Addresses: 1965

Addresses: 1965
Author: California. Department of Water Resources
Publisher:
Total Pages: 472
Release: 1956
Genre: Water resources development
ISBN:

A collection of addresses and essays produced over an eighteen year period by the California Department of Water Resources.

Irrigation

Irrigation
Author: United States. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering
Publisher:
Total Pages: 636
Release: 1938
Genre: Irrigation
ISBN:

Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin

Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 249
Release: 1995-09-21
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0309176255

This book reviews the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) investigations of flood control options for the American River basin and evaluates flood control feasibility studies for the watershed, with attention to the contingency assumptions, hydrologic methods, and other analyses supporting the flood control options. This book provides detailed comments on many technical issues, including a careful review of the 1991 National Research Council report American River Watershed Investigation, and looks beyond the Sacramento case to broader questions about the nation's approach to flood risk management. It discusses how to utilize information available about flood hazard reduction alternatives for the American River basin, the potential benefits provided by various alternatives, the impacts of alternatives on environmental resources and ecosystems, and the trade-offs inherent in any choice among alternatives which does not lie in the realm of scientists and engineers, but in the arena of public decisionmaking.

Environmental Forensics

Environmental Forensics
Author: Robert D. Morrison
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 579
Release: 2010-08-04
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080494781

Environmental forensics is the application of scientific techniques for the purpose of identifying the source and age of a contaminant. Over the past several years, this study has been expanding as a course of study in academia, government and commercial markets. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are among the governmental agencies that utilize the study of environmental forensics to ensure national security and to ensure that companies are complying with standards. Even the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE), a group supported by the European Commission and the World Bank, utilizes the study of environmental forensics as it applies to terror threats.This title is a hands-on guide for environmental scientists, engineers, consultants and industrial scientists to identify the origin and age of a contaminant in the environment and the issues involved in the process. An expansion of the authors' first title with Academic Press, Introduction to Environmental Forensics, this is a state-of-the-art reference for those exploring the scientific techniques available. - Up-to-date compendium for referencing forensic techniques unique to particular contaminants. - International scientific unit system - Contributors from around the world providing international examples and case studies.