Emergency Management Books
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M19 Emergency Planning for Water and Wastewater Utilities, Fifth Edition
Disruptions in water quality and delivery can result from emergencies such as natural disasters, accidents, or intentional acts. Regardless of their size and location, utilities should prepare for emergencies before they occur and be able to quickly restore water services. This manual presents an all-hazards approach for principles, practices, and guidelines in water utility emergency planning. ...
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M5 Water Utility Management, Third Edition
Increasing demands, changing technologies, uncertain costs, and aging systems complicate every utility manager’s role. M5 Water Utility Management was developed through the collaborative effort of leaders in the utility profession who have successfully met the challenges of managing a water utility. It is designed for both new and experienced managers who are looking to better understand all ...
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Pamphlet 17 Packaging Plant Safety and Operational Guidelines
Contains recommendations for receiving, inspecting, testing and reconditioning chlorine cylinders, ton containers, valves and fusible plugs at packaging plants. It also covers procedures for filling these containers, personal protective equipment use, tank car receiving, emergency planning/response, and key regulations. ...
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Stakeholder Engagement for Inclusive Water Governance
This report assesses the current trends, drivers, obstacles, mechanisms, impacts, costs and benefits of stakeholder engagement in the water sector. It builds on empirical data collected through an extensive survey across 215 stakeholders, within and outside the water sector, and 69 case studies collected worldwide. It highlights the increasing importance of stakeholder engagement in the water ...
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Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies
Natural disasters, such as floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes, affect over 226 million people every year. The occurrence of these natural disasters has been increasing every year due to the effect of extreme weather events and higher populations living in areas vulnerable to natural hazards. Developing a guideline for emergency water treatment becomes even more important as the number ...
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Disasters and Minewater
Part of Groundwater Set - Buy all six books and save over 30% on buying separately! Disasters and Minewater: Good Practice and Prevention draws together all of the major minewater catastrophes that have occurred over the last half century. It examines incidents to find useful and positive information of great value that could prevent future disasters. Practical experience provides many lessons ...
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2012 Distribution System Symposium (DSS) and Water Security and Emergency Preparedness Conference Proceedings CD ROM
Papers and presentations made at the 2012 Distribution Systems Symposium (DSS) and Water Security and Emergency Preparedness Conference and Exposition held September 9 - 12, 2012, in St. Louis, ...
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Measures on Hazardous Substances Registration
On October 11, 201, China's State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) issued the notice for public consultation (by 18 November 2011) on the newly revised draft of the Measures on Hazardous Substances Registration. The revised Measures are about to take effect on December 1, 2011; the old Measures (2002 version) will be annulled. Created as a supporting law for Decree No. 591 (Regulations on the ...
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Measures on Hazardous Substances Registration (revised draft)
China's State Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) issued the notice for public consultation (by 18 November 2011) on the newly revised draft of the Measures on Hazardous Substances Registration. The revised Measures are about to take effect on December 1, 2011; the old Measures (2002 version) will be ...
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Risk Assessment for Water Infrastructure Safety and Security
Features Examines all aspects of water safety and security Evaluates the potential terrorist threat to the water supply system Presents qualitative and quantitative processes and models for security and safe operation of facilities and critical infrastructure Explores recent incidences of levels of drugs in the water supply Offers various risk and vulnerability methodologies for assessing ...
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Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality - 4th Edition
Part of Water Quality Set - Buy all four books and save over 30% on buying separately! This fourth edition of the World Health Organization's Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality builds on over 50 years of guidance by WHO on drinking-water quality, which has formed an authoritative basis for the setting of national regulations and standards for water safety in support of public health. It is ...
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Governance and Management for Sustainable Water Systems
Increasing global pressure on water resources requires many actions from governments and individuals to achieve sustainable levels of water use. These involve management tasks such as project development and utility operation, but the degree of interdependence among the many participants in water management is so great that additional regulatory and coordination mechanisms are needed to control ...
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Water Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities
New model for water management is emerging worldwide in response to water shortages, polluted waterways, climate change, and loss of biodiversity. Cities and towns are questioning the ecological and financial sustainability of big-pipe water, stormwater, and sewer systems and are searching for “lighter footprint” more sustainable solutions. Pilot projects are being built that use, treat, store, ...
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Strategies for Small Wastewater Systems for Risk Reduction and Safeguarding Assets
The Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005 and horrific events of 9/11/2001 have spawned a new emphasis on domestic security and emergency preparedness. Governments at all levels are taking action to reduce their vulnerabilities and prepare for emergencies, including unconventional disasters such as regional-scale weather events and terrorist attacks. A great deal has been written concerning security ...
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Building Vulnerability Assessments: Industrial Hygiene and Engineering Concepts
All too often the assessment of structural vulnerability is thought of only in terms of security upgrades, guards, and entrance barriers. However, in order to fully ensure that a building is secure, the process of design and construction must also be considered. Building Vulnerability Assessments: Industrial Hygiene and Engineering Concepts focuses on the range of vulnerabilities that can and ...
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Principles of Hazardous Materials Management, Second Edition
A comprehensive overview of the field of hazardous materials management, this second edition features updated information on toxic and hazardous substance and waste; sources, storage, and treatment; transportation; regulatory jurisdictions; emergency response planning; as well as industrial hygiene and worker safety. As in the best-selling first edition, the text provides a basic understanding of ...
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Integrated Urban Water Management: Arid and Semi-Arid Regions: UNESCO-IHP
The Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM) is an emerging approach to managing the entire urban water cycle in an integrated way, which is key to achieving the sustainability of urban water resources and services. The IUWM incorporates: the systematic consideration of the various dimensions of water, including surface and groundwater resources, quality and quantity issues; the implication that ...
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ASTM Standards on Hazardous Substances and Oil Spill Response: 3rd Edition
Fifty-seven ASTM standards address the latest research in oil spill recovery applications and ecological considerations for the use of chemical dispersants and containment of emergency response personnel. This new edition provides a comprehensive resource document for users, including spill response professionals, managers, designers and builders of equipment, government agencies, training ...
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Industrial Safety and Health for People-Oriented Services
Industrial Safety and Health for People-Oriented Services focuses on the safety requirements of the tertiary sector of industry´s education, health, and hospitality services. This is an instruction manual on managing a safe and healthy environment— one free of biological, chemical, and ergonomics hazards – while adhering to OSHA regulations. This must-have guide covers workplace emergency ...
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Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services
Industrial Safety and Health for Administrative Services constitutes a much-needed source for the identification and prevention of most of the injuries and illnesses occurring in the financial and information sectors. The text thoroughly explains the issues of office health management, major safety and electrical hazards, and emergency response to violence. ...
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