Diffuse/Non-point Pollution and Watershed Management - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843394154 ISBN 13: 9781843394150

Publisher: IWA Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

Over the last quarter of the twentieth century diffuse pollution emerged as a major problem worldwide. In developed countries it was frequently found that after massive spending on abatement of point source pollution, receiving water bodies had not improved, while in developing countries, as a result of population growth and migration, urbanization with inadequate sanitation, land use changes, deforestation, and other factors added to untreated point-source pollution to place unprecedented burdens on the natural ecosystems and on water resources. Newer more holistic strategies are being developed, incorporating innovative technologies, economic and regulatory tools, basin-wide planning, and citizens? initiatives. From a very large programme with a genuinely global perspective, 41 papers have been selected for these proceedings. They fall under the following topics: nutrient pollution from agricultural systems; solutions to nutrient and sediment pollution from agriculture; agricultural pesticide pollution; modelling technology for agricultural pollution management; lake loading and eutrophication; water quality monitoring; economic, social and policy issues; urban pollution and solutions; and integrated modelling technology.

About this title

Synopsis

Published as part of the 2002 subscription to Water Science & Technology, Volume 45, Number 9.

Edition details

• Publisher: IWA Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843394154
• ISBN 13: 9781843394150
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Burkart M., Heath Ralph