Water Resource Management

Sustainability in an Era of Climate Change

David E. McNabb

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9783319548159
• eBook ISBN: 9783319548166
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Environment & Energy Policy
• Index: Biological Sciences

This book is about how water managers in the United States are responding to the call for increased effort to achieve sustainable supplies of clean fresh water for present and future generations. The author, himself a participant in the water supply chain, demonstrates that while water is indeed one of life's most essential commodities, in many parts of the United States it is one of the most stressed resources. Throughout the book the author illustrates both the good and the bad efforts taken or not taken by water and wastewater management with real life examples. This book will appeal to the educators, students, volunteers, elected officials, regulators, and other participants with a role in helping the suppliers of water and wastewater services to achieve their goals providing clean, safe water on a sustainable basis.

Table of contents

• Water Resource Management
• 1 The State of America’s Water Resource
• 2 Internal Pressures on the Resource
• 3 External Pressures on the Resource: Climate Change
• 4 External Pressures on the Resource: Growth and Urbanization
• 5 Beginnings of Water Management in the U.S
• 6 Federal Regulators of the Resource
• 7 Water Resource Management Comes of Age
• 8 Managing Water Conflicts
• 9 Retail Water Management
• 10 Managing Wastewater
• 11 Managing Storm, Flood, and Runoff Water
• 12 Managing Recycled Water
• 13 Privatization and Commodification of the Resource
• 14 Integrated Water Resource Management
• 15 Total Water Management
• Appendix A Water Measurement Conversions
• Appendix B Acronyms
• Appendix C Glossary
• Appendix D Table of Regulated Drinking Water Contaminants
• Bibliography
• Index