Encyclopedia of water Science
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Encyclopedia of water Science

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Encyclopedia of water Science

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Filled with figures, images, and illustrations, Encyclopedia of Water Science, Second Edition provides effective concepts and procedures in environmental water science and engineering. It unveils a wide spectrum of design concepts, methods, and solutions for enhanced performance of water quality, treatment, conservation, and irrigation methods, as well as improved water efficiency in industrial, municipal, and agricultural programs. The second edition also includes greatly enhanced coverage of streams and lakes as well as many regional case studies.

An International Team Addresses Important Issues

The only source to provide full coverage of current debates in the field, the encyclopedia offers professional expertise on vital issues including:

  • Current laws and regulations
  • Irrigation management
  • Environmental water economics
  • Agroforestry
  • Erosion control
  • Nutrient best management practices
  • Water sanitation
  • Stream and lake morphology and processes

Sharpen Your Skills ā€” Meet Challenges Well-Armed

A direct and reliable source for best practices in water handling, preservation, and recovery, the encyclopedia examines challenges in the provision of safe water supplies, guiding environmental professionals as they face a worldwide demand for sanitary and affordable water reserves.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Contributors
  7. Topical Table of Contents
  8. Preface to Second Edition
  9. Preface to First Edition
  10. Academic Disciplines
  11. Acid Rain and Precipitation Chemistry
  12. African Market Garden
  13. Agricultural Runoff: Characteristics
  14. Agroforestry: Enhancing Water Use Efficiency
  15. Alluvial Fan
  16. Ancient Greece: Agricultural Hydraulic Works
  17. Ancient Greece: Hydrologic and Hydraulic Science and Technology
  18. Ancient Greece: Urban Water Engineering and Management
  19. Antitranspirants: Film-Forming Types
  20. Antitranspirants: Stomata Closing Types
  21. Aquifers
  22. Aquifers: Artificial Recharge
  23. Aquifers: Ogallala
  24. Aquifers: Recharge
  25. Aquifers: Transmissivity
  26. Aral Sea Disaster
  27. Arctic Hydrology
  28. Boron
  29. Bound Water in Soils
  30. Brahmaputra Basin
  31. Canal Automation
  32. Chemical Measurement
  33. Chemigation
  34. Chernobyl Accident: Impacts on Water Resources
  35. Chesapeake Bay
  36. Chromium
  37. Conservation: Tillage and No-Tillage
  38. Consumptive Water Use
  39. Crop Coefficients
  40. Crop Development Models
  41. Crop Plants: Critical Developmental Stages of Water Stress
  42. Crop Residues: Snow Capture by
  43. Cyanobacteria in Eutrophic Freshwater Systems
  44. Dam Removal
  45. Darcyā€™s Law
  46. Databases
  47. Deltas
  48. Desalination
  49. Drainage and Water Quality
  50. Drainage Coefficient
  51. Drainage: Controlled
  52. Drainage: Hydrologic Impacts
  53. Drainage: Inadequacy and Crop Response
  54. Drainage: Irrigated Land
  55. Drainage: Land Shaping
  56. Drainage: Materials
  57. Drainage: Modeling
  58. Drainage: Soil Salinity Management
  59. Drinking Water Supply Distribution Systems
  60. Drip Lines and Emitters: Acidification for Prevention of Clogging
  61. Drip Lines and Emitters: Chlorination for Disinfection and Prevention of Clogging
  62. Drought
  63. Drought Hardening and Pre-Sowing Seed Hardening
  64. Drought: Avoidance and Adaptation
  65. Drought: Management
  66. Drought: Resistance
  67. Dryland and Semiarid Regions: Research Centers
  68. Dryland Cropping Systems
  69. Dryland Farming
  70. Dust Bowl Era
  71. El Nino
  72. Energy Dissipation Structures
  73. Erosion and Precipitation
  74. Erosion and Productivity
  75. Erosion Control: Mechanical
  76. Erosion Control: Tillage/Residue Methods
  77. Erosion Control: Vegetative
  78. Erosion Problems: Historical Review
  79. Erosion Research: History
  80. Erosion Research: Instrumentation
  81. Erosion: Accelerated
  82. Erosion: Bank
  83. Erosion: Prediction
  84. Erosion: Process Modeling
  85. Eutrophication
  86. Evaporation
  87. Evaporation and Eddy Correlation
  88. Evaporation and Energy Balance
  89. Evaporation from Lakes and Large Bodies of Water
  90. Evaporation from Soils
  91. Evapotranspiration: Canopy Architecture and Climate Effects
  92. Evapotranspiration: Formulas
  93. Evapotranspiration: Greenhouses
  94. Evapotranspiration: Reference and Potential
  95. Evapotranspiration: Remote Sensing
  96. Evapotranspiration: Weather Station Network Information
  97. Everglades
  98. Farm Ponds
  99. Fertilizer and Pesticide Leaching: Irrigation Management
  100. Field Water Supply and Balance
  101. Filtration and Particulate Removal
  102. Floodplain Management
  103. Floods and Flooding
  104. Flouride
  105. Flow Measurement: History
  106. Fluvial Islands
  107. Frozen Soil: Water Movement in
  108. Furrow Dikes
  109. Ganges River
  110. Giant Reed (Arundo donax): Effects on Streams and Water Resources
  111. Global Temperature Change and Terrestrial Ecology
  112. Groundwater: Contamination
  113. Groundwater: Contamination, Arsenic
  114. Groundwater: Mapping Levels
  115. Groundwater: Measuring Levels
  116. Groundwater: Mining
  117. Groundwater: Modeling
  118. Groundwater: Modeling Using Numerical Methods
  119. Groundwater: Pollution from Mining
  120. Groundwater: Pollution from Nitrogen Fertilizers
  121. Groundwater: Pollution from Phosphorous Fertilizers
  122. Groundwater: Pumping and Land Subsidence
  123. Groundwater: Pumping Methods
  124. Groundwater: Quality
  125. Groundwater: Quality and Irrigated Agriculture
  126. Groundwater: Regulation
  127. Groundwater: Saltwater Intrusion
  128. Groundwater: Western United States
  129. Groundwater: World Resources
  130. Hydrologic Cycle
  131. Hydrologic Management of Contaminated Sites Using Vegetation
  132. Hydrologic Process Modeling
  133. Hydrology Research Centers
  134. Hypoxia: Gulf of Mexico
  135. Internet
  136. Irrigated Agriculture: Economic Impacts of Investments
  137. Irrigated Agriculture: Endangered Species Policy
  138. Irrigated Agriculture: Historical View
  139. Irrigated Agriculture: Managing toward Sustainability
  140. Irrigated Agriculture: Social Impacts
  141. Irrigated Water: Market Role in Reallocating
  142. Irrigated Water: Polymer Application
  143. Irrigation Design: Steps and Elements
  144. Irrigation Districts and Similar Organizations
  145. Irrigation Economics: Global
  146. Irrigation Economics: United States
  147. Irrigation Management: Humid Regions
  148. Irrigation Management: Tropics
  149. Irrigation Return Flow and Quality
  150. Irrigation Sagacity (IS)
  151. Irrigation Scheduling: Plant Indicators (Field Application)
  152. Irrigation Scheduling: Plant Indicators (Measurement)
  153. Irrigation Scheduling: Remote Sensing Technologies
  154. Irrigation Scheduling: Soil Water Status
  155. Irrigation Scheduling: Water Budgeting
  156. Irrigation Systems: Drip
  157. Irrigation Systems: History
  158. Irrigation Systems: Subsurface Drip
  159. Irrigation: Deflcit
  160. Irrigation: Efficiency
  161. Irrigation: Frost Protection and Bloom Delay
  162. Irrigation: Impact on River Flows
  163. Irrigation: Metering
  164. Irrigation: Preplant
  165. Irrigation: Saline Water
  166. Irrigation: Sewage Effluent Use
  167. Irrigation: Site-Specific
  168. Irrigation: Sprinklers (Mechanical)
  169. Irrigation: Supplemental
  170. Irrigation: Surface
  171. Isotopes
  172. Journals
  173. Karst Aquifers
  174. Karst Aquifers: Water Quality and Water Resource Problems
  175. La Nina
  176. Land Drainage: Subsurface
  177. Land Drainage: Wells
  178. Leaf Water Potential
  179. Library Resources
  180. Livestock and Poultry Production:Water Consumption
  181. Livestock Water Quality Standards
  182. Livestock: Water Harvesting Methods
  183. Low-Impact Development
  184. Manure Management: Beef Cattle Industry Requirements
  185. Manure Management: Dairy
  186. Manure Management: Poultry
  187. Manure Management: Swine
  188. Marketing
  189. Matric Potential
  190. Microbial Sampling
  191. Mining Impact: Metals
  192. Natural Levees
  193. Neuse River
  194. Nitrogen Measurement
  195. Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPSP)
  196. Nutrients: Best Management Practices
  197. Observation Wells
  198. On-Farm Irrigation Flow Measurement
  199. Open-Channel Flow Rate Measurements
  200. Open-Channel Spillways
  201. Oxygen Measurement: Biologicalā€“Chemical Oxygen Demand
  202. Pathogens: General Characteristics
  203. Pathogens: Transport by Water
  204. Pesticide Contamination: Groundwater
  205. Pesticide Contamination: Surface Water
  206. Pfiesteria Piscicida
  207. pH
  208. Pharmaceuticals in Water Supplies
  209. Phosphorus: Inputs into Freshwater from Agriculture
  210. Phosphorus: Measurement
  211. Phosphorus: Transport in Riverine Systems
  212. Plant Water Stress: Exposure during Specific Growth Stages
  213. Plant Water Stress: Optional Parameters for Stress Relief
  214. Plant Water Use: Stomatal Control
  215. Plant Yield and Water Use
  216. Plants: Critical Growth Periods
  217. Plants: Osmotic Adjustment
  218. Plants: Osmotic Potential
  219. Plants: Salt Tolerance
  220. Platte River
  221. Pollution: Point Source (PS)
  222. Porous Pavements
  223. Precipitation: Distribution Patterns
  224. Precipitation: Forms
  225. Precipitation: Measurement
  226. Precipitation: Modification
  227. Precipitation: Remote Sensing Measurement
  228. Precipitation: Simulation Models
  229. Precipitation: Stochastic Properties
  230. Precipitation: Storms
  231. Precision Agriculture and Water Use
  232. Precision Conservation
  233. Professional Societies
  234. Psychrometry: Accuracy, Interpretation, and Sampling
  235. Psychrometry: Theory, Types, and Uses
  236. Pumps: Displacement
  237. Pumps: Internal Combustion Engines
  238. Rainfall Shelters
  239. Rainfed Farming
  240. Rainwater Harvesting
  241. Rangeland Management: Enhanced Water Utilization
  242. Rangeland Water Yield: Influence of Brush Clearing
  243. Rangelands: Water Balance
  244. Research Organizations
  245. Residential Irrigation Water Use and Control
  246. Reverse Osmosis
  247. Richardsā€™ Equation
  248. Ring and Tension Infiltrometers
  249. Riparian Geomorphology
  250. River Channelization
  251. River Channels
  252. Rural Water Supply: Water Harvesting
  253. Sacramentoā€“San Joaquin Delta
  254. Saline Seeps
  255. Saline Water
  256. Salton Sea
  257. Satellite Sensing: Atmospheric Water
  258. Scaling Processes in Watersheds
  259. Seas: Dead and Dying
  260. Sediment Budgets
  261. Sediment Load
  262. Selenium
  263. Software Development
  264. Soil Macropores: Water and Solute Movement
  265. Soil Moisture Measurement by Feel and Appearance
  266. Soil Water Measurement: Capacitance
  267. Soil Water Measurement: Granular Matrix Sensors
  268. Soil Water Measurement: Gravimetric
  269. Soil Water Measurement: Neutron Thermalization
  270. Soil Water Measurement: Soil Probes
  271. Soil Water Measurement: Tensiometers
  272. Soil Water Measurement: Time Domain Reflectometry
  273. Soil Water: Antecedent
  274. Soil Water: Capillary Rise
  275. Soil Water: Diffusion
  276. Soil Water: Energy Concepts. Logsdon
  277. Soil Water: Flow under Saturated Conditions
  278. Soil Water: Flow under Unsaturated Conditions
  279. Soil Water: Functions in Pedostructure
  280. Soil Water: Hysteresis
  281. Soil Water: Plant-Available
  282. Soil Water: Salinity Measurement
  283. Soil Water: Sensor-Based Automatic Irrigation of Vegetable Crops
  284. Soils: Field Capacity
  285. Soils: Hydraulic Conductivity Rates
  286. Soils: Hygroscopic Water Content
  287. Soils: Permanent Wilting Points
  288. Soils: Water Infiltration
  289. Soils: Water Percolation
  290. Soils: Waterborne Chemicals Leaching through
  291. Stomatal Responses to the Environment: Quantifying
  292. Storativity and Specific Yield
  293. Stormwater Management
  294. Streambank Stabilization
  295. Summer Fallow
  296. Surface Water: Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations
  297. Surface Water: Nitrogen Enrichment
  298. Surface Water: Pollution by Nitrogen Fertilizers
  299. Surface Water: Pollution by Surface Mines
  300. Surface Water: Quality and Phosphorous Applications
  301. Surface Water: Western United States Law
  302. Suspended-Sediment Transport Measurement
  303. Tailwater Recovery and Reuse
  304. Tamarisk
  305. Timber Harvesting: Influence on Water Yield and Water Quality
  306. Time Domain Reflectometry: Salinity and Solute Measurement
  307. Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
  308. Transpiration
  309. Transpiration: Carbon Dioxide and Plants
  310. Transpiration: Efficiency
  311. Transpiration: Scaling from Leaves and Canopies
  312. Transpiration: Water Use Efficiency
  313. Two-Stage Channel Geometry: Active Floodplain Requirements
  314. Uptake by Plant Roots
  315. Uptake by Plant Roots: Modeling Water Extraction
  316. Urban Hydrology
  317. Urban Water Quality
  318. Vadose Zone and Groundwater Protection
  319. Vapor Transport in Dry Soils
  320. Virtual Water
  321. Virtual Water: Economic Perspective
  322. Virtual Water: Measuring Flows around the World
  323. Wastewater Use in Agriculture: Agronomic Considerations
  324. Wastewater Use in Agriculture: Empirical Evidence
  325. Wastewater Use in Agriculture: Public Health Considerations
  326. Wastewater Use in Agriculture: Saline and Sodic Waters
  327. Water Balance Scheduling in Arid Regions
  328. Water Footprints
  329. Water Harvesting
  330. Water Properties
  331. Water Quality: Modeling
  332. Water Quality: Range and Pasture Land
  333. Water Quality: Sampling of Runoff from Agricultural Fields
  334. Wellhead Protection
  335. Wells: Drilling
  336. Wells: Hydraulics
  337. Wetlands and Petroleum
  338. Wetlands as Treatment Systems
  339. Wetlands: Ecosystems
  340. Wind Erosion and Water Resources
  341. Yellow River
  342. Index