A Walk Through Time - the Tularosa Basin's Past
Title | A Walk Through Time - the Tularosa Basin's Past PDF eBook |
Author | Jornada Research Institute. Tularosa Basin Conference |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Historical geology |
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Cultural Resources Overview
Title | Cultural Resources Overview PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph A. Tainter |
Publisher | |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1987 |
Genre | Archaeology and history |
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Desalination
Title | Desalination PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council |
Publisher | National Academies Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2008-09-14 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0309119235 |
There has been an exponential increase in desalination capacity both globally and nationally since 1960, fueled in part by growing concern for local water scarcity and made possible to a great extent by a major federal investment for desalination research and development. Traditional sources of supply are increasingly expensive, unavailable, or controversial, but desalination technology offers the potential to substantially reduce water scarcity by converting the almost inexhaustible supply of seawater and the apparently vast quantities of brackish groundwater into new sources of freshwater. Desalination assesses the state of the art in relevant desalination technologies, and factors such as cost and implementation challenges. It also describes reasonable long-term goals for advancing desalination technology, posits recommendations for action and research, estimates the funding necessary to support the proposed research agenda, and identifies appropriate roles for governmental and nongovernmental entities.
North American Rodents
Title | North American Rodents PDF eBook |
Author | David J. Hafner |
Publisher | IUCN |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9782831704630 |
The first comprehensive treatment of North American rodents of conservation concern. This action plan summarizes the rodent fauna of North America and provides available information on every rodent taxon that has been considered to be of conservation concern by state, provincial and private conservation agencies and regional experts. It is hoped that the survey provided in this action plan will serve as a common ground for all these parties in drawing up conservation strategies for rodents.
Men who Matched the Mountains
Title | Men who Matched the Mountains PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin A. Tucker |
Publisher | |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Forest rangers |
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Water, Watersheds, and Land Use in New Mexico
Title | Water, Watersheds, and Land Use in New Mexico PDF eBook |
Author | Peggy Sue Johnson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 164 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Sustainability of Engineered Rivers In Arid Lands
Title | Sustainability of Engineered Rivers In Arid Lands PDF eBook |
Author | Jurgen Schmandt |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 305 |
Release | 2021-09-16 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 1108266258 |
This interdisciplinary volume examines how nine arid or semi-arid river basins with thriving irrigated agriculture are doing now and how they may change between now and mid-century. The rivers studied are the Colorado, Euphrates-Tigris, Jucar, Limarí, Murray-Darling, Nile, Rio Grande, São Francisco, and Yellow. Engineered dams and distribution networks brought large benefits to farmers and cities, but now the water systems face multiple challenges, above all climate change, reservoir siltation, and decreased water flows. Unchecked, they will see reduced food production and endanger the economic livelihood of basin populations. The authors suggest how to respond to these challenges without loss of food production, drinking water, or environmental health. The analysis of the political, hydrological, and environmental conditions within each basin gives policymakers, engineers, and researchers interested in the water/sustainability nexus a better understanding of engineered rivers in arid lands.