Water Scarcity, Contamination and Management
- 1st Edition, Volume 5 - October 15, 2022
- Latest edition
- Editors: Ashwani Kumar Tiwari, Amit Kumar, Abhay Kumar Singh, T.N. Singh, Enrico Suozzi, Gagan Matta, Stefano Lo Russo
- Language: English
Water Scarcity, Contamination, and Management presents new and updated material, including case studies, step-by-step guidance on key procedures and protocols, and timely topics su… Read more
Description
Description
Water Scarcity, Contamination, and Management presents new and updated material, including case studies, step-by-step guidance on key procedures and protocols, and timely topics such as climate change and integrated water resource management. This book is divided into three key sections. Section 1—Water Resource Scarcity—focuses on sustainable development and management of water resources and techniques and methods for improving water use efficiency. Section 2—Contamination of Water Resources—focuses on understanding the quality of water resources, migration of pollutant sources, geochemical processes, groundwater depletion, and seasonal variations in contaminant concentration, water resources’ quality status, and associated human health risks. Section 3—Water Resource Management—considers a consolidated and coordinated approach to find the solution to water resource issues.
Presenting a comprehensive overview of the water management field, the book serves as a valuable reference for students, professors, scholars, researchers, and consultants in the fields of water resources, civil engineering, environmental science and engineering, and hydrology.
Key features
Key features
- Provides an overview of the current status of water resources utilization, the likely scenario of future demands, and the advantages and disadvantages of systems techniques
- Includes numerous examples and real-world case studies
- Presents the roles of remote sensing and GIS in solving the water resource crisis
Readership
Readership
Students, professors, scholars, researchers, and consultants of the following fields: Water Resources, Civil Engineering; Environmental Engineering; Hydrologists. Geologists and Agricultural Engineering and Management
Table of contents
Table of contents
Part I. Water Resources Scarcity
1. Groundwater depletion
2. Surface water deficits
3. Impact of global climate change on freshwater resources
4. Rejuvenation of water bodies and traditional water conservation structures
5. Water database and future trends 6. Land use and watersheds
7. Water demand for urban, rural and industrial areas
8. Impacts of water crises on food, agriculture and health
9. Global water scarcity and possible conflicts
Part II. Contamination of Water Resources
10. Natural contamination
11. Impact of mining on water resources
12. Seawater intrusion
13. Industrial pollution
14. Agricultural contamination
15. Urban pollution
Part III. Water Resources Management
16. Water treatment and reuse
17. Artificial recharge of groundwater
18. Water trade and conservation technologies
19. Integrated modelling of water systems
20. Coastal aquifer management
21. Practices for Flood control
22. Water quality management
23. Virtual water perspective
24. Urban and rural watershed management
25. Governance and political economy of water
26. Water solutions and policies
27. Landscape irrigation management
28. Draught management
29. Practices for food and agricultural pollution control
30. Role of Remote sensing and GIS
1. Groundwater depletion
2. Surface water deficits
3. Impact of global climate change on freshwater resources
4. Rejuvenation of water bodies and traditional water conservation structures
5. Water database and future trends 6. Land use and watersheds
7. Water demand for urban, rural and industrial areas
8. Impacts of water crises on food, agriculture and health
9. Global water scarcity and possible conflicts
Part II. Contamination of Water Resources
10. Natural contamination
11. Impact of mining on water resources
12. Seawater intrusion
13. Industrial pollution
14. Agricultural contamination
15. Urban pollution
Part III. Water Resources Management
16. Water treatment and reuse
17. Artificial recharge of groundwater
18. Water trade and conservation technologies
19. Integrated modelling of water systems
20. Coastal aquifer management
21. Practices for Flood control
22. Water quality management
23. Virtual water perspective
24. Urban and rural watershed management
25. Governance and political economy of water
26. Water solutions and policies
27. Landscape irrigation management
28. Draught management
29. Practices for food and agricultural pollution control
30. Role of Remote sensing and GIS
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Volume: 5
- Published: October 17, 2022
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Ashwani Kumar Tiwari
Dr. Ashwani Kumar Tiwari is working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. His teaching and researcher areas are water resources management and GIS, hydro-geochemistry, pollution of water resources by geogenic and anthropogenic activities, groundwater-seawater interaction and aquifer vulnerability. Dr. Tiwari was Post-doctoral researcher at Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy for around four years. He has done M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Environmental Science and completed his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Science from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, India in 2016. He was awarded Erasmus Mundus and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Scholarships. Dr. Tiwari has travelled Canada, Chile, Malta, Germany, Estonia, Bulgaria and Finland in academic-related pursuits. He has published several research articles in various reputed international and national journals and his works on respective fields are very well appreciated by the many workers across the world. He has served as a reviewer for many international journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, IndiaAK
Amit Kumar
Dr. Amit Kumar completed his Ph.D. from Panjab University, Chandigarh jointly with the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee in 2011. Currently, Dr. Kumar’s research work has focused on glaciology (particularly in the Hydro-meteorological applications in Himalaya and Karakoram). He has published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers published in domestic and international journals, such as Journal of Earth System Sciences, Current Science, Hydrological processes, Water Resources Management, Journal of Hydrology: Regional studies, Geomorphology and International Journal of Sediment Research, his publications have cited more than 300 times. Dr. Kumar has received some awards to conduct high standard scientific research, for example, the “Young Scientist” award from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India in 2014. He worked in collaboration with Dr. Umesh Haritashya at the University of Dayton, the USA in the area of snow and glacier hydrology and sediment transfer processes across the Himalaya. Currently, he is a Scientist at Centre for Glaciology, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientist-B, Centre for Glaciology, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Uttarakhand, IndiaAS
Abhay Kumar Singh
Dr. Abhay Kumar Singh is presently working as a Principal Scientist in the Environmental Management Group of the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad, India. Dr. Singh has obtained B.Sc. (Hons) and M.Sc. Degree in Geology from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has made a good contribution towards the understanding of the earth surface processes and impacts of mining and industrial activities on natural resources and its management. He has successfully completed a number of S&T and industry-sponsored projects related to rainwater chemistry, groundwater chemistry, groundwater management, mine water environment and EIA/EMP study of coal and non-coal mines. He has published more than 100 research papers in National and International Journals/Seminar/Symposia, have with total citations of over 2600. Dr. Singh has travelled Nepal, United Kingdom, Singapore, Malaysia, Italy and Mauritius in academic-related pursuits. He is the recipient of the Indian Science Congress Young Science Award (1999), INSA Visiting Fellowship (2005), Commonwealth Academic Fellowship (2012) and the prestigious National Geoscience Award (2013).
Affiliations and expertise
Principal Scientist at Environmental Management Group of the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad, IndiaTS
T.N. Singh
Prof. T.N. Singh is Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith and Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay, Mumbai. He is an expert in the field of rock mechanics, mining geology, and clean energy. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Institute of Technology BHU, Varanasi, in 1991 and subsequently served the institute until 2003. He is a recipient of many prestigious awards such as the National Mineral Award, the first P. N. Bose Mineral Award, the SEAGATE Excellence Award for Geo-Engineering, and the GSI Sesquicentennial Commemorative Award. He has nearly 28 years of experience in research and teaching with 16 doctoral theses completed under his supervision and has authored more than 350 publications in various journals and conferences of national and international repute, have with total citations of over 10100. He is on the governing and advisory councils of several national institutes and universities.
Affiliations and expertise
Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi, India and Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, IndiaES
Enrico Suozzi
Dr. Eng. Enrico Suozzi is a research fellow at Politecnico di Torino and is working on problems of boundary aquifers, meanwhile is a Contract Professor of GIS and thematic mapping in the same University. Dr. Suozzi is an image processing expert and GIS analyst: graduated in Environmental Engineering in 2008 and received PhD in GeoEngineering from Politecnico di Torino in Italy. During his doctorate, he developed an instrument to measure snow density that has been patented and won a competition called “start-cup”. So far, he has been teaching GIS and thematic cartography for 6 years at University and he held private courses (ERDF European Regional Development Found) on photogrammetry and images processing. He was for three years CEO and after CTO of a company focused on 3D survey and GIS application, laser scanner and UAV acquisition techniques. He has published many papers in national and international journals. His academic research focused on Spatial Analysis and Modelling using GIS, Critical Areas (HotSpot) Detection, Change Detection Analysis, Remote Sensing image processing and classification, Territorial planning and Territorial Information Systems (SIT).
Affiliations and expertise
Research Fellow, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyGM
Gagan Matta
Dr. Gagan Matta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology of Environmental Sciences at Gurukula Kangri University, India. His teaching and research area clearly aligned with Environmental Pollution and Toxicology, water quality, Ganga River, Environmental modeling and Limnology and Aquatic Ecology. Dr. Matta has 7 years of teaching and research experience, supervised 09 Master students and guiding three Ph.D. candidates. Dr. Matta has 4 international and 5 national collative research projects.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Gurukula Kangri University, Haridwar, IndiaSR
Stefano Lo Russo
Prof. Stefano Lo Russo is a Professor in the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. He has a master’s degree in Geological Sciences in 1999 and completed Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Politecnico di Torino in 2004. His teaching and research area clearly aligned with Engineering geology, Hydrogeology, Petroleum and Mining Geology, Geothermal Energy. He has author and co-author of several national and international peer-reviewed publications and appears on various conferences and symposium proceedings. He has a member of the IAH (International Association of Hydrogeologists), EGU (European Geosciences Union), AIGA (Italian Association of Applied Geology). He is a member of the Executive Committee of the GEAM Association. He is visiting Professor of Petersburg Polytechnic University, Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas, and Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Russia. He has visited the University of Queensland and National Center for Groundwater Research and Training and Flinders University, Australia for academic-related pursuits.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, ItalyView book on ScienceDirect
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