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Defenbaugh, Angela Lynn. "Evaluating Ohio River Basin Waters: A Water Quality and Water Resources Internship with the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1389295851.
Full textAlam, Undala Zafar. "Water rationality : mediating the Indus Waters Treaty." Thesis, Durham University, 1998. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/1053/.
Full textAlam, Undala Z. "Water rationality mediating the Indus Waters treaty." Boston Spa, United Kindom : British Library Document Supply Centre, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.264725.
Full textDaniels, Kelly L. "Deep water, open water." Master's thesis, Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2009. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-04022009-163550.
Full textJayasundera, Dilanka Chinthana D. C. "Troubled waters : conflict in private-sector water projects /." May be available electronically:, 2009. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
Full textIsorena, Trina. "Water, Water Everywhere…? Examining Approaches to Rural Water Scarcity in Mindanao." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/14696.
Full textArtiola, Janick. "Water Facts: Home Water Treatment Options." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146297.
Full textArizona Know Your Water.
Today, homeowners have access to several water treatment systems to help control minerals and contaminants and to disinfect their water. Nearly half of the homes in the U.S. have some type of water treatment device. Mistrust of public water utilities, uncertainty over water quality standards, concerns about general health issues and limited understanding about home water treatment systems have all played a role in this increasing demand for home water treatment systems. Private well owners also need to provide safe drinking water for their families and have to make decisions as to how to treat their own water sources to meet this need. However, choosing a water treatment system is no easy task. Depending of the volume of water and degree of contamination, the homeowner should consider professional assistance in selecting and installing well water treatment systems. The process of selection is often confounded by incomplete or misleading information about water quality, treatment options, and costs. The following paragraphs outline the major well water treatment options. Further details on types, uses (point of use) and costs of these home water treatment systems are provided in the Arizona Know Your Water booklet. Additional information about Arizonas water sources that can help private well owners make decisions about home water treatment options, can be found in Arizona Well Owners Guide to Water Supply booklet (see references section).
Goeft, Ute. "Water centrality for water and society." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2008. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/21.
Full textGoeft, Ute. "Water centrality for water and society." Connect to thesis, 2008. http://adt.ecu.edu.au/adt-public/adt-ECU2008.0016.html.
Full textWang, Yuxin. "Source Water Quality Assessment and Source Water Characterization for Drinking Water Protection." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2014. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/416.
Full textFadali, Elizabeth. "Water Use, Virtual Water and Water Footprints| Economic Modeling and Policy Analyses." Thesis, University of Nevada, Reno, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3608707.
Full textThe theme that binds together the four papers in this dissertation is the tracking of physical quantities of water used by industries in the economy, and an exploration of whether and how this tracking could be helpful in informing water policies, as applied to the state of Nevada or sub-regions of Nevada. The concept of water footprints has been wildly popular in disciplines outside of economics and has been used to help make policy decisions normally considered to lie within the economist's realm. Yet many economists shun 'footprints' in general and water footprints in particular, seeing them as descriptive methods that have little or nothing to add to policy analysis. This thesis attempts to bridge a gap between economists, engineers and planners and the popular imagination about what economic concepts footprints are related to and how they can best be used in policy analysis.
Madigele, Patricia, Jen Snowball, and Gavin Fraser. "Water, water everywhere: is Integrated Water Resource Management the right institutional prescription for South Africa's water management challenges?" Economic Society of South Africa (ESSA), 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68555.
Full textOstrom (2007) and Ostrom and Cox (2010) argue that natural resource management has been plagued by the “panacea problem": that one-size-fits-all solutions to allocation and management problems have been applied without due consideration of the specific context. The outcome has been the disappointing results of many development and management programs. Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) has been recognised as a potentially effective way of allocating water where there are multiple, sometimes competing, users (Saravanan et al. 2009). It has been used successfully in a number of other developing country contexts, including Mexico, Brazil, India and Thailand (Orne-Giliemann 2008; Meinzen-Dick 2007). The principles of IWRM were also adopted in South Africa under the National Water Act (1998). Water User Associations (WUA) are seen as one of the key institutions driving IWRM, since they are designed to allow stake-holders at local level a say in the allocation and management of this important public good (Aoki 2001). However, WUAs in South Africa have mostly not been a success and are currently being reviewed at national level. For the most part, emerging black farmers and rural communities still do not have equal access to water, or a meaningful role in decision-making, and there are significant security of supply and allocation issues with regard to municipal users as well. Using the AID (Institutional Analysis and Development) framework (Ostrom 2007), with particular reference to economic theory relating to incentives and transactions costs, this paper asks if IWRM is a panacea treatment that does not fit the diagnosis of South Africa's water management problems. A case study approach is used, focusing on one of the few established WUAs in the Sundays River Valley Municipality in a rural area of South Africa.
Maier, Stefan Heinrich. "Modelling water quality for water distribution systems." Thesis, Brunel University, 1999. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/5431.
Full textMcKeown, Paul J. "Water resilient communities (sustainable water evaluation process)." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.603577.
Full textColvin, Jamie Cameron. "Water markets : factors in efficient water allocation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50546.
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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Water is essential for life. Like the very air that surrounds us the omnipresent and indispensable qualities of water pervade throughout all of our lives. For reasons of health, community and trade the beginnings of all civilisations were proximate to the mighty rivers of the world. In a rapidly expanding global village, the priority for our future is to secure the management of increasing levels of water demand, given the finite natural cycle that all water is subject to and derived from; the hydrological cycle. The focus of this papers investigation is how best to allocate the value of water through the relatively nascent developments of water markets. The premise of utilising markets for allocative efficiency is suitably ingrained in the workings of many societies today, and the need to treat water with commensurate value and avoid waste is encapsulated in the Dublin Principles, where #4 states; 'Water has an economic value in all its competing uses and should be recognised as an economic good'. Which in isolation has merit, the legacy of state water management is usually associated with underperformance at best or incompetence and corruption at worst, and therefore the introduction of market mechanisms to provide water with allocative efficiency and true value, should be a positive undertaking for change. However the requisite conditions for proficient markets and perfect competition; which primarily include, that all agents are buyers and sellers, for a homogeneous product, with perfect information, without externalities, after the full and fair assignment of property rights, where all goods and services are private goods, and where transaction costs remain close to zero; would seldom be applicable to water. The many idiosyncrasies of water inhibit the application of competitive markets. Water could easily be defined as a public good with riparian rights, subject to a range of social and environmental externalities, whilst incurring high structural entry costs and remaining subject to the problematic vagaries of the natural supply cycle. Demand profiles also give water a heterogeneous definition, as domestic uses include both sanitation and drinking water, whilst various levels of quality are required for industry and agriculture, and even recreation. This paper seeks to define those factors that both warrant and limit the introduction of market functions to water management. The premise of this paper remains the search for better ways of valuing water, and how to incorporate fully the foundations of the environment and social criteria of health, and poverty reduction within these economic considerations. The conclusion defines a premium / discount solution to market traded water prices, which internalises these factors.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Water is noodsaaklik vir lewe. Net soos die lug wat ons omring het water ook alomteenwoordige eienskappe wat In onskeibare deel van ons lewens vorm. Die ontstaan van alle beskawings is te vinde in die nabyheid van groot en gevestigde riviere vir redes van gemeenskaplikheid, gesondheid en handel. Vandag se geintegreerde en snel-groeiende samelewing met sy toenemende vraag na water, noodsaak 'n toekomsgerigte benadering om waterbronne te bestuur gegewe die vaste water natuursiklus waar water vandaan kom en bewaar word in. Die fokus van hierdie studie is om die beste metodes te vind vir waterallokasie met verwysing na die ontwikkeling van water markte oor die eeue. Die gebruik van die markstelsel om water effektief te allokeer is die grondslag van baie samelewings vandag. So erken die Dublin beginsels die noosaaklikheid om 'n waarde te plaas op water beklemtoon dat dit nie vermors moet word nie. Beginsel #4 bepaal: "Water het 'n ekonomiese waarde in al sy vele gebruike en moet ooreenkomstig erken word as ekonomiese saak". Die bestuur van waterbronne deur 'n owerheid word gewoonlik vereenselwig met 'n nie-optimale of selfs korrupte onbevoegdheid. Hier behoort die bekendstelling van mark beginsels om 'n waarde en nut op water te plaas dus 'n positiewe ontwikkeling te wees. Tog is dit ook duidelik dat die vereistes vir 'n effektiewe mark; alle agente is kopers en verkopers, 'n eenvormige produk, deursigtigheid in informasie, geen eksternaliteite, erkenning van besitreg, alle goedere en dienste is privaat goedere, transaksie koste is naby aan nul; nie volkome toepasbaar is op water nie. Die eenvoudige asook komplekse aard van water verhoed dat standaard markstelsel en beginsels van kompetisie eenvormig toepasbaar is. Water kan ook maklik gekategoriseer word as publieke goedere met gemeenskapsregte, wat dit dan onderhewig sal maak aan verskeie maatskaplike en omgewingsmaatreëls, hoë toetrede kostes, en logistieke probleme van die verskaffingsiklus. Dit is egter die vraag na water wat defineer dit as heterogene produk met huishoudelike gebruike vir beide persoonlike verbruik asook sanitasie, terwyl doelgerigte gebruike in landbou, handel en nywerheid ook spesifieke kwaliteite kan vereis. Hierdie werkstuk beoog om die faktore te defineer wat die bekendstelling van 'n mark stelsel vir water bestuur daarstel en ook beperk. Die uitgangspunt van hierdie studie was om maniere te vind vir beter ekonomiese waardasie van water en dit dan te kombineer met die fondasies van die omgewing, maatskaplike & gesondheidsmaatreëls, asook die toeganklikheid van basiese dienste aan almal.
Sun, Gwo-Shing 1959. "Water quality of gray water for reuse." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/191907.
Full textWright, Michael Marshall. "Cavitation of a Water Jet in Water." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3175.
Full textSağlam, Yiğit. "Water scarcity and optimal pricing of water." Diss., University of Iowa, 2010. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/733.
Full textAl-Ali, Mahmoud. "Soil water conservation and water balance model for micro-catchment water harvesting system." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2012. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/10941.
Full textJIA, Xuexiu. "EXTENDED METHODOLOGY FOR WATER RESOURCES AND WATER-RELATED ENERGY ASSESSMENT ADDRESSING WATER QUALITY." Doctoral thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství, 2020. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-433451.
Full textDeGenova, John. "Oxidation and Removal of Thin Organic Films From A Wafer Surface: Fundamentals of Ozonated Water Application and Water Recycle." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu_e9791_2001_386_sip1_w.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Bâcle, Julie. "The physical oceanography of waters under the North Water Polynya /." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ64314.pdf.
Full textWu, Songping. "Femtosecond laser micro-structuring of silicon wafer in water confinement." Diss., Rolla, Mo. : Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2008. http://scholarsmine.mst.edu/thesis/pdf/Wu_09007dcc80493fda.pdf.
Full textVita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed April 3, 2008) Includes bibliographical references (p. 66-74).
Sands, Tonia Karen. "Particle-water interactions of Ni and Zn in coastal waters." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2797.
Full textThurlow, James. "Geochemistry of fossil formation waters : rates of water-rock interaction." Thesis, University of Reading, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394490.
Full textBark, Rosalind Heather. "Muddy Waters: Case Studies in Dry Land Water Resource Economics." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193898.
Full textBoyd, Nathan Andrew. "Impact of sediment-water interactions upon overlying water quality in an urban water system." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366236.
Full textMartinez, Vila, and Martin Alvaro. "Integrated water resources management: restoration of water quality in water resources from developing countries." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31626.
Full textGurung, Thulo Ram. "Influence of Water Efficiency and Diversified Water Supply Schemes on Urban Water Infrastrucrure Planning." Thesis, Griffith University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367485.
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Duan, Lele. "Artificial Water Splitting: Ruthenium Complexes for Water Oxidation." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Organisk kemi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-40848.
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Makihara, Hiroshi. "Water film thickness in the clay-water system." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu_e9791_1999_20_sip1_w.pdf&type=application/pdf.
Full textDu, Plessis J. A. "Integrated water demand management for local water governance." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5435.
Full textGonzález, Jordán Alberto. "New water/water emulsions stabilized by Pickering effect." Thesis, Le Mans, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018LEMA1001/document.
Full textWater/water (W/W) emulsions have attracted great interest recently due to their high potential for applications in different industries such as food and beverages, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and personal care. An important issue is the stabilization of W/W emulsions by adding particles. The aim of the research for this thesis was to shed light on this issue by studying a model W/W emulsion formed by mixing dextran and poly(ethylene oxide) with particles based on whey proteins. Firstly, we studied the effect of the morphology of protein particles and their partitioning on the stability of W/W emulsions. The stability was different when microgels, fractal aggregates or fibrils were added. We showed that stability improved when the particles partitioned to the continuous phase. Secondly, we investigated gelation of the fractal aggregates and microgels induced by reducing the pH between 6.5 and 3.5 or by adding 0.3M NaCl at pH 7.0 with excess particles either in the continuous or he dispersed phase. In the first case, a network was formed in the continuous dextran phase, making it possible to arrest creaming of PEO droplets, fractal aggregates being more effective than microgels. In the second case, dense protein particles could be formed by gelation of the dispersed dextran droplets. Thirdly, we explored the effect of adsorbing native proteins unto latex particles on their capacity to stabilize W/W emulsions
Wang, Zhong. "Adaptive water quality control in drinking water distribution." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=1052325491.
Full textSangameswaran, Sivaramakrishnan. "Water quality modeling of a storm water channel." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2003. http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/u?/NOD,52.
Full textTitle from electronic submission form. "A thesis ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Engineering"--Thesis t.p. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
Lei, Wenwen. "The physics of water leaks and water nanoflows." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/13295.
Full textTasker, Alison Louise. "Water resistance properties of water-based biopolymer films." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2013. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/5847/.
Full textArellano, V. Marcelo, and Godoy Gino Marcelo Bazo. "AES Water." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2016. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/144403.
Full textMarcelo Arellano V. [Parte I], Gino Marcelo Bazo Godoy [Parte II]
Las empresas relacionadas con el mercado del agua son diversas. Este vital elemento para la vida humana como para los procesos industriales es cada vez más escaso y requiere generar conciencia, compromiso e innovación en usar nuevas tecnologías disponibles para optimizar su uso. Llamaremos AESWater a quien será una empresa que se dedique a la comercialización de agua Industrial en el norte de Chile, aprovechando la plataforma de la central térmica de la zona de Mejillones. Su actividad será generar agua industrial, mediante el proceso de desalinización, particularmente a procesos mineros de la zona, de manera que puedan realizar sus actividades actuales y futuras sin el problema de abastecimiento de este vital elemento, cumpliendo con la nueva normativa, contribuyendo de manera significativa a iniciativas gubernamentales de la gestión del agua y cuidado del medio ambiente. Además, atenderá a clientes tales como, sanitarias y centrales térmicas, quienes necesitan de éste vital elemento para sus actividades. Este modelo de negocio es expandible a los otros sitios donde exista una central térmica costera. El tamaño de mercado potencial es de casi MMUS$1.6041 y en donde la industria de la “generación de agua industrial” es atractiva dada la poca presencia de esta tecnología a nivel nacional, existen pocos sustitutos, las barreras de entrada son altas, la competitividad en el mercado chileno es baja y existen restricciones gubernamentales, por ejemplo de la DGA2, a otorgar nuevos permisos. Referente a los clientes, éstos se identifican en diferentes mercados, lo cual reduce el riesgo debido a la diversificación. Los mercados objetivo detectados son Minería MMUS$ 383, Sanitarias MMUS$ 96 e Industria de la Energía MMUS$ 48 quienes poseen diferentes características por lo cual la estrategia de comercialización a utilizar para cada uno difiere dada sus necesidades. Por ejemplo en normativa, RSE3, en imagen, montos de gasto, etc. Evaluados estos segmentos por atractivo, dan como resultado que los primeros clientes a desarrollar están en los segmentos Minería y luego Sanitarias, la Industrial de la Energía requiere una calidad diferente pero alcanzable como parte adicional de proceso. Una de las actividades clave del negocio son los permisos ambientales vigentes, otro no menor es el costo de la energía dada la sinergia con la termoeléctrica, las capacidades operativas que en conjunto logran la oportunidad en la entrega y adaptabilidad a las necesidades de cada cliente. Esto sumado a un servicio post venta de seguimiento, dado que el relacionamiento con el cliente es (B2B) face to face es muy estrecho. En lo medio ambiental el valor en el negocio propuesto aporta con la disponibilidad del recurso hídrico en lugares alejados. Se busca ofrecer soluciones completas con mínimo impacto ecológico y utilizando energía a bajo costo. La oportunidad comercial es de una ventana limitada con contratos a largo plazo antes de la llegada de nuevos competidores, por lo que el ingreso es agresivo y rápido, apuntando a cubrir el mercado detectado en un plazo de 4 años. Los principales resultados obtenidos en la evaluación económica de este plan de negocio, son una VAN de MMUS$ 556,1, una TIR de 31,86%, con una Inversión Total (Activo + Capital de Trabajo) MMUS$ 410,31 y un Payback de 6 años.
Gharib, J. "Water pollution." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/31047.
Full textБашлак, Ірина Анатоліївна, Ирина Анатольевна Башлак, Iryna Anatoliivna Bashlak, and O. Perepadya. "Virtual water." Thesis, Вид-во СумДУ, 2009. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/16751.
Full textSyrotenko, Sergiy. "Water pollution." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2007. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/13086.
Full textBentley, Katlin. "Water Pavilion." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/23783.
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Murray, Bryan Christopher. ""full water"." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/42646.
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Hassinger, Elaine, and Jack Watson. "Water Wells." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/146309.
Full textThe majority of people who live in rural Arizona get their drinking water from wells. If a well is not constructed or maintained properly, the water quality could be affected. This publication lists some questions to help you determine whether your drinking water has a high or low potential of becoming polluted.
Mollet, Daniel Ray. "Rural Water." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1001.
Full textSmith, S. Andrew Enticknap. "Water first." Connect to full text, 2002. http://thesis.anu.edu.au/public/adt-ANU20050314.135921/index.html.
Full textTelci, Ilker Tonguc. "Optimal water quality management in surface water systems and energy recovery in water distribution networks." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45861.
Full textSchulze, Lucy, and Lena Bauer. "Water, Water, Everywhere? : How Different Stakeholders Perceive and Address the Water Shortage on Gotland, Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-325049.
Full textDiawuo, Felix. "Water Supply of Accra, with Emphasis on Sachet Water." Thesis, KTH, Vattenförvaltning, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-99333.
Full textCarter, Richard C. "Water resources and water management in north east Nigeria." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1995. http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11117.
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