Working the Water
Author: Jay Fleming
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Published: 2016-10-01
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ISBN-13: 9780997746808
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Published: 2016-10-01
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ISBN-13: 9780997746808
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Bill Wenk
Publisher: Oro Editions
Published: 2021-10-12
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781943532360
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Water is far too valuable of a resource to be disposed as a waste. Working Water presents the work of Denver landscape architecture firm Wenk Associates, highlighting their projects that treat stormwater, and the infrastructure that controls it, as a resource that supports functioning natural systems and enhanced urban open space. Built projects illustrate how stormwater runoff can be directed to support an intimate private garden, to the large-scale redevelopment of derelict industrial lands in Milwaukee organised around a stormwater park and open space system. Planning projects range from a plan for a surface stormwater system developed incrementally for a redeveloping urban district in central Denver, to a multi-generational plan for restoration of the Los Angeles River that will require profound changes in stormwater management policies and practice for full implementation. The final chapter describes the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned over the firm's 37-year history as part of implementing new approaches to infrastructure design that can withstand the test of time.
Author: Bill Zeedyk
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1603585699
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Let the Water Do the Work is an important contribution to riparian restoration. By "thinking like a creek," one can harness the regenerative power of floods to reshape stream banks and rebuild floodplains along gullied stream channels. Induced Meandering is an artful blend of the natural sciences - geomorphology, hydrology and ecology - which govern channel forming processes. Induced Meandering directly challenges the dominant paradigm of river and creek stabilization by promoting the intentional erosion of selected banks while fostering deposition of eroded materials on an evolving floodplain. The river self-heals as the growth of native riparian vegetation accelerates the meandering process. Not all stream channel types are appropriate for Induced Meandering, yet the Induced Meandering philosophy of "going with the flow" can inform all stream restoration projects. Induced meandering strives to understand rivers as timeless entities governed by immutable rules serving their watersheds, setting their own timetables, and coping with their own realities as they carry mountains grain by grain to the sea. Anyone with an interest in natural resource management in these uncertain times should read this book and put these ideas to work.
Author: United States. Bureau of Reclamation
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Published:
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Eric Kuhn
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 2019-11-26
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0816540055
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.
Author: Rebecca Olien
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2016-01-01
Total Pages: 25
ISBN-13: 149148280X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Explains the stages of the water cycle and how the water cycle impacts the earth's water supply"--
Author: Caroline Barnett
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2013-04-01
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 1414382286
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →If you have ever heard yourself say, “Surely there is more to life than this,” rest assured, you are not alone. Getting caught up in the day-to-day routine, it can be easy to feel as though you have nothing more to give, and yet there is so much you want to do to impact the world. Good news! For those who are willing to get out of the proverbial boat and trust in God’s ability to do miracles, there is more, so much more! In Willing to Walk on Water, Caroline Barnett helps you identify what you were created to do—unveiling your passions, gifts, and callings—and provides practical ways of integrating that purpose into your daily life. Drawing on real life experiences, Caroline points out two things that will be required: willingness and availability. Are you willing to trust God to do the impossible through you? Will you make yourself available to His leading? If so, get ready—you are about to walk on water!
Author: Nikki Bruno
Publisher: Capstone Press
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 33
ISBN-13: 1543554881
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A lot of people have to get dirty in order to keep our water clean. From city sewage workers to portable toilet cleaners, readers will learn all the dirty details of jobs working with water and sewers. They'll enjoy this high-interest topic so much they won't realize they're learning important information about STEM jobs.
Author: United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 172
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sood, Aditya
Publisher: IWMI
Published: 2019-07-30
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9290908831
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