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Aiming to take the subject of better land husbandry further, this book points out methods which have been and are being used, but which are failing to deliver. It then explains the theory and practice of soil and water conservation, and ways to construct terrace walls. ... Read more

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This exploration of the hazards caused by erosion, sedimentation and pollution describes all the techniques needed to conserve soil and to maintain environmental quality. The book provides an analysis of the erosion process. It considers soil and water conservation problems and solutions around the world and in many different situations including agricultural, engineering, mining, urban, rangeland and forest sites. The influence of pollution and other environmental factors on the preferred solution to conservation problems is discussed together with economic considerations. There is also consideration of how society and government influence soil and water conservation. ... Read more

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How can high-growth areas such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America sustain agricultural production for current and future generations? "Toward Sustainability" explores research priorities to support sustainable agriculture. The book identifies six areas that could offer great rewards: addressing institutional constraints on resource conservation, enhancing soil biological processes, managing soil properties, improving water resource management, matching crops to environments, and effectively incorporating social and cultural dimensions into research. Also highlighted is the importance of developing collaborative, integrated research strategies and flexible mechanisms to periodically evaluate and reassess research priorities. ... Read more

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From the author: Keywords: Filter strip, groundwater, models, nonpoint source pollution, riparian buffer, surface runoff, SSURGO

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Title: An approach for using soil surveys to guide the placement of water quality buffers.
Author: M.G. Dosskey
Publication: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 61Issue: 6Page: 344(11)

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Today the world is facing a greater water crisis than ever. Droughts of lesser magnitude are resulting in greater impact. Even in years with normal precipitation, water shortages have become widespread in both developing and developed nations, in humid as well as arid climates. When faced with severe drought, governments become eager to act. Unfortunately, this eagerness usually wanes when precipitation returns to normal.

Drought and Water Crises: Science, Technology, and Management Issues explains the complexities of drought and the role of science, technology, and management in resolving many of the issues associated with the world's expanding water crises.

Contributors discuss a broad range of topics in attempting to answer these most pressing questions:

How can we can improve planning tools and make mitigation tools more readily available and adaptable?

How can we promote widespread adoption of new water-conserving technologies and encourage their use during non-drought periods?

How can seasonal forecasts and early warning systems be made more reliable and expressed in ways to better meet the needs of end users?

How can the drought-related policy experiences of some countries be systematically utilized to benefit others?

Drought and Water Crises collates considerable information from diverse disciplines with the goal of reducing societal vulnerability to drought. Featuring case studies and stressing new technologies, the book seeks to encourage nations to adopt a more risk-based, proactive policy for water and drought management. ... Read more

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Advances in Soil and Water Conservation provides an in-depth, scholarly treatment of the most important developments and influences shaping soil and water conservation in the last 50 years. The book addresses the technological developments of erosion processes, methods for their control, policy and social forces shaping the research agenda, and future directions. Topics covered include:· key governmental agencies and programs· research on processes of soil and water degradation· control practices and soil quality enhancement· conservation tillage· the connection between soil and water conservation and sustainable agriculture· effects of technology and social influences on soil and water conservation in this countryThe historical foundation, the focus on key developments, the depth of treatment and thorough documentation, and the orientation to the future make Advances in Soil and Water Conservation a superlative resource for all persons in the field. ... Read more

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The world's ever increasing population is suffering from bad air, unsafe water and insufficient nutrition. This is often the result of chemical contamination of the atmosphere, hydrosphere and soils by human activities. This book discusses growing populations emphasizing both regional and national situations, the effects of chemical contamination on them and ways to alleviate or eliminate these effects through the application of knowledge, technology and proactive and integrated planning, including investment stimulated by government tax incentives and environmental legislation. For the first time topics including population growth, ecosystem chemistry and development planning have been melded into a single text appropriate for both advanced graduate studies and use by development planners. ... Read more

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Report of the Committee on Innovative Remediation Technologies of the National Research Council. Addresses both the sluggish commercial development of ground water and soil cleanup technologies and the attributes of specific technologies. DLC: Hazardous waste in site remediation. ... Read more

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A compilation of information that presents the theoretical and empirical information on the subject of water conservation & soil water evaporation, of use to those involved in water conservation. DLC: Soil moisture conservation. ... Read more

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The degradation of land and water resources resulting primarily from agricultural activities has had enormous impact on human society. In order to alleviate this problem an advanced understanding of the state of our resources and the process of degradation is needed. Conserving Land, Protecting Water includes an overview of existing literature focusing on global patterns of land and water degradation and discussions of new insights drawn from successful case studies on reversing soil and water degradation and their impact on food and environmental security. ... Read more

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Recent contributions have significantly enhanced the understanding of the SCS-CN method and consequently its application potential. In the simplest form, the fundamental proportionality concept of the method relates the two orthogonal hydrological processes of surface water and ground water and the other hypothesis relates to the atmospheric process. Qualitatively, the method broadly integrates all the three major processes of the hydrologic cycle; and therefore it can form one of the fundamental concepts of hydrology. This textbook is aimed at presenting an up-to-date account of the SCS-CN method and clarify its potential for practical applications, and especially those other than originally intended.

The subject matter of the book is divided into nine chapters, treatingthe following topics: a brief introduction of rainfall-runoff modelingand elements of catchment, precipitation, interception, surfacedetention and depression storage, evaporation, infiltration, runoff,and the runoff hydrograph; the factors affecting the curve number(CN), the determination of CN, the use of NEH-4 tables, sensitivityanalysis, advantages and limitations of the SCS-CN method, andapplication to distributed watershed modeling; an analyticalderivation of the SCS-CN method focusing on the Mockus and othermethods; a determination of `S' using the volumetric conceptencompassing an analytical derivation, verification of the existingAMC criteria, determination of S, use of NEH-4 tables and advantagesand limitations of the modified model; the determination of `S' usingphysical principles, involving Fokker-Planck equation of infiltration,description of S, S/P relations for the modified model anddetermination of Ds from universal soil loss equation; simulation ofinfiltration and runoff hydrographs, with particular emphasis onSCS-CN-based infiltration and runoff models and application ofinfiltration and runoff models; long-term hydrologic simulation andhydrologic models of Williams and LaSeur, Hawkins, Pandit andGopalkrishnan, and Mishra and others; rainfall-excess computation,soil moisture budgeting, catchment routing, and baseflow computation;transport of pollutants in urban watersheds; and sediment yield.

Audience: This volume will be of interest to agricultural scientists, agricultural and civil engineers, environmental engineers, forest and range scientists, as well as watershed managers. It will also be useful to college students and faculty members engaged in environment and water related studies. ... Read more

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Switching off the pumps of a mine is one of the last steps in the lifetime of a surface or underground mine. As the water in the open space raises, the water might become contaminated with different pollutants and eventually starts to flow in the open voids. This book addresses the processes related to mine abandonment from a hydrogeological perspective. After an introduction to the relevant hydrogeochemical processes the book gives detailed information about mine closure procedures. Based on in-situ measurements the hydrodynamic processes in a flooded mine are described and some of the mine closure flow models exemplified. As all investigations base on precise data, the book gives some key issues of monitoring and sampling, especially flow monitoring. Then the book shows some new methodologies for conducting tracer tests in flooded mines and gives some hints to passive mine water treatment. At the end 13 well investigated case studies of flooded underground mine and mine water tracer tests are described and interpreted from a hydrodynamic point of view.

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This volume contains articles from the 20th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water. Primarily a technical conference, each year the platform sessions, poster presentations, and workshops represent the leading edge in environmental science and technology. The meeting promotes a collaboarative approach between scientists, engineers, environmental consultants, industry, and regulators dealing with environmental contamination.

This yearly conference began 21 years ago to inform the environmental remediation efforts of the DEP and the EPA. What started as a group of Academics providing informal assistance to the EPA is now an international conference that presents current research with the support of a high level scientific advisory board. The conference follows trends and adapts the conference agenda accordingly. The largest ever attendance at the 2004 meeting was at nearly 1000 due to the caliber of the researchers and engineers presenting at the conference. Content is especially relevant to environmental remediation professionals for acquiring current knowledge and technologies that can be immediately applied in the field.

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Agrochemicals and agricultural practices have a tremendous impact on environmental quality, particularly their role in water quality degradation. Soil Processes and Water Quality examines principles and practices that minimize the risks of water pollution while enhancing agricultural intensification and productivity. It focuses on how agricultural practices-such as tillage methods, use of fertilizers and manures, cropping systems, and the use of agrochemicals and pest control measures-impact soil processes and affect water quality. Extensive coverage of such topics as water contamination by runoff, leaching, macropore flow, and sediments is also included.Rapid increases in the use of agrochemicals make Soil Processes and Water Quality an indispensable reference for soil scientists, water quality professionals, researchers, environmental chemists, agrochemicals professionals, government agency employees, academic instructors, agronomists, and students. ... Read more

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Environmental pollution is a universal problem which threatens the continued existence of mankind, rendering it one of the primary concerns of society. This book provides a comprehensive view of the chemistry and biology of water, air and soil, particularly those aspects connected with the protection of the environment.

The first part of the book presents fundamental information on the chemistry and biology of water in its natural state, and the effects of water pollution from industry, traffic, agriculture and urbanization. It covers the composition of natural, service and wastewaters as well as methods of chemical and biological water analysis and water treatment. The second part deals with atmospheric problems, particularly the basic composition of atmosphere and the different sources of its pollution, methods of restriction, and air analysis. The final part of the volume focuses on the characteristics of soil and soil components, natural ... Read more

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Serving as both a reference and a textbook, Handbook of Environmental Analysis is the first exhaustive treatment of the analysis of toxic pollutants in the environment. Areas addressed include: ... Read more

Customer Reviews (2)

A simple and indepth discussion on analysis of pollutants
This book gives an exhaustive treatment of all aspects of environmental analyses of pollutants in aqueous matrices, soils, sediments and air.There is also an indepth discussion on basic analytical chemistry andvarious instrumental techniques, the concepts of quality control andquality assurance, statistical approach and many solved examples.Asimple, concise and well-written book that can be serve as both a referencehandbook and textbook.

Shallow and superficial
A superficial attempt to garner book sales based on the title "Handbook of Environmental Analysis", in its 3rd edition by Genium Publishing at the time of this publication.The other alternativeis that the author was so unaware of the environmental industry that he hadnever heard of the book. ... Read more