Efforts to exclude disease organisms from farms growing irrigated lettuce and leafy vegetables on California's central coast are conflicting with traditionally accepted strategies to protect surface water quality. To begin resolving this dilemma, over 100 officials, researchers, and industry representatives gathered in April 2007 to set research priorities that could lead to effective co-manage...

Increased water scarcity implies that residents of arid, heavily populated regions of the U.S. will have to increase water conservation or else face the consequence of water shortfalls. Voluntarily conserved water is an impure public good since it is non-excludable and rival in consumption. This means that water conservation benefits are subject to free-riding behavior. This paper considers a d...

main perennial rivers of gujarat, tapi, narmada, mahi and sabarmatiare meeting arabian sea in gulf of khambhat. the out flow of mahi river intothe sea is decreased due to construction of dams like bajaj sagar, kadana, panamand wanakbori weir. so, tidal effect of sea and sea water intrusion is beingincreased on landward side. moreover, due to erratic nature of rainfall andimproper management of ...

background: according to the health world organization drinking water must be free of chemicals and microbial contaminations which are risk to human health. therefore water quality control is very important. the purpose of this study is investigating the chemical quality and chlorination status of drinking water in kashan’s villages. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on drinking...

Investigating the Effect of Drinking and Sanitary Water Separation on Quality Preparing a Groundwater Map (Case study: Bajestan Watershed)

Water is the basic need of human beings with no substitute for it. This research aims to investigate drinking water quality and dissociated risk calculations metropolis area in Pakistan. The present study was based on public awareness toward real situation filtration plants Islamabad. A questionnaire designed help existing literature about quality. In study, 450 completed questionnaires were co...