science and natural science at different levels and disciplines such as biology geography earth system science and ecology.

GBP 42.99
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The Science of Water Concepts and Applications

The Science of Water Concepts and Applications

The Science of Water: Concepts and Applications Fourth Edition contains a wealth of scientific information and is based on real-world experience. Building on the third edition this text applies the latest data and research in the field and addresses water contamination as a growing problem. The book material covers a wide range of water contaminants and the cause of these contaminants and considers their impact on surface water and groundwater sources. It also explores sustainability and the effects of human use misuse and reuse of freshwater and wastewater on the overall water supply. Provides Valuable Insight for Water/Wastewater Practitioners Designed to fill a gap in the available material about water the book examines water reserve utilization and the role of policymakers involved in the decision-making process. The book provides practical knowledge that practitioners and operators must have in order to pass licensure/certification tests and keep up with relevant changes. It also updates all previous chapters presents numerous example math problems and provides information not covered in earlier editions. Features: Is updated throughout and adds new problems tables and figures Includes new coverage on persistent chemicals in drinking water and the latest techniques in converting treated wastewater to safe drinking water Provides updated information on pertinent regulations dealing with important aspects of water supply and treatment The Science of Water: Concepts and Applications Fourth Edition serves a varied audience—it can be utilized by water/wastewater practitioners as well as students lay personnel regulators technical experts attorneys business leaders and concerned citizens. | The Science of Water Concepts and Applications

GBP 59.99
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Water Management Social and Technological Perspectives

Water Management Social and Technological Perspectives

Exponential growth in population and improved standards of living demand increasing amount of freshwater and are putting serious strain on the quantity of naturally available freshwater worldwide. Water Management: Social and Technological Perspectives discusses developments in energy-efficient water production management wastewater treatment and social and political aspects related to water management and re-use of treated water. It features a scientific and technological perspective to meeting current and future needs discussing such technologies as membrane separation using reverse osmosis the use of nanoparticles for adsorption of impurities from wastewater and the use of thermal methods for desalination. The book also discusses increasing the efficiency of water usage in industrial agricultural and domestic applications to ensure a sustainable system of water production usage and recycling. With 30 chapters authored by internationally renowned experts this work offers readers a comprehensive view of both social and technological outlooks to help solve this global issue. | Water Management Social and Technological Perspectives

GBP 44.99
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Copper Amine Oxidases Structures Catalytic Mechanisms and Role in Pathophysiology

Copper Amine Oxidases Structures Catalytic Mechanisms and Role in Pathophysiology

Although the amount of research on copper amine oxidases has grown rapidly and substantially in the past decade the field unfortunately suffers from lack of cohesion and significant confusion surrounds aspects as simple as confirmation of enzyme identities. This book describes the structure of the enzymes the role of copper and of the unusual cofactor 6-hydroxydopa quinine derived from a posttranslational modification of a tyrosine residue. It also covers the differences of between AOs from bacteria plants and mammals. Finally the text examines the importance of this ubiquitous class of enzymes in physiology and in metabolism of biogenic amines. | Copper Amine Oxidases Structures Catalytic Mechanisms and Role in Pathophysiology

GBP 69.99
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Water Systems Analysis Design and Planning Urban Infrastructure

Water Systems Analysis Design and Planning Urban Infrastructure

This book presents three distinct pillars for analysis design and planning: urban water cycle and variability as the state of water being; landscape architecture as the medium for built-by-design; and total systems as the planning approach. The increasing demand for water and urban and industrial expansions have caused myriad environmental social economic and political predicaments. More frequent and severe floods and droughts have changed the resiliency and ability of water infrastructure systems to operate and provide services to the public. These concerns and issues have also changed the way we plan and manage our water resources. Focusing on urban challenges and contexts the book provides foundational information regarding water science and engineering while also examining topics relating to urban stormwater water supply and wastewater infrastructures. It also addresses critical emerging issues such as simulation and economic modeling flood resiliency environmental visualization satellite data applications and digital data model (DEM) advancements. Features: Explores various theoretical practical and real-world applications of system analysis design and planning of urban water infrastructures Discusses hydrology hydraulics and basic laws of water flow movement through natural and constructed environments Describes a wide range of novel topics ranging from water assets water economics systems analysis risk reliability and disaster management Examines the details of hydrologic and hydrodynamic modeling and simulation of conceptual and data-driven models Delineates flood resiliency environmental visualization pattern recognition and machine learning attributes Explores a compilation of tools and emerging techniques that elevate the reader to a higher plateau in water and environmental systems management Water Systems Analysis Design and Planning: Urban Infrastructure serves as a useful resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students taking courses in the areas of water resources and systems analysis as well as practicing engineers and landscape professionals. | Water Systems Analysis Design and Planning Urban Infrastructure

GBP 130.00
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Water Projects and Technologies in Asia Historical Perspectives

Water Projects and Technologies in Asia Historical Perspectives

This book is a collection of highly refined articles on historical water projects and traditional water technologies of international interest in the Asian region addressing information on past water projects (mostly before the 20th century) in the Asian regions that are technically and culturally of interest and educationally valuable. This book explores historical water projects in these regions presenting technologies used at the time including calculation and forecasting methods measurement material labor methodologies and even water culture. It is expected that the old Asian wisdom of reviewing the old and learning the new would be realized to a certain extent in modern planning and practice of water projects. This book will enable the reader to understand historical water projects and technologies in the Asian region. It can be used as a one-stop resource to source notable Asian water projects and their relevance to modern-day technology. In this regard this book is expected to be of interest to a variety of audiences including the corresponding Asian regions and other international audiences interested in Asian water history from an engineering perspective. | Water Projects and Technologies in Asia Historical Perspectives

GBP 115.00
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Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design

Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design

Design options and planning procedures must be critically examined to ensure that landscapes are created with sensitivity to water quality and management issues as well as overall ecological integrity. Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design presents the history of water as a design and planning element in landscape architecture and describes new interpretations of water management. This text pushes the frontiers of standard water management in new directions challenging readers into abandoning the comfortable safety of conducting business-as-usual within narrow disciplinary confines and instead directing views outward to the exciting and incompletely mapped regions of true interdisciplinary water sensitive planning and design. With contributions from renowned practitioners Part I provides seventeen chapters addressing the subject of site-specific water sensitive design and Part II presents another seventeen chapters focusing on issues relating to the water sensitive planning of riparian buffers and watersheds. In addition Professor France has provided a "Response" to accompany each chapter which succinctly underscores the salient features in more detail and emphasizes cross-linking to other chapters in the book. The "Overview" provides a brief road-map to navigate through the section. Finally the discussion summaries at the end of each section elaborate on past problems current challenges and future directions. Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design puts forward the very best of modern water sensitive planning and design and should be required reading for everyone involved in this dynamic and crucial field.

GBP 44.99
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Water Science and Technology An Introduction

Water Science and Technology An Introduction

Water has become one of the most important issues of our time intertwined with global warming and population expansion. The management of water supplies and the conservation of water resources remains one of the most challenging yet exciting issues of our time. Water and wastewater treatment technologies are constantly evolving creating an increasingly sustainable industry that is one of the world's largest and most interdisciplinary sectors employing chemists microbiologists botanists zoologists as well as engineers computer specialists and a range of different management professionals. This accessible student textbook introduces the reader to the key concepts of water science and technology by explaining the fundamentals of hydrobiology aquatic ecosystems water treatment and supply wastewater treatment and integrated catchment management. This fourth edition is extensively changed throughout with new coverage of the effects of climate change environmental assessment sustainability and the threat to biodiversity. The text serves as a primer for both undergraduate and graduate students in either science or engineering who have an interested in freshwater biology/hydrobiology or environmental engineering. It is also useful as a unified transitional course for those who want to span the traditional areas of engineering biology chemistry microbiology or business. Professionals and consultants will also find the book a useful reference. | Water Science and Technology An Introduction

GBP 74.99
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Advances in Water Management Under Climate Change

Advances in Water Management Under Climate Change

Due to increasing population decreased cultivable land and mounting scarcity of water it is essential to optimize the use of available resources. Climate change is occurring across the world but its effect may be local or region-specific including localized watershed management. In order to minimize these effects governments and environmental agencies encourage the adoption of climate-smart agricultural technologies which involve implementing plans programs and projects to sustain and enhance watersheds. Natural ecosystems in their altered states have always been relied upon to support the continuity of agricultural production and ecosystem services such as flood and erosion control mediation of water quality stream flow regulation microclimate regulation and biodiversity in its various forms. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations the adoption of these sustainable water management practices has resulted in savings of water and energy as well as a reduction of carbon emissions decreased erosion increased organic matter content and biotic activity in soils increased crop water availability and thus resilience to drought improved recharge of aquifers and reduced impact of the variability in weather due to climate change. Advances in Water Management Under Climate Change examines all of these issues and provides best practices for sustainability. Features: Presents the latest research in hydrology hydraulics water resources engineering and agricultural best practices Examines water management practices to best address and ideally mitigate climate change Explains the nexus of agriculture micro irrigation AI applications in water management and the impact of climate change on water resources Includes practical examples to present practical insights on water management for climate change mitigation.

GBP 89.99
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Water Hyacinth Environmental Challenges Management and Utilization

Water Hyacinth Environmental Challenges Management and Utilization

The water hyacinth is a disruptive factor in aquatic ecosystem management and ecosystem services and causes problems in fisheries transportation waterways irrigation hydropower generation and water resources. To address these concerns it is necessary to integrate past studies with current research and innovations to identify where the knowledge gap is and to creatively assess and solve the problems in a global context. This book provides comprehensive coverage of new research and technological innovations for the application of controlling managing harvesting postharvest processing and utilizing the water hyacinth. | Water Hyacinth Environmental Challenges Management and Utilization

GBP 44.99
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Introduction to Water Engineering Hydrology and Irrigation

Introduction to Water Engineering Hydrology and Irrigation

This book is designed as an undergraduate text for water and environmental engineering courses and as preliminary reading for postgraduate courses in water and environmental engineering- including introductory coverage of irrigation and drainage water resources hydrology hydraulic structures and more. The text and exercises have been classroom tested by undergraduate water and environmental engineering students and are augmented by material prepared for extramural short courses. It covers basic concepts of agricultural irrigation and drainage including planning and design surface intakes economics environmental impacts wetlands and legal issues. Features: Numerous illustrations throughout to clarify the concepts presented Examines and compares the advantages and disadvantages of several methods of irrigation practice Explains the integral components including pumps filters piping valves and more Considers fertilizer application and nutrient management This comprehensive and well-illustrated book will be of great interest to students professionals and researchers involved with all aspects of water engineering hydrology and irrigation. | Introduction to Water Engineering Hydrology and Irrigation

GBP 74.99
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