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Total water management : practices for a sustainable future / Neil S. Grigg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grigg, Neil S.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water resources development.
- Water-supply--Management.
- Water-supply.
- Sustainable development.
- Environmental policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (315 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Denver, Colo. : American Water Works Association, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sustainable use of water resources, public health, and the environment are leading a quiet revolution called total water management, or TWM, the exercise of stewardship of water resources. Essentially a history of water from a management perscpective, this book addresses the shared governance of water resources among utilities, business, and government and explains TWMs goals and principles and offers policy prescriptions for overcoming the main institutional challenges. Also covered are the political and legal forces that shape how the water industry works, why society devalues water, and how decisions to control water resources are made. Written for water managers, planners, watershed users, industry, anyone interested in stewardship of the water resources and for use as a college text, with summary points and questions at the end of each chapter.
- Contents:
- Total water management : from vision to execution
- Water management and its impacts
- Total water management : vision, principles, and examples
- Planning and shared governance
- Triple bottom line reporting for water agencies
- Value and cost of water
- Environmental water : assessment, value, and sustainability
- Social impacts of water management
- Laws and regulations of water management
- Political and institutional obstacles to TWM
- Environmental stewardship, ethics, and education
- Water industry prospects and policies.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61300-072-3
- OCLC:
- 922966763
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