Water Resources Research Progress

Description:
Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. They are important because they are needed for life to exist. Many uses of water include agricultural, industrial, household, recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. Only 2.7 per cent of water on the Earth is fresh water, and over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps, leaving only 0.007 per cent available for human use. Fresh water is a renewable resource, yet the world's supply of clean, fresh water is steadily decreasing. Water demand already exceeds supply in many parts of the world, and as world population continues to rise at an unprecedented rate, many more areas are expected to experience this imbalance in the near future. The framework for allocating water resources to water users (where such a framework exists) is known as water rights. This new book presents recent and important research in the field.

Table of Contents:
AI Techniques for Hydrological Modelling and Management I: Simulation; AI Techniques for Hydrological Modelling and Management II: Optimisation; UV Treatment of Chlorophenols in Water Using UV Microwave Lamps and XeBr Excilamp Coupled with Biodegradation; Wastewater Treatment and Emerging Pollutants in the Environment; Chitosan as Adsorbent for Heavy Metal Ions: Performance and Adsorption Mechanism; Adsorption of Organic Contaminants by Mesoporous Silicate; Ozonation Combined with Electrolysis -- A New Advanced Oxidation Technology; Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression of Escherichia Coli O157:H7 in Drinking Water; Which Model Type is Best for Deterministic Rainfall-Runoff Modelling?; Rain and Stormwater Management and Utilisation as an Alternative Sustainable Water Source for Rural Communities in the Developing Countries; Continuous Biosorption of Single and Binary Metal Solutions in a Fixed-Bed Column Using Algae Gelidium and Granulated Algal Waste from Agar Extraction; Modelling Catchment Scale Evaporation -- What Are the Errors?; Acquisition of Data and Modelling of Transport and Geochemical Processes in Waste Rock Piles; Sensitivity, Uncertainty, and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling; Reynolds Stress Modelling of Turbulent Open-Channel Flows; Index.