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CONTENTS VOLUME 1
Domestic Water Supply
The Arsenic Drinking Water Crisis in Bangladesh
Bottled Water
Corrosion Control in Drinking Water Systems
Economics of Residential Water Demands
Gray Water Reuse in Households
Water and Human Health
Nitrate Health Effects
Domestic Water Supply-Public-Private Partnership
Methods of Reducing Radon in Drinking Water
Water Reuse
Roof Drainage Hydraulics
Septic Tank Systems
Domestic Solar Water Heaters
Household Drinking Water Treatment and Safe Storage
Virus Transport in the Subsurface
Windmills
Municipal Water Supply
Mixing and Agitation in Water Treatment Systems
Arsenic in Natural Waters
Evaluation of Microbial Components of Biofouling
Threat Agents and Water Biosecurity
Granular Activated Carbon
Competitive Adsorption of Several Organics and Heavy
Metals on Activated Carbon in Water
A Real-Time Hydrological Information System for Cities
Chlorine and Chlorine Residuals
Modeling Chlorine Residuals in Urban Water Distribution
Systems
Particulate Matter Removal by Coagulation
Selective Coagulant Recovery from Water Treatment
Plant Residuals Using the Domain Membrane Process
Physical Water Conditioning
Consumer Confidence Reports
Water Conservation Measures
Preventing Well Contamination
Corrosion Control
Cross Connection and Backflow Prevention
Molecular-Based Detection of Cryptosporidium Parvum in
Water
Cryptosporidium
Measuring Cryptosporidium Parvum Oocyst Inactivation
Following Disinfection With Ultraviolet Light
Dechlorination
Desalination
Diatomaceous Earth Filtration for Drinking Water
Emerging Waterborne Infectious Diseases
Improving Waterborne Disease Surveillance
Disinfectants
Disinfection
Water Distribution System Operation
Water Quality in Distribution Systems
Design of Water Distribution Systems
What is in Our Drinking Water?
The Economics of Water Resources Allocation
Answering the Challenge
Key Causes of Drinking Water Quality Failure in a Rural
Small Water Supply of South Africa
Filtration
Water Filtration
Filtration With Granular Media
Slow Sand Filtration and the Impact of Schmutzdecke
Multistage Drinking Water Filtration
Multistage Filtration: An Innovative Water Treatment
Technology
Particulate Matter Removal by Filtration and Sedimentation
Filtration Water Treatment
Synthetic and Natural Organic Removal by Biological
Filtration
Granular Bed and Precoat Filtration
Flocculation
Fluoridation
Giardiasis
Gravity Separation/Sedimentation
Water Hammer
Health Effects of Commonly Occurring Disinfection
Byproducts in Municipal Water Supplies
Health Effects of Microbial Contaminants and Biotoxins
in Drinking Water
Drinking Water and Public Health Protection
1962 U.S. Public Health Service Standards
Ion Exchange and Demineralization
The State of the Water Industry-2004
Iron and Manganese Removal
Extraterritorial Land Use Control to Protect Water
Supplies
Leak Detection and Water Loss Control
Lime-Soda Ash Processes
Lime Softening
Ion Exchange-Use of Magnetic Ion Exchange Resin For
Doc Removal
Membrane Filtration
Water Meters
Microbiological Concerns of Drinking Water Distribution
Systems
Nitrification of Potable Water Using Trickling Filters
Organic Removal
Ozone
Ozone With Activated Carbon for Drinking Water
Treatment
Ozone-Bromide Interactions
Municipal Water Supply: Ozonation
Review of Parasite Fate and Transport in Karstic Aquifers
Particulate Removal
Pharmaceuticals in Water Systems
Point-of-Use/Point-of-Entry Systems (POU/POE)
Assessing the Bactericidal Efficiency of Polydex for the
Disinfection of Drinking Water in Rural Areas of South
Africa
Private Sector Participation, Marketing and Corporate
Strategies in Municipal Water Supply and Sewerage
Pumps
Radionuclides
Use of Redox Potentials in Wastewater Treatment
Repairing Distribution Line Breaks
Role of Small Water Reservoirs in Environment
Reservoirs, Towers, and Tanks Drinking Water Storage
Facilities
Water Treatment Plant Residuals Management
Reverse Osmosis, Process Chemistry
Reverse Osmosis, Membrane Foulants
Reverse Osmosis, Membrane Cleaning
Application of Risk Assessments in Crafting Drinking
Water Regulations
PotentialRisks of Waterborne Transmission of Escherichia
coli O157:H7
Slow Sand Filtration
Approaches for Securing a Water Distribution System
Water Security: An Emerging Issue
Guide to Selection of Water Treatment Processes
Source Water Assessment
Hydraulic Design of Water Distribution Storage Tanks
System Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
Settling Tanks
Treatment for Technologies for Small Drinking Water
Systems
Ultraviolet Disinfection
Ultraviolet Irradiation
Water Disinfection Using UV Radiation-A Sri Lankan
Experience
Drinking Water Quality Standards (DWQS)-United States
Valves
Removal of Pathogenic Bacteria, Viruses, and Protozoa
Water Meter
Municipal Watersheds
Public Water Supply World
Ten Key Trends That Will Shape the Future of the World
Water Industry
Zebra Mussel Control Without Chemicals
Package Plants
Anaerobic Sewage Treatment
Persistence of Pathogens in Water
Well Head Protection
Chemical Drinking Water Standards, Past, Present, and
Future
Industrial Water
Magnetic Water Conditioning
Water Impacts from Construction Sites
Industrial Cooling Water-Biofouling
Industrial Cooling Water-Corrosion
Industrial Cooling Water-Scale Formation
Economics of Industrial Water Demands
Electric Generating Plants-Effects of Contaminants
Energy Dissipation
Water Use in Energy Production
Evaluation of Toxic Properties of Industrial Effluents by
On-Line Respirometry
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Hydrocarbon Treatment Techniques
Use of Anaerobic-Aerobic Treatment Systems for Maize
Processing Plants
Bonding of Toxic Metal Ions
Application of Microfiltration to Industrial Wastewaters
Water Treatment in Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
Industrial Mine Use: Mine Waste
Sugarcane Industry Wastewaters Treatment
Estimated Use of Water in The United States in 1990
Industrial Water Use
Waste Water Treatment
Aeration
Fine Bubble Diffused Air Aeration Systems
Air Stripping
Land Applications of Wastewater in Arid Lands: Theory
and Case Studies
Technologies for Arsenic Removal from Contaminated
Water Sources
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
Molecular Biology Tools for Monitoring Biodiversity in
Wastewater Treatment Plants
Biosolids
Integrated Capacity Building Needs for Water Supply and
Wastewater Sanitation
Wastewater Characterization
Chemically Enhanced Primary Treatment of Wastewater
Getting Our Clean Water Act Together
Inadequate Treatment of Wastewater: A Source of
Coliform Bacteria in Receiving Surface Water Bodies
in Developing Countries-Case Study: Eastern Cape
Province of South Africa
Denitrification in The Activated Sludge Process
Detergents
Ecological Wastewater Management
Waste Treatment in Fish Farms
Flotation as A Separation Process
Degradation of Chloro-Organics and Hydrocarbons
Landfill
Landfill Leachates, Part I: Origin and Characterization
Landfill Leachates: Part 2: Treatment
Macrophytes as Biomonitors of Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Wastewater Management for Developing Countries
Mercury Removal From Complex Waste Waters
Metal Speciation and Mobility as Influenced by Landfill
Disposal Practices
Microbial Foaming in the Activated Sludge Process
Introduction to Wastewater Modeling and Treatment
Plant Design
Practical Applications of Wastewater Modeling and
Treatment Plant Design
New York City Harbor Survey
Nitrification in the Activated Sludge Process
Effluent Limitations and the NPDES Permit
Odor Abatement in Wastewater Treatment Plants
Aqueous Reactions of Specific Organic Compounds with
Ozone
The fate of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in The
wastewater Treatment Process
The Role of Organoclay in Water Cleanup
Combined Sewer Overflow Treatment
Biological Phosphorus Removal in the Activated Sludge
Process
Photocatalytic Membrane Reactors in Water Purification
EPA's National Pretreatment Program, 1973-2003:
Thirty Years of Protecting The Environment
Problems Encountered During Pipe Repair and
Renewal
Radioactive Waste
Reclaimed Water
Wastewater Treatment and Recycling Technologies
Wastewater Treatment Processes and Water Reuse
Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse Research
Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse
Wastewater Reclamation and Reuse Treatment Technology
Sewage
Domestic Sewage
Solidification/Stabilization
of Hazardous Solid Wastes
Wastewater Treatment-Small Scale
Microbial Foaming and Bulking in Activated Sludge
Plants
Aqueous Behavior of Elements in a Flue Gas Desulfurization
Sludge Disposal Site
Sludge Treatment and Disposal
Wastewater Sludge
Processing of Sludge
Municipal Storm Water Management
What Wastewater Utilities Can Do Now to Guard Against
Terrorist and Security Threats
Wastewater Treatment Techniques-Advanced
Trenchless Repair and Rehabilitation Techniques
Basics of Underground Water and Sewer Pipeline
Assessment, Repair, and Rehabilitation
Water Hammer: Quantitative Causes and Effects
Constructed Wetlands
Using Ecosystem Processes in a Constructed Wetland to
Treat Mine Wastewater in Ireland
Water and Wastewater Properties and Characteristics
Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment
Sewerage Odors-How to Control
Ultrafiltration-Complexation in Wastewater Treatment
CONTENTS VOLUME 2
Water Quality Control
Acid Mine Drainage-Extent and Character 1
The Control of Algal Populations in Eutrophic
Water Bodies 2
Arsenic Compounds in Water 7
Arsenic Health Effects 15
Background Concentration of Pollutants 18
Waterborne Bacteria 20
Water Assessment and Criteria 24
Physiological Biomarkers and the Trondheim
Biomonitoring System 28
Biomarkers, Bioindicators, and the Trondheim
Biomonitoring System 29
Active Biomonitoring (ABM) by Translocation of
Bivalve Molluscs 33
Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Other Organic
Pollution Measures 37
Biodegradation 41
Bioluminescent Biosensors for Toxicity Testing 45
Biomanipulation 50
Genomic Technologies in Biomonitoring 58
Macrophytes as Biomonitors of Trace Metals 64
Biosorption of Toxic Metals 68
Bromide Influence on Trihalomethane and
Haloacetic Acid Formation 74
Activated Carbon: Ion Exchange and Adsorption
Properties 79
Activated Carbon-Powdered 86
Chlorination 88
Chlorination By-Products 91
Classification and Environmental Quality
Assessment in Aquatic Environments 94
Coagulation and Flocculation in Practice 98
Colloids and Dissolved Organics: Role in
Membrane and Depth Filtration 99
Column Experiments in Saturated Porous Media
Studying Contaminant Transport 103
Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase as an
Indicator of PCB/Dioxin-Like Compounds in
Fish 106
Water Related Diseases 111
Dishwashing Water Quality Properties 112
Disinfection By-Product Precursor Removal from
Natural Waters 115
Alternative Disinfection Practices and Future
Directions for Disinfection By-Product
Minimization 118
Water Quality Aspects of Dredged Sediment
Management 122
The Economics of Water Quality 127
Understanding Escherichia Coli O157:H7 and
the Need for Rapid Detection in Water 136
Eutrophication and Organic Loading 142
Trace Element Contamination in Groundwater
of District Hardwar, Uttaranchal, India 143
Iron Bacteria 149
Cartridge Filters for Iron Removal 152
Irrigation Water Quality in Areas Adjoining
River Yamuna At Delhi, India 155
Water Sampling and Laboratory Safety 161
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills-Water Quality
Issues 163
Land Use Effects on Water Quality 169
Monitoring Lipophilic Contaminants in the
Aquatic Environment using the SPMD-TOX
Paradigm 170
Use of Luminescent Bacteria and the Lux Genes
For Determination of Water Quality 172
Water Quality Management 176
Water Quality Management and Nonpoint
Source Control 184
Water Quality Management in an Urban
Landscape 189
Water Quality Management in the U.S.: History
of Water Regulation 193
Water Quality Management in a Forested
Landscape 199
Trace Metal Speciation 202
Metal Ion Humic Colloid Interaction 205
Heavy Metal Uptake Rates Among Sediment
Dwelling Organisms 211
Methemoglobinemia 219
Microbial Activities Management 223
Microbial Dynamics of Biofilms 228
Microbial Enzyme Assays for Detecting Heavy
Metal Toxicity 233
Microbial Forms in Biofouling Events 239
Microbiological Quality Control in Distribution
Systems 243
Water Quality Models for Developing Soil
Management Practices 248
Water Quality Modeling-Case Studies 255
Field Sampling and Monitoring of Contaminants 263
Water Quality Models: Chemical Principles 269
Water Quality Models: Mathematical
Framework 273
Environmental Applications with
Submitochondrial Particles 278
Interest in the Use of an Electronic Nose for
Field Monitoring of Odors in the Environment 281
Oil-Field Brine 284
Oil Pollution 290
Indicator Organisms 292
pH 294
Perchloroethylene (PCE) Removal 299
A Primer on Water Quality 301
Overview of Analytical Methods of Water
Analyses With Specific Reference to EPA
Methods for Priority Pollutant Analysis 304
Source-Water Protection 311
Protozoa in Water 313
Water Quality 314
Water Quality 316
Emerging and Recalcitrant Compounds in
Groundwater 316
Road Salt 319
Review of River Water Quality Modeling
Software Tools 325
River Water Quality Calibration 331
Salmonella: Monitoring and Detection in
Drinking Water 337
Lysimeter Soil Water Sampling 340
Regulatory and Security Requirements for
Potable Water 343
A Weight of Evidence Approach to Characterize
Sediment Quality Using Laboratory and Field
Assays: An Example For Spanish Coasts 350
Remediation and Bioremediation of
Selenium-Contaminated Waters 355
Shellfish Growing Water Classification 360
Sorptive Filtration 362
Quality of Water in Storage 367
Quality of Water Supplies 370
The Submitochondrial Particle Assay as a
Biological Monitoring Tool 376
Microscale Test Relationships to Responses to
Toxicants in Natural Systems 379
Toxicity Identification Evaluation 380
Whole Effluent Toxicity Controls 382
Development and Application of Sediment
Toxicity Tests for Regulatory Purposes 383
Algal Toxins in Water 387
Ground Water Quality in Areas Adjoining River
Yamuna at Delhi, India 392
Chlorine Residual 398
Source Water Quality Management 399
Dose-Response of Mussels to Chlorine 401
Metallothioneins as Indicators of Trace Metal
Pollution 406
Amphipod Sediment Toxicity Tests 408
Ciliated Protists as Test Organisms in Toxicity
Assessment 413
SOFIE: An Optimized Approach for Exposure
Tests and Sediment Assays 418
Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage
(Wetlands) 423
Biomarkers and Bioaccumulation: Two Lines of
Evidence to Assess Sediment Quality 426
Lead and its Health Effects 432
Microbial Detection of Various Pollutants as an
Early System for Monitoring of Water Quality
and Ecological Integrity of Natural Resources,
in Russia 440
Luminescent Bacterial Biosensors for the Rapid
Detection of Toxicants 453
Development and Application of Sediment
Toxicity Test for Regulatory Purposes 458
Water Resource Development and Management
Water Resources Challenges in the Arab World 470
Effluent Water Regulations in Arid Lands 475
California-Continually the Nation's Leader in
Water Use 478
Lessons from the Rising Caspian 480
Institutional Aspects of Water Management in
China 484
Will Water Scarcity Limit China's Agricultural
Potential? 488
Water and Coastal Resources 489
Water Use Conservation and Efficiency 489
Conservation of Water 495
The Development of American Water Resources:
Planners, Politicians, and Constitutional
Interpretation 498
Water Markets: Transaction Costs and
Institutional Options 499
Averting Water Disputes 501
Water Supply and Water Resources: Distribution
System Research 509
Drought in the Dust Bowl Years 511
Drought Management Planning 514
Drought and Water Supply Management 515
Assessment of Ecological Effects in
Water-Limited Environments 516
Reaching Out: Public Education and Community
Involvement in Groundwater Protection 518
Integration of Environmental Impacts into
Water Resources Planning 520
The Expansion of Federal Water Projects 522
Flood Control History in the Netherlands 524
Food and Water in an Emergency 526
Water Demand Forecasting 529
Remote Sensing and GIS Application in Water
Resources 531
Globalization of Water 536
Water Science Glossary of Terms 541
Harvesting Rainwater 548
Urban Water Resource and Management in
Asia: Ho Chi Minh City 552
Hydropower-Energy from Moving Water 554
Water Markets in India: Economic and
Institutional Aspects 555
Water Resources of India 559
Water Infrastructure and Systems 567
Overview and Trends in the International Water
Market 568
Best Management Practices for Water Resources 570
Integrated Water Resources Management
(IWRM) 574
Management of Water Resources for Drought
Conditions 576
Water Resources Management 586
NASA Helping to Understand Water Flow in the
West 587
Transboundary Water Conflicts in the Nile Basin 590
Planning and Managing Water Infrastructure 594
Application of the Precautionary Principle to
Water Science 595
Water Pricing 603
Spot Prices, Option Prices, and Water Markets 606
Water Managed in the Public Trust 608
Water Recycling and Reuse: The Environmental
Benefits 610
State and Regional Water Supply 613
River Basin Decisions Support Systems 619
Water Resource Sustainability: Concepts and
Practices 624
The Provision of Drinking Water and Sanitation
in Developing Countries 630
Sustainable Management of Natural Resources 633
Sustainable Water Management On
Mediterranean Islands: Research and
Education 638
Meeting Water Needs in Developing Countries
with Tradable Rights 643
Water Use in the United States 645
How We Use Water in These United States 650
Valuing Water Resources 653
Water-Here, There, and Everywhere in
Canada 656
Water Conservation-Every Drop Counts in
Canada 660
Ecoregions: A Spatial Framework for
Environmental Management 667
Flood of Portals on Water 668
Fuzzy Criteria for Water Resources Systems
Performance Evaluation 674
Participatory Multicriteria Flood Management 678
Water Resources Systems Analysis 683
CONTENTS VOLUME 3
Surface Water Hydrology
Acidification-Chronic 1
Episodic Acidification 5
Acidification of Freshwater Resources 7
Geochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage 13
The Aral Sea Disaster: Environment Issues and
Nationalist Tensions 15
Lake Baikal-A Touchstone for Global Change
and Rift Studies 20
Base Flow 22
River Basins 28
River Basin Planning and Coordination 33
Bioaccumulation 34
Biotic Integrity Index to Evaluate Water
Resource Integrity in Freshwater Systems 36
Reversal of the Chicago River 41
Flood Control in the Yellow River Basin in China 45
Chrionomids in Sediment Toxicity Testing 50
Cienega 57
Time-Area and The Clark Rainfall-Runoff
Transformation 60
Stream Classification 65
Coastal Wetlands 71
Freshwater Colloids 74
Culvert Design 75
Dilution-Mixing Zones and Design Flows 78
Drainage Ditches 87
Drainage Networks 93
Dyes As Hydrological Tracers 95
Flow-duration Curves 102
Environmental Flows 106
Eutrophication (Excessive Fertilization) 107
Cultural Eutrophication 114
Fish Cells in the Toxicological Evaluation of
Environmental Contaminants 115
Fish Consumption Advisories 118
Fisheries: History, Science, and Management 121
Factors Affecting Fish Growth and Production 129
Water Needs for Freshwater Fisheries
Management 133
An Outline of the History of Fishpond Culture in
Silesia, the Western Part of Poland 135
Floods 142
Flood Control Strucutres 150
Floods as a Natural Hazard 153
Flood Source Mapping in Watersheds 155
Urban Flooding 159
Floodwater Spreading 163
Minimum Environmental Flow Regimes 166
Forensic Hydrogeology 168
Forests and Wetlands 170
Rock Glacier 174
Great Lakes 175
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Hydroelectric
Reservoirs 180
Gully Erosion 183
Potential Health Issues Associated With
Blue-Green Algae Blooms in Impoundments,
Ponds and Lakes 188
Heat Balance of Open Waterbodies 190
Hydraulics 194
Hydraulics of Pressurized Flow 196
Hydroelectric Power 199
Hydroelectric Reservoirs as Anthropogenic
Sources of Greenhouse Gases 203
Hydrologic Persistence and The Hurst
Phenomenon 210
Unit Hydrograph 221
Hydrological Processes and Measured Pollutant
Loads 222
Hydrologic Thresholds 229
Ganga River, India 232
Interception 235
Kinematic Shock 239
Kinematic Wave Method For Storm Drainage
Design 242
Kinematic Wave and Diffusion Wave Theories 246
Kinematic Wave Flow Routing 253
Reliability Concepts in Reservoir Design 259
Lakes 265
The Theory of Alternative Stable States in
Shallow Lake Ecosystems 272
NOAA Lake Level Forecast for Lake Michigan
Right on Target 274
Submerged Aquatic Plants Affect Water Quality
in Lakes 275
Lakes-Discharges To 281
Lasers Scan Levees from the Air 284
Levees for Flood Protection 286
Limnology 291
Adsorption of Metal Ions On Bed Sediments 295
Microbiology of Lotic Aggregates and Biofilms 305
Microorganisms in Their Natural
Environment 309
Calibration of Hydraulic Network Models 313
Numerical Modeling of Currents 320
Uncertainty Analysis in Watershed Modeling 325
Watershed Modeling 327
Modeling of Water Quality in Sewers 331
Modeling of Urban Drainage and Stormwater 337
Modeling Ungauged Watersheds 342
Corps Turned Niagara Falls Off, On Again 345
Open Channel Design 346
Organic Compounds and Trace Elements in
Freshwater Streambed Sediment and Fish
from the Puget Sound Basin 349
Impervious Cover-Paving Paradise 363
Phytoremediation By Constructed Wetlands 364
Unrecognized Pollutants 371
Pollution of Surface Waters 373
Pond Aquaculture-Modeling and Decision
Support Systems 375
Pumping Stations 379
Regulated Rivers 381
Reservoirs-Multipurpose 382
Dam Removal as River Restoration 387
Riparian Systems 390
Rivers 392
River and Water Facts 394
Sediment Load Measurements 397
Sedimentation 401
Sedimentation and Flotation 404
Reservoir Sedimentation 408
Water from Saturated River Sediment-Sand
Abstraction 412
Sediment Transport 417
Stochastic Simulation of Hydrosystems 421
Storage and Detention Facilities 430
Urban Stormwater Runoff Water Quality Issues 432
Rivers and Streams: One-Way Flow System 437
Streamflow 439
Water Quality in Surburban Watersheds 441
Surface Water Pollution 444
Surface Runoff and Subsurface Drainage 451
Trace Elements in Water, Sediment, and Aquatic
Biota-Effects of Biology and Human Activity 454
Innovative Pens Hatch Thousands of Trout 458
Watershed 460
Combustible Watersheds 461
Time of Concentration and Travel Time in
Watersheds 469
Watershed Hydrology 472
Watershed Management for Environmental
Quality and Food Security 479
Water Hyacinth-The World's Most Problematic
Weed 479
Water Quality in Ponds 484
Water Turbine 487
Wetlands: Uses, Functions, and Values 489
Wetlands Overview 493
Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater
Habitats of the United States 496
Urban Runoff 498
Urban Water Studies 501
Subglacial Lake Vostok 503
Water-The Canadian Transporter 507
Flood Prevention 510
Effects of DDT in Surface Water on Bird
Abundance and Reproduction-A History 513
Instream Flow Methods 526
Floodplain 527
Fish Passage Facilities 529
Fishing Waters 532
Land Surface Modeling 533
Agricultural Water
Animal Farming Operations: Groundwater
Quality Issues 538
Aquaculture Technology for Producers 540
Biofuel Alternatives to Fossil Fuels 545
Soil Conservation 549
Landscape Water-Conservation Techniques 553
Crop Water Requirements 557
Agricultural Water Use Efficiency (WUE) and
Productivity (WP) 558
Large Area Surface Energy Balance Estimation
Using Satellite Imagery 560
Soil Erosion and Control Practices 565
Water Table Contribution to Crop
Evapotranspiration 570
Crop Evapotranspiration 571
Water Pollution From Fish Farms 579
World's Major Irrigation Areas 581
Irrigation in The United States 586
Irrigation Wells 594
Agriculture and Land Use Planning 595
Waterlogging 599
Water Quality Management
in an Agricultural Landscape 604
Classification and Mapping of Agricultural Land
for National Water-Quality Assessment 608
Metal Tolerance in Plants: The Roles of
Thiol-Containing Peptides 609
Microirrigation 615
Microirrigation: An Approach to Efficient
Irrigation 620
Plant and Microorganism Selection for
Phytoremediation of Hydrocarbons and Metals 628
Nitrate Pollution Prevention 637
Nitrification 640
Occurrence of Organochlorine Pesticides in
Vegetables Grown on Untreated Soils from an
Agricultural Watershed 643
Pesticide Chemistry in the Environment 647
Remediation of Pesticide-Contaminated Soil at
Agrichemical Facilities 651
Pesticide Occurrence and Distribution in
Relation to Use 655
Assessment of Pollution Outflow From Large
Agricultural Areas 657
Deep-Well Turbine Pumps 664
Microbial Quality of Reclaimed Irrigation:
International Perspective 667
Soil Salinity 673
Maintaining Salt Balance on Irrigated Land 677
Salt Tolerance 681
Groundwater Assessment Using Soil Sampling
Techniques 688
Skimmed Groundwater 691
Soil Moisture Measurement-Neutron 692
Soil N Management Impact on The Quality of
Surface and Subsurface Water 694
Soil Phosphorus Availability and Its Impact on
Surface Water Quality 701
Soil Water Issues 706
Water Spreading 708
Sprinkler Irrigation 712
Stomates 714
Crop Water Stress Detection Using Remote
Sensing 719
Vacuum Gauge Tensiometer 724
Tile Drainage 729
Tile Drainage: Impacts, Plant Growth, and
Water Table Levels 731
Measuring and Modeling Tree and Stand Level
Transpiration 732
Water Logging: Topographic and Agricultural
Impacts 741
Weed Control Strategies 742
Screen Filters for Microirrigation 748
Xeriscape 750
Media Filters for Microirrigation 752
CONTENTS VOLUME 4
Oceanography
Air-Sea Interaction 1
NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and
Meteorological Laboratory 4
Laboratory Experiments On Bivalve Excretion
Rates of Nutrients 6
Temporal Scaling of Benthic Nutrient
Regeneration in Bivalve-Dominated Tidal Flat 11
Breakwaters 14
The Ocean in Climate 21
Coastal Waters 23
Marine Colloids 27
Deep Water Corals 32
Marine Debris Abatement 38
Larvae and Small Species of Polychaetes in
Marine Toxilogical Testing 42
El Ni
 no: The Interannual Prediction Problem 43
Renewable Energies from the Ocean 44
Estuarian Waters 49
NOS/NMFS Cooperative Research on Coastal
Fisheries and Habitats at the Beaufort
Laboratory 55
Distribution and Dynamics of Gas Hydrates in
the Marine Environment 57
Oceanographic Environment of Glacier Bay 61
NOS Sanctuaries Protect Nation's Maritime
History 62
Quantification of Anoxia and Hypoxia in Water
Bodies 64
Floating Ice 69
Technology Development: Hardware
Development-Marine Instrumentation
Laboratory (MIL) 70
Seasonal Coupling Between Intertidal
Macrofauna and Sediment Column Porewater
Nutrient Concentrations 73
Mapping the Sea Floor of the Historic Area
Remediation Site (HARS) Offshore of New
York City 77
NOAA and University Scientists Study Methyl
Bromide Cycling in the North Pacific 80
Tidally Mediated Changes in Nutrient
Concentrations 81
The Role of Oceans in the Global Cycles of
Climatically-Active Trace-Gases 85
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory-30
Years of Observing The Ocean 89
Seawater Temperature Estimates in
Paleoceanography 92
Physical Oceanography 95
Coastal Water Pollutants 96
Trace Element Pollution 109
Coral Reefs and Your Coastal Watershed 113
Sea Level and Climate 117
The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level 118
Marine and Estuarine Microalgal Sediment
Toxicity Tests 120
Marine Stock Enhancement Techniques 124
Physical and Chemical Variability of Tidal
Streams 128
Black Water Turns the Tide on Florida Coral 133
Shallow Water Waves 135
Water Waves 138
Woods Hole: The Early Years 139
An Analysis of the International Maritime
Organization-London Convention Annual
Ocean Dumping Reports 144
Marine Sources of Halocarbons 149
Food Chain/Foodweb/Food Cycle 151
Plankton 154
Major Ions in Seawater 159
Tsunami 160
Meteorology
Ballooning and Meteorology in the Twentieth
Century 164
Barometric Efficiency 166
CERES: Understanding The Earth's Clouds and
Climate 169
Chinook 170
Global Climate Change 171
Observations of Climate and Global Change from
Real-Time Measurements 172
Overview: The Climate System 179
Climate and Society 183
What is Climatology? 186
Cloud Seeding 187
Condensation 188
Cosmic Water 189
The Water Cycle 191
Cyclones 194
Water Cycle 196
Degree Day Method 197
Desertification 199
Dew 200
Dew Deserts 201
Dew Point 207
Droughts 208
Drought Indices 209
The Earth Observing System: Aqua 214
Entropy Theory For Hydrologic Modeling 217
Evaporation 223
Evapotranspiration 226
Fog 229
Coastal Fog Along the Northern Gulf of Mexico 230
Rain Forests 239
Frost 240
Frost Damage 241
The Global Water Cycle 242
Ground-Based GPS Meteorology at FSL 244
Climate and Water Balance on the Island of
Hawaii 255
Heat of Vaporization 263
Hydrologic History, Problems, and Perspectives 265
Humidity-Absolute 269
Relative Humidity 270
Hurricanes: Modeling Nature's Fury 274
Hydrologic Cycle 275
Hydrosphere 283
Hydrologic Cycle, Water Resources, and Society 287
Isohyetal Method 290
What About Meteorology? 292
Basic Research for Military Applications 295
Uncertainties in Rainfall-Runoff Modeling 297
Monsoon 304
African Monsoons 304
Permanent Frost 305
Radar Use in Rainfall Measurements 306
Rainfall 309
Rainfall and Runoff 315
Remote Sensing of Applications in Hydrology 319
Atmospheric Scientists 328
Rain Simulators 330
Snow Density 333
Flattop Mountain Snotel Snowpack: Water Year
2004 334
Snow and Snowmelt 336
Snow Surveys 337
A Statistical Approach to Critical Storm Period
Analysis 338
Sublimation 343
Transpiration 345
Waterspout 347
United States Weather Bureau 347
Weather Forecasting Through The Ages 348
Overview of Weather Systems 352
Unit Hydrograph Theory 355
Weather and the Atmosphere 360
Vapor Pressure 362
Adiabatic Cooling 366
Rain and Rocks: The Recipe for River Water
Chemistry 371
Physics and Chemistry of Water
Acid Rain and Society 377
Adsorption Capacity of Activated Carbon for
Water Purification 381
Adsorption of Organic Compounds 384
Age Dating Old Groundwater 388
Ammonia 390
Beryllium in Water 394
Dissolved Organic Carbon 399
Mechanisms of Water Adsorption on
Carbons 400
The Effect of Carbon Surface Chemical
Composition on the Mechanism of Phenol
Adsorption from Aqueous Solutions 404
Carbonate Geochemistry 408
Carbonate in Natural Waters 413
Chlorine-36 and Very Old Groundwaters 416
Chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) 420
Coagulation and Flocculation 424
Conductivity-Electric 429
Conservation and the Water Cycle 433
Defluroidation 434
Deuterium 438
Distilled Water 441
Electricity as a Fluid 442
Analysis of Aqueous Solutions Using
Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry
(esi ms) 443
Fenton's Reaction and Groundwater
Remediation 445
Where Water Floats 448
Freshwater 449
Dissolved Gases 450
Hard Water 452
An Analysis of The Impact of Water on Health
and Aging: Is All Water The Same? 455
Heavy Water 462
Henry's Law 466
Hofmeister Effects 468
Clathrate Hydrates 471
Hydration 475
The Mirage of The H2 Economy 477
Hydrogen Ion 480
The Hydronium Ion 482
Infiltration and Soil Moisture Processes 484
Ion Exchange and Inorganic Adsorption 490
Iron 496
Isotopes 499
Isotope Fractionation 500
Mariotte Bottle-Use in Hydrology 503
Mars Exploration Rover Mission 504
Removal of Organic Micropollutants and Metal
Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Activated
Carbons 506
Molecular Network Dynamics 511
In Situ Chemical Monitoring 514
Nitrogen 517
Osmosis-Diffusion of Solvent or Caused by
Diffusion of Solutes? 520
Partitioning and Bioavailability 521
Physical Properties 527
Environmental Photochemistry in Surface
Waters 529
Isotope Exchange in Gas-Water Reactions 535
Radon in Water 541
Silica in Natural Waters 548
Sodium in Natural Waters 551
Soft Water 553
Solubility of Chemicals in Water 555
Solubility of Hydrocarbons in Salt Water 559
Solubility of Hydrocarbons and Sulfur
Compounds in Water 561
Sorption Kinetics 564
Sound in Water 569
Water on the Space Station 572
Strontium Isotopes in Water and Rock 574
Technetium in Water 578
Water-Nature's Magician 583
Freezing and Supercooling of Water 585
Chemical Precipitation 586
Antimony in Aquatic Systems 589
Water Law and Economics
The Clean Water Act 595
Clean Water Act, Water Quality
Criteria/Standards, TMDLs, and
Weight-of-Evidence Approach for Regulating
Water Quality 598
The Constitution and Early Attempts at
Rational Water Planning 604
Economic Value of Water: Estimation 605
Water Supply Planning-Federal 612
Flood Control Act of 1994 616
Great Lakes Governors' Agreement 617
U.S./Canadian Boundary Waters Treaty and the
Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement 620
Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative 621
Quantitative GroundWater Law 627
Islamic Water Law 634
Transboundary Waters in Latin America:
Conflicts and Collaboration 636
United States-Mexico Border Waters:
Conventions, Treaties, and Institutions 643
Negotiating between Authority and Polluters:
An Approach to Managing Water Quality 647
Water Resource Organizations 648
A Brief History of the Water Pollution Control
Act in the U.S. 651
The National Pollution Discharge Elimination
System 655
Legal Protection for In-stream Flow 659
Water Quality 664
Interface between Federal Water Quality
Regulation and State Allocation of Water
Quantity 671
Regulatory Issues and Remediation: Risk, Costs,
and Benefits 674
The Safe Drinking Water Act 676
Representing Geopolitics of (Hydro) Borders in
South Asia 680
Water Transfers 685
Reserved Water Rights for Indian and Federal
Lands 689
Wetlands Policy in the United States: From
Drainage to Restoration 690
Water History, Art, and Culture
Curious Uses of AgriculturalWater in the
World 695
Water Between Arabs and Israelis: Researching
Twice-Promised Resources 699
The Myth of Bad Cholesterol: Why Water Is A
Better Cholesterol-Lowering Medication 701
Early Clocks 702
Water Clocks 704
Our Evolving Water Consciousness 707
Effective Water Education Strategies in a
Nontraditional Setting 713
Evolution 715
History of Pond Fisheries in Poland 718
Water: The Key to Natural Health And
Healing 722
Water in History 726
Hoover Dam History 732
Hydropsychology 733
Jacob's Well 735
Jaubert de Passa: The First World History of
Irrigation in 1846 736
Benjamin Franklin: From Kite to Lightning
Rod 741
Water and the History of Man 745
Water, Bacteria, Life on Mars, and Microbial
Diversity 746
Canals in the Mekong Delta: A Historical
Overview from 200 C.E. to the Present 748
Conflict and Water Use in the Middle
East 753
Benjamin Franklin's Armonica: A Water Music
Instrument 758
Water Transportation Occupations 762
A Concise Glimpse of Water in the History of
Photography 766
Water as a Human Right 769
Ancient Water and Soil Conservation
Ecosystems of Sri Lanka 772
Ben Franklin's Gulf Stream Weather and Swim
Fins 780
Water Symbolism 785
Gordon and Franklin Rivers and the Tasmanian
Wilderness World Heritage Area 788
The Mistake of Waiting to Get Thirsty 789
Water and Well-Being 791
Free Flowing Water: A Source of Wisdom 793
The Medicinal Properties of the Waters of
Saratoga Springs 797
A History of Hawaiian Freshwater
Resources 801
CONTENTS VOLUME 5
Preface ix
Contributors xi
Ground Water
Acid Mine Drainage: Sources and Treatment in
the United States 1
Aquifers 9
Artificial Recharge of Unconfined Aquifer 11
Groundwater and Arsenic: Chemical Behavior
and Treatment 17
Treatment of Arsenic, Chromium, and Biofouling
in Water Supply Wells 22
Artesian Water 29
Modeling Contaminant Transport and
Biodegradation in Groundwater 30
Biofouling in Water Wells 35
In Situ Bioremediation of Contaminated
Groundwater 38
Process Limitations of In Situ Bioremediation of
Groundwater 42
Black Mesa Monitoring Program 48
Brine Deposits 51
Connate Water 54
Consolidated Water Bearing Rocks 55
Sensitivity of Groundwater to Contamination 56
Water Contamination by Low Level Organic
Waste Compounds in the Hydrologic System 60
Darcy's Law 63
Groundwater Dating with Radiocarbon 64
Groundwater Dating with H-He 65
Dating Groundwaters with Tritium 69
Recharge in Desert Regions Around The World 72
Hydrologic Feasibility Assessment and Design in
Phytoremediation 76
Well Design and Construction 87
Physical Properties of DNAPLs and
Groundwater Contamination 91
Water Dowsing (Witching) 92
Subsurface Drainage 94
Drawdown 101
Water Level Drawdown 102
Water Well Drilling Techniques 105
Groundwater Dye Tracing in Karst 107
Earthquakes-Rattling the Earth's Plumbing
System 111
In Situ Electrokinetic Treatment of MtBE,
Benzene, and Chlorinated Solvents 116
Field Capacity 124
Groundwater Flow Properties 128
Fluoride Contamination in Ground Water 130
Rock Fracture 136
Geochemical Models 138
Geochemical Modeling-Computer Codes 140
Geochemical Modeling-Computer Code
Concepts 142
Geological Occurrence of Groundwater 145
Geophysics and Remote Sensing 145
Geothermal Water 156
Ghijben-Herzberg Equilibrium 158
Groundwater Balance 162
Hydraulic Head 169
The Role of Heat in Groundwater Systems 172
Groundwater Flow in Heterogenetic Sediments
and Fractured Rock Systems 175
Horizontal Wells 177
Horizontal Wells in Groundwater Remediation 178
Head 180
Well Hydraulics and Aquifer Tests 182
Hydraulic Properties Characterization 184
Mobility of Humic Substances in
Groundwater 188
Assessment of Groundwater Quality in District
Hardwar, Uttaranchal, India 192
Irrigation Water Quality in District Hardwar,
Uttaranchal, India 204
Infiltration and Soil Water Processes 210
Infiltration/Capacity/Rates 212
Infiltrometers 214
Summary of Isotopes in Contaminant
Hydrogeology 216
Environmental Isotopes in Hydrogeology 227
Water-Jetting Drilling Technologies for Well
Installation And In Situ Remediation of
Hydrocarbons, Solvents, and Metals 234
Karst Hydrology 235
Karst Topography 243
Detecting Modern Groundwaters
with 85Kr 248
Land Use Impacts on Groundwater Quality 250
Groundwater Contamination From Municipal
Landfills in the USA 253
Metal Organic Interactions in Subtitle D Landfill
Leachates and Associated Ground Waters 258
Leaching 260
Well Maintenance 263
Megawatersheds 266
Mass Transport in Saturated Media 273
Soil and Water Contamination by Heavy
Metals 275
Source, Mobility, and Remediation of Metals 280
Genetics of Metal Tolerance and Accumulation
in Higher Plants 284
In Situ Groundwater Remediation for Heavy
Metal Contamination 290
Methane in Groundwater 293
Fossil Aquifers 294
What is a Hydrochemical Model? 295
Modeling Non-Point Source Pollutants in the
Vadose Zone Using GIS 299
Modeling Techniques for Solute Transport in
Groundwater 305
Ambient Groundwater Monitoring Network
Strategies and Design 313
MtBE 318
Limiting Geochemical Factors in Remediation
Using Monitored Natural Attenuation and
Enhanced Bioremediation 319
Nitrate Contamination of Groundwater 322
Treatment for Nitrates in Groundwater 323
Nonpoint Sources 331
Organic Compounds in Ground Water 337
Overdraft 340
Chemical Oxidation Technologies for
Groundwater Remediation 344
Particulate Transport in
Groundwater-Bacteria and Colloids 349
Perched Groundwater 352
Permeability 355
Groundwater Vulnerability to Pesticides: An
Overview of Approaches and Methods of
Evaluation 357
High pH Groundwater-The Effect of The
Dissolution of Hardened Cement Pastes 362
Phytoextraction and Phytostabilization:
Technical, Economic and Regulatory
Considerations of the Soil-Lead Issue 365
Phytoextraction of Zinc and Cadmium from Soils
Using Hyperaccumulator Plants 369
Phytoremediation Enhancement of Natural
Attenuation Processes 374
Bacteria Role in the Phytoremediation of Heavy
Metals 376
Phytoremediation of Lead-Contaminated Soils 381
Phytoremediation of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl
Ether 385
Phytoremediation of Selenium-Laden Soils 397
Soil Pipes and Pipe Flow 401
Low Flow Groundwater Purging and
Surging 404
Groundwater Quality 406
Radial Wells 407
Recharge in Arid Regions 408
Sub-Surface Redox Chemistry: A Comparison of
Equilibrium and Reaction-Based Approaches 413
Regional Flow Systems 417
Groundwater Remediation by Injection and
Problem Prevention 421
Groundwater Remediation: In Situ Passive
Methods 423
Groundwater Remediation by In Situ Aeration
and Volatilization 426
Remediation of Contaminated Soils 432
Groundwater Remediation Project Life Cycle 436
Innovative Contaminated Groundwater
Remediation Technologies 438
Resistivity Methods 443
Risk Analysis of Buried Wastes From Electricity
Generation 448
Groundwater Contamination from Runoff 451
Saline Seep 453
Groundwater Sampling Techniques for
Environmental Projects 454
Groundwater Sampling with Passive Diffusion
Samplers 456
Specific Capacity 460
Soil Water 461
Soil and Groundwater Geochemistry and
Microbiology 463
Characterizing Soil Spatial Variability 465
Deep Soil-Water Movement 471
Specific Gravity 473
Hot Springs 475
Squeezing Water from Rock 477
Storage Coefficient 480
Qanats: An Ingenious Sustainable Groundwater
Resource System 483
Lysimeters 487
Steady-State Flow Aquifer Tests 491
Tidal Efficiency 497
Combined Free and Porous Flow in the
Subsurface 498
Groundwater Tracing 501
Hydraulic Conductivity/Transmissibility 507
Groundwater Flow and Transport
Process 514
Reactive Transport in The Saturated Zone: Case
Histories for Permeable Reactive Barriers 518
Transport of Reactive Solute in Soil and
Groundwater 524
Water in The Unsaturated Zone 531
Groundwater and Vadose Zone Hydrology 533
Vadose Zone Monitoring Techniques 538
Vapor Transport in the Unsaturated Zone 543
Applications of Soil Vapor Data to Groundwater
Investigations 548
Groundwater Velocities 554
Viscous Flow 555
Vulnerability Mapping of Groundwater
Resources 561
Water/Rocks Interaction 566
Ground Water: Wells 571
Well Screens 572
Well TEST 574
Safe Yield of an Aquifer 575
Specific Yield Storage Equation 576
Microbial Processes Affecting Monitored Natural
Attenuation of Contaminants in the
Subsurface 578
Groundwater Vulnerability to Pesticides:
Statistical Approaches 594
Groundwater-Nature's Hidden Treasure 599
Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic
Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams 605
The Environmental Impact of Iron in
Groundwater 608
Groundwater and Cobalt: Chemical Behavior
and Treatment 610
Groundwater and Cadmium: Chemical Behavior
and Treatment 613
Groundwater Modeling 619
Groundwater and Benzene: Chemical Behavior
and Treatment 626
Groundwater and Nitrate: Chemical Behavior
and Treatment 628
Groundwater and Perchlorate: Chemical
Behavior and Treatment 631
Groundwater and Vinyl Chloride: Chemical
Behavior and Treatment 634
Groundwater and Uranium: Chemical Behavior
and Treatment 640
Groundwater and Mercury: Chemical Behavior
and Treatment 642
Groundwater and Lead: Chemical Behavior and
Treatment 645
Laminar Flow 649
Finite Element Modeling of Coupled Free and
Porous Flow 655
Unconfined Groundwater 662
Modeling of DNAPL Migration in Saturated
Porous Media 668
The Use of Semipermeable Membrane Devices
(SPMDs) for Monitoring, Exposure, and
Toxicity Assessment 672
River-Connected Aquifers: Geophysics,
Stratigraphy, Hydrogeology, and
Geochemistry 677
Volume Index 689

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Water-supply.
Water quality.
Water resources development.