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Water management : conservation, harvesting and artificial recharge / A.S. Patel, D.L. Shah.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patel, Arun S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Management.
- Water-supply.
- Water utilities--Management.
- Water utilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- About the Book: This is a very useful book in the subject `Water Management` for undergraduate & post graduate students. It is also very useful for practising engineers, farmers and policy-makers. This book has various chapters dealing with Hydrological cycle, Groundwater occurrence, Water losses and its prevention, Water conservation, Rainwater harvesting, Artificial recharge methods, etc. Other topics that have been analyzed include Seawater intrusion, Reuse of water, Artificial rain, Reverse osmosis, Moisture harvesting from air in desert area and Desalination. The concept of virtual w
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Foreword; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Hydrological Cycle; Chapter 3 Groundwater Occurrence; Chapter 4 Water Losses; Chapter 5 Water Conservation; Chapter 6 Rain Water Harvesting; Chapter 7 Artificial Recharge Methods; Chapter 8 Case Studies; Chapter 9 Performance Indicators of Artificial Recharge Structures; Chapter 10 Sea Water Intrusions; Chapter 11 Reuse of Water; Chapter 12 Virtual Water; Chapter 13 Creation of Sweet Water; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-327) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-07413-X
- 9786612074134
- 81-224-2632-8
- OCLC:
- 476239229
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