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Author Sengupta, Pradip K

Title Industrial Water Resource Management, Challenges and Opportunities for Efficient Water Stewardship
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (491 pages)
Series Challenges in Water Management Ser
Challenges in Water Management Ser
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editor Foreword -- Challenges in Water Management; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 The context; 1.1.1 The story of Coca-Cola in India ; 1.2 Water goals in the 21st Century; 1.3 Water ethics; 1.4 Value of water; 1.4.1 Water valuation; 1.4.2 Application of water valuation; 1.5 Water and energy nexus; 1.5.1 Impact of energy production on water resources; 1.6 Global water stress; 1.7 Industrial impact on water resource; 1.7.1 Impact on the quantity of the source water; 1.7.2 Hydro-morphological impact
1.7.3 Quality impact1.7.4 Impact on the access to water by the stakeholders; 1.7.5 Affordability of water; 1.8 Water sustainability; 1.9 Impact of climate change; 1.10 Dimensions in industrial water management; 1.10.1 Global perspective; 1.10.2 Water accounting; 1.10.3 Water stewardship; 1.10.4 Adaptive management; 1.11 Green growth and green business; 1.11.1 The challenges of green growth; 1.11.2 Natural capital concept; 1.11.3 Green growth policy fundamentals; 1.11.4 Indicators of green growth; 1.12 Conclusion; Note; Bibliography
Chapter 2 Water Scenarios and Business Models of The Twenty-first Century2.1 Water scenario; 2.1.1 Countrywise water scenario; 2.2 Water indicators; 2.2.1 Baseline water stress; 2.2.2 Inter-annual variability ; 2.2.3 Water conflict; 2.2.4 River basins and aquifers under threat and conflict; 2.2.5 Physical water risk in business; 2.2.6 Disruption in the supply chain; 2.2.7 Failure to meet basic water needs; 2.3 Global water trends; 2.4 Business models; 2.4.1 Business as usual model; 2.4.2 Alternative model; 2.5 Integrated water resource management; 2.5.1 History of IWRM
2.5.2 Principles of IWRM2.6 Sustainable development goal for business sector; 2.7 Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3 Understanding Water; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Hydrological cycle; 3.2.1 Water cycle and ecosystems; 3.3 Water on land; 3.3.1 Soil water; 3.4 Stores of water; 3.5 Surface runoff; 3.5.1 Meteorological factors affecting runoff; 3.5.2 Physical factors affecting runoff; 3.5.3 Human activities can affect runoff; 3.6 River and river basin; 3.6.1 Stream order; 3.6.2 Drainage basin, catchment and watershed boundaries; 3.6.3 Classification of river basin and hydrological unit
3.7 Industrial impact on river flow3.7.1 Temporal and spatial control over river flow; 3.7.2 Water direct withdrawal; 3.7.3 Physical disturbance of riverbeds; 3.7.4 Pollution; 3.7.5 Water clogging; 3.8 Surface water management; 3.8.1 Key component of a SWMP; 3.9 Groundwater; 3.9.1 Groundwater hydrology (hydrogeology); 3.9.2 Fundamentals concepts; 3.9.3 Aquifer and confining beds; 3.9.4 Groundwater system; 3.9.5 Essential studies in groundwater; 3.9.6 Relation between groundwater withdrawal and stream flow; 3.9.7 Groundwater withdrawal in the recharging zone
Notes 3.9.8 Hydrogeological investigation
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Subject Industrial water supply -- Management
Industrial water supply -- Management
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781119272465
1119272467