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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… include untreated sewage, agricultural run-off and chemical substances. These affect all forms of freshwater as … differing technical areas as h y d r o l o g y, ecology, engineering and economics. Accordingly, care should be taken … into water, changes or is likely to change the physical, chemical, or biological condition of water. Drainage work: …
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Law for water management: a guide to concepts and effective approaches

… remains unexploited. Structural and capital-intensive engineering solutions – particularly large dams and … Changes to the hydrograph and related physical, chemical and biological processes have substantially degraded … capacity may be weak. Activities such as mining and chemical production can directly and negatively affect water …
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Flow : The essentials of environmental flows

… the integration of a range of disciplines, including engineering, law, ecology, economy, hydrology, political … and groundwater.5 Good Status is a combination of Good Chemical Status and Good Ecological Status (GES). GES is … which includes water chemistry/quality and physico-chemical elements such as water temperature. A structure for …
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Spring: Managing groundwater sustainability

… can be contaminated where recharge water carries chemical pollutants – usually from agriculture, waste … has excellent natural microbiological quality and adequate chemical quality for most uses. Indeed many people buy (at … land zoning to help limit pollution, and a range of engineering solutions to mitigate damage that has already …
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International water governance: Conservation of freshwater ecosystems Vol. 1: International agreements compilation and analysis

… a regular monitoring programme, including biological and chemical aspects for watercourses and report on the status … of directions to be followed by the Permanent Engineering Board established under Article XV of the … purpose of the Agreement is to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters of …
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GEO yearbook 2003

… International Conference on Chemicals Management in 2006. Chemical waste storage of a soap and vegetable-oil factory in … monitoring teams and collaborates with national chemical laboratories and other institutions such as … Action, Report of the Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and Resources. United States Government Printing …
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Global Land Outlook

… is also sacred. The decline of vultures in India due to chemical poisoning34 is a problem for Parsi communities, … the Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 369: 1010-1035. 6 van den Broecke, M. … include erosion, sealing and crusting, and compaction. Chemical degradation: processes leading to soil chemical
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Value : Counting ecosystems as water infrastructure

… the National Water and Sewerage Corporation, from civil engineering companies, and from a donor-funded water supply … it considered reducing farmers’ applications of chemical fertilisers and manure, and increasing the capacity … agriculture might for instance look at the costs of agro-chemical runoff and soil erosion rates associated with …
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Water Management and Stewardship

… of all aspects of the specified water services. e. Engineering to create the necessary infrastructure to deliver … are to be carried out by companies under ‘Delegation’ and Engineering’ is also considered in this paper, as well as the … launch of the EWS standard, companies in the beverage, chemical, disposable goods and food processing sectors have …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… water quality, particularly related to sediment loading, chemical composition, total organic carbon content, and … cooperation, and/or hydrological modelling.17 Cooperative engineering projects that seek to establish man-made … and the Convention on the Protection of the Rhine against Chemical Pollution, both in 1976. Neither of these …
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