Water Management and the Environment: Case Studies

This book brings together contributions from experts in water management, scientists, researchers, academics and lecturers, sharing experiences and successes in this field. It is devoted to a wide range of water resources management issues, including water quality to water quantity, considering all impacts of water issues in the environment. The book presents international approaches to the latest developments in both the fundamental bases and the applicability of state-of-the-art knowledge that can be effectively used for solving a variety of large problems in integrated water resources management. The main focus of the book is on water pollution - physical, chemical, biological, and geographical pollution, hydrology problems, and limnology tasks.

1. Constructed Wetlands and Groundwater Infiltration Treating Industrial Wastewater.- 2. Hidden Contributors to Faecal Water Contamination in Urban Environments.- 3. Treatment of Leachates from Closed Landfills in Norway.- 4. Management of the Environment in Light of the Construction of the Reservoir and the Polder.- 5. Possibilities for Disabled People to Use Water Areas.- 6. The Impact of the Rainwater Harvesting Systems Location on Their Financial Efficiency.- 7. Occurrence and Removal of Emerging Pollutants from Urban Wastewater.- 8. Water on Drugs.- 9. The Role of the Water in the Landscape from Limnology.- 10. Geographical Characteristics of the Danube Delta and Its Ecological Recovery.- 11. Blackwater Floods.- 12. Catastrophic Winter Phenomena under Conditions of Extreme Hydrological Events.- 13. Application of the Disaggregation Model for Purposes of Drought Assessment.- 14. Hydrological Hazards in Occurrence in Romania.- 15. Relation between Air Temperature and Inland SurfaceWater Temperature During Climate Change in the Polish Lowland.- 16. Possibilities of Surface and Groundwater Quality Improvement from the Point of View of Nutrient Loading.