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The production of energy feedstocks and fuels requires substantial water input. Not only do biofuel feedstocks like corn, switchgrass, and agricultural residues need water for growth and conversion to ethanol, but petroleum feedstocks like crude oil and oil sands also require large volumes of water for drilling, extraction, and conversion into petroleum products. Moreover, in many cases, crude oil production is increasingly water dependent. Competing uses strain available water resources and raise the specter of resource depletion and environmental degradation. Water management has become a ke
Liquid fuels. --- Water consumption. --- Consumption of water --- Water-supply --- Water demand management --- Fuel, Liquid --- Fuel --- Motor fuels
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Water consumption. --- Water resources development --- Power resources --- Environmental aspects --- Consumption of water --- Water-supply --- Water demand management
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Water is a vital resource for human health, economic development and environmental quality. Over the past three decades, OECD Member countries have made major strides in the management of their water resources. Increasingly, however, water is coming back onto the policy agenda. Persistent water quality problems, the need for heavy investments in water delivery and treatment infrastructure, and growing competition for finite supplies are forcing greater attention on the mix of policies needed to achieve efficient and effective integrated water resources management. The integrated management of water resources is not a new concept. The notion of "integration", however, is evolving. Greater emphasis is being given to the full recognition of the water needs of the environment in pricing policies, allocation decisions and institutional reform. There is also a growing number of examples of the integration of a wider range of stakeholders, including the private sector and local communities, in water resources planning and management. This report presents the discussions and conclusions of the OECD workshop on sustainable water consumption, which was held in Sydney, Australia (10-12 February 1997). Drawing on examples from OECD Member countries and selected countries from the Asia-Pacific, it examines progress made on a range of key water policy issues and examines some of the more innovative attempts to put into practice a wider vision of integration.
Environment --- Water consumption --- Water resources development --- Water-supply --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Environmental Engineering --- Congresses --- Forecasting --- Management --- Consumption of water --- Water demand management
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"Using the water footprint concept, this impactful book aids our understanding of how we can reduce water consumption and pollution to sustainable levels. The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society is a key textbook for students of interdisciplinary water studies and those taking other related courses within the environmental sciences. It will also be of interest to those working in the governmental sector, environmental and consumer organisations, the business sector and UN institutions, where there is growing interest in the water footprint concept"--
Water consumption --- Industrial water supply. --- Water-supply --- Waterworks --- Industrial districts --- Industries --- Water-supply, Industrial --- Consumption of water --- Water demand management --- Measurement. --- Accounting. --- Accounting --- Eau --- Industrie --- Approvisionnement en eau --- Consommation --- Mesure --- Comptabilité --- Comptabilité
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Water-supply. --- Water consumption. --- Water resources development. --- Droughts. --- Drought --- Drouth --- Drouths --- Weather --- Energy development --- Natural resources --- Water-supply --- Consumption of water --- Water demand management --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities
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Water consumption --- Water-supply --- Consumption of water --- Water demand management --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Management&delete& --- International cooperation --- E-books --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Environmental Engineering --- Management
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Water in the Middle East and North Africa region already causes major social and economic problems, resulting from insufficient supply, unreliable services and environmental damage. Per capita availability will fall by half by 2050, water quality is deteriorating, many aquifers are on the verge of exhaustion, and climate change may alter rainfall patterns. Unless current practices change, then, the situation will worsen considerably. For years, water professionals have been advocating comprehensive water reforms. Yet, although most countries have made considerable progress improving water poli
Water conservation --- Water-supply --- Water consumption --- Government policy --- International cooperation. --- Measurement. --- Consumption of water --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Conservation of water --- Water --- Conservation --- Water demand management --- Natural resources --- Public utilities --- Water resources development --- Water utilities --- Conservation of natural resources
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Industrial water supply --- Water consumption --- Water-supply --- 338.013 --- 338.74 --- 355 --- AA / International- internationaal --- Waterworks --- Consumption of water --- Industrial districts --- Industries --- Water-supply, Industrial --- Measurement --- Accounting --- Belang, verdeling en beleid van de natuurlijke rijkdommen. Grondstoffen --- Watervoorziening --- Milieu --- Water supply. Water treatment. Water pollution --- Water demand management
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Atlanta is running out of water and is in the midst of a water crisis. Its crumbling infrastructure spews toxic waste and raw sewage into neighboring streams. A tri-state water war between Alabama, Florida, and Georgia has been raging since 1990, with Atlanta caught in the middle; however, the city's problems have been more than a century in the making. In Thirsty City, Skye Borden tells the complete story of how Atlanta's water ran dry. Using detailed historical research, legal analysis, and personal accounts, she explores the evolution of Atlanta's water system as well as charts the poor urban planning decisions that led to the city's current woes. She also uncovers the loopholes in local, state, and federal environmental laws that have enabled urban planners to shirk responsibility for ongoing water quantity and quality problems. From the city's unfortunate location to its present-day debacle, Thirsty City is a fascinating and highly readable account that reveals how Atlanta's quest for water is riddled with shortsighted decisions, unchecked greed, political corruption, and racial animus.
Water-supply --- Water consumption --- Water resources development --- Energy development --- Natural resources --- Consumption of water --- Water demand management --- Availability, Water --- Water availability --- Water resources --- Public utilities --- Water utilities --- Management --- Atlanta (Ga.) --- City of Atlanta (Ga.) --- Economic conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Environmental conditions.
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This book highlights the concept of water footprint in different industrial sectors such as leather tanning, steel, agriculture, textile and wine. One of the very basic necessities of life which is soon going to be scarce is water, hence the environmental footprint assessments on any scale essentially includes water footprint which is being measured in various supply chains and across different product categories. According to ISO 14046, the water footprint assessment refers to the total freshwater volume consumed and polluted directly or indirectly across a product’s end-to-end supply chain. This book presents, for industry purposes, the focus on identification and quantification of water trade, the scarcity, and pollution involved in the production of goods and services.
Environmental management. --- Water. --- Green chemistry. --- Environmental education. --- Environmental Management. --- Water, general. --- Green Chemistry. --- Environmental and Sustainability Education. --- Education --- Environmental chemistry --- Sustainable chemistry --- Chemical engineering --- Chemistry, Technical --- Sustainable engineering --- Hydrology --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Industrial applications --- Water consumption --- Measurement. --- Consumption of water --- Water-supply --- Water demand management
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