Environmental Changes On Water Resources

Description

Water is an increasingly critical issue at the forefront of global policy change, management and planning. There are growing concerns about water as a renewable resource, its availability for a wide range of users, aquatic ecosystem health, and global issues relating to climate change, water security, water trading and water ethics. Events in the last year reminded the world that the climate is changing. The temperature in the Arctics, warming about twice as fast as other parts of the planet, soared again during parts of 2017 and the region continued to lose sea ice and permafrost. Incidentally, our country is endowed with vast seawater resources covering large parts for over a dozen of states and union territories. Water resources are important to both society and ecosystems. We depend on a reliable, clean supply of drinking water to sustain our health. We also need water for agriculture, energy production, navigation, recreation, and manufacturing. Many of these uses put pressure on water resources, stresses that are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. Featuring contributions by experts from nine countries, this book presents the latest concepts and data on waterlogging and salinity, sedimentation, land use, eutrophication, fisheries, and aquatic weeds. Readers will also get information on social impacts, economic instruments, initiating environmentally responsible projects, water quality modeling and monitoring, water reuse and more.