Water Resources Management and the Environment

U. Aswathanarayana, has over 50 years of research and teaching experience in India, Tanzania and Mozambique and in the United States of America, United Kingdom and Canada. His specializations include Nuclear Geology, Geochemistry, Economic Geology and Natural Resources Management. The author is currently engaged in the development of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad, India, which is a part of the UNESCO – TWAS Network of Scientific Organizations. The Editor was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Geophysical Education Award (2005) of the American Geophysical Union for his meritorious contributions to the paradigm shift in geoscience instruction. Previous books by U. Aswathanarayana, published by A.A. Balkema Publishers, are Principles of Nuclear Geology (1986), Water Resources Management and the Environment (2001) and Mineral Resources Management and the Environment (2003).

• FOREWORD PREFACE PROLOGUESLEEPING UNDER THE STARS 1 INTRODUCTION 2. DYNAMICS OF INTERACTIONS INVOLVING WATER 3 WATER QUALITY 4 AUGMENTATION AND CONSERVATION OF WATER RESOURCES 5 WASTEWATER REUSE SYSTEMS 6 USE OF WATER IN AGRICULTURE 7 INDUSTRIAL AND MUNICIPAL USES OF WATER 8 WATER POLLUTION 9 ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER SUPPLIES 10 ETIOLOGY OF DISEASES ARISING FROM TOXIC ELEMENTS IN DRINKING WATER 11 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT 12 PARADIGMS OF WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; EXERCISES