Water dominates our lives: we live on a planet with much water and our lives depend on it in many ways. Despite the seeming abundance of water on the planet - with over 70% being salt water - human activity and prevailing climate conditions are placing more pressure on our supply of water than ever before, however. With this pressure comes a need to understand the physical principles of hydrology - the study of the occurrence, movement, and physical properties ofnon-oceanic water on and below...

The new edition of this established textbook, now with full colour illustration, has been extensively revised and continues to provide a comprehensive, stimulating, readable and authoritative coverage of freshwater habitats, their communities and their functioning, the world over.

Water has become one of the most important issues of our time intertwined with global warming and population expansion. The management of water supplies and the conservation of water resources remains one of the most challenging yet exciting issues of our time. Water and wastewater treatment technologies are constantly evolving creating an increasingly sustainable industry that is one of the world's largest and most interdisciplinary sectors, employing chemists, microbiologists, botanists, zo...

In dit boekje wordt een poging ondernomen om, voor zover dat mogelijk is, in korte hoofdstukken een enigszins samenhangend beeld te schetsen en de meest belangrijke en relevante aspecten van alle vormen van ongebonden water op onze planeet te beschrijven en om zin en onzin over voorkomen, beschikbaarheid, gebruik, aanvulling en verspilling te benoemen. Het aantal statistische kengetallen is daarbij zo beperkt mogelijk gehouden.

Tevens wordt aangegeven dat er op allerlei niveaus, zowel technis...