sustainable management Articles
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Sustainable Groundwater Management in Indian Wells, CA - Case Study
Motivation The Indian Wells Valley in the Mojave Desert of California is home to the China Lake Naval Air Warfare Station, the city of Ridgecrest, and significant agricultural and mining interests. Residents and industries in the valley depend on groundwater, which has been depleted due to overuse since the 1960s. The Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Authority required accurate information on the ...
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Toward Africa`s green future
From the world's highest mountain ranges to the lowland plains, and from the great oceans and coastal wetlands to agricultural landscapes, nations and communities rely on the bounty and services of natural ecosystems. Biological resources and the goods and ecosystem services they provide underpin every aspect of human life and livelihoods, from food and water security to general well-being and ...
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The economics of pollution trading and pricing under regulatory uncertainty
From the world's highest mountain ranges to the lowland plains, and from the great oceans and coastal wetlands to agricultural landscapes, nations and communities rely on the bounty and services of natural ecosystems. Biological resources and the goods and ecosystem services they provide underpin every aspect of human life and livelihoods, from food and water security to general well-being and ...
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Groundwater banking: opportunities and management challenges
Groundwater banking is the use of aquifers to store water to balance seasonal or longer-term variations in supply and demand. The large storage capacity provided by aquifers can be a valuable tool for conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater as well as other elements of integrated water resources management. Successful groundwater banking requires favorable hydrogeological conditions to ...
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Rationalising water management policies: tube well development and resource use sustainability in Balochistan region of Pakistan
The groundwater driven agricultural production is increasingly under threat due to rapidly depleting groundwater table in upland Balochistan region of Pakistan. Both government and water users can be blamed for the foreseen disaster. The government’s policy for groundwater development following over estimation of groundwater reserves and the water user’s inefficient usage are the main reasons ...
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Resilient, Sustainable Water Management: A Holistic Approach
Climate change has redefined how we view water, with drought amplifying water scarcity and changing our relationship with the landscape and the built environment. Water is our planet’s lifeblood. We use it for drinking, agriculture, recreation, and even to remove our waste. For generations, our cities have been founded on seas, lakes, rivers, and other areas that take full advantage of ...
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Managed aquifer recharge with reclaimed water: approaches to a European guidance framework
Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) with reclaimed water plays a particular role in water stress mitigation, due to both the large potential benefits achieved in terms of sustainable water resources management as well as the complexity of the planning and implementation. This paper focuses on the role of policy in establishing water quality related legal frameworks that are crucial for MAR ...
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5 reasons for SMBs to implement a sustainability software solution
Sustainability Software Solution for SMBS There is no question that sustainability management has officially entered the business world in the past few years. The numerous benefits are now well known. Certainly, public awareness of climate change, pollution and many other social and environmental matters have helped made businesses align to public demand, or even drive it for the most modern ...
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Harnessing Data for Sustainable Water Management: The Role of Water Quality Sensors
Water is a vital resource for sustaining life and supporting various ecosystems. However, the growing population and increasing industrialization have put immense pressure on water resources, leading to concerns about water scarcity and deteriorating water quality. To address these challenges, sustainable water management practices are essential. This article explores the role of water quality ...
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Integrated constructed wetlands: water management as a land-use issue, implementing the ‘Ecosystem Approach’
Awareness of the need for social, economic and environmental coherence in the management of water is becoming evermore apparent. Water supply as well as treatment is becoming more costly; a challenge that is not only limited to developing countries. The use of wetlands, natural and constructed, is now more widely accepted as a means of tackling a range of problems in water management to deliver ...
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Water management capacity building to support rapidly developing mining economies
Many developing countries are experiencing rapid expansion in mining with associated water impacts. In most cases mining expansion is outpacing the building of national capacity to ensure that sustainable water management practices are implemented. Since 2011, Australia's International Mining for Development Centre (IM4DC) has funded capacity building in such countries including a program of ...
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Briefing paper: accelerating action to Save Peat for Less Heat!
Emissions from drained and degrading peatlands (organic soils) amount to almost double the amount of CO2 emissions from aviation1, even when skyrocketing emissions from peat fires are not included. This briefing paper shows where the most urgent action is needed and presents a roadmap and policy recommendations for accelerating action. Peatlands cover only 3% of the global land surface. Some 15% ...
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Decision support model for water policy in the presence of waterlogging and salinity
Irrigation improves food security and human wellbeing. Poorly managed irrigation can raise watertables inducing waterlogging and salinity. Excessive groundwater withdrawals can lower watertables, impacting drainage and interlinked hydroeconomic systems. Sustainable irrigation management thus remains a global water policy challenge. This study develops a framework for using market-based ...
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Wetland Solutions for People and Nature
Wetlands act as water sources, sinks and purifiers. They protect our shores. They are Earth’s greatest natural carbon stores. They support abundant and unique nature. But we have lost so much of our wetland treasure. And those that remain are under growing pressure. This makes people and nature vulnerable. It’s time to reverse the trend. Together with many partners around the world, ...
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Rainwater harvesting and management – policy and regulations in Germany
This paper discusses the most important policies and regulations supporting the decentralized management, harvesting and utilization of rainwater in Germany, where such measures have been increasingly applied during the last few decades. The development and implementation of specific policies and regulations contributed significantly to that trend. They also work as incentives for the ...
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What do oil sands and shale gas have in common? Acute need for sustainable water management solutions
The world’s appetite for fossil fuels is not abating anytime soon, and the alternatives fall short. Nuclear energy makes people uneasy, coal is perceived as not being that clean, hydroelectric requires massive capital outlays, solar is still improving and the wind just doesn’t always blow. For the foreseeable future, North Americans have embraced the idea that expanded production of ...
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UK`s first vinyl flooring recycling scheme - Recofloor - wins top CIWM Award for Innovative Practice
Recofloor’s unique, innovative and sustainable approach to the collection and recycling of waste vinyl flooring triumphed at the 2010 Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) Awards for Environmental Excellence. The UK’s first vinyl flooring recycling scheme won the highly-contested Innovative Practice in Waste Management and Resource Recovery (SME) category, just two months ...
By Axion Group
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BaSYS 8.0.2 – The Swiss pocket knife for handling sewer or fresh water networks
An efficient and sustained management of sewer or fresh water systems is a significant task. Any problems with these systems can mean tremendous financial risk for owners and operators of these systems. Such problems can also present large environmental risks. To mitigate such risks a comprehensive application software is needed that can maintain such sewer and fresh water networks. Barthauer ...
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Water markets can support an improved water future
Fresh water touches every part of daily life – from drinking water and sanitation, to agriculture and energy production. Unfortunately, for nearly half of the world’s population, water scarcity is a growing issue with devastating impacts to our communities, economies and nature. In the past, countries have primarily turned to more supply-side infrastructure, including reservoirs and ...
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Integration of the rice paddy water management into a coupled surface-subsurface water flow model in the Sakuragawa River watershed (Japan)
Rice paddy water management was integrated into a distributed three-dimensional surface and subsurface coupling hydrological model of the Sakuragawa River watershed. This watershed is located in the Kanto Plain in Japan and includes the hillside of Mt. Tsukuba. Therefore, this watershed includes both steep mountainous areas and rice paddy-dominated flat land. Thus, water management of rice ...
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