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This book contains the papers presented at a conference co-organised by the University of Nevada-Las Vegas and the Wessex Institute of Technology to facilitate trans-disciplinary communication on issues related to the nature of water and its use and exploitation by society. With adequate water supply becoming a critical issue in more and more areas, there is a great and urgent need to bridge the gap between the broad spectrum of social sciences and humanistic disciplines and the specialists in physical and natural sciences, biology, environmental sciences, and health. Many issues are also trans-national in nature and relate to rights of states and hence it is essential to discuss these at an international level to arrive at equitable and binding solutions that will ensure the rights of society to quality water supplies.This book discusses: The Nature of Water; Water as a Human Right; Water as the Source of Life; Water in a Changing Climate; Future Water Demands and Adaptation Strategies; Water Resources Contamination; Surface and Sub-Surface Water Resources; Irrigation and Desertification; Water, Sanitation and Health; Transnational Water Rights; Legislation and Controls; Water through the Ages; Lessons to be Learnt; and Water and Disaster Management.
Contents
Contents Section 1: The nature of water Exclusion zone as intermediate between ice and water; Water and biological time keeping Section 2: Water as the source of life Gish Abay: the source of the Blue Nile; The numinosity of water Section 3: Water as a human right Green jobs, social dialogue and participatory governance for sustainable water policy reforms; Determinants of individual willingness to pay for quality water supply: the case of Wonji Shoa Sugar Estate, Ethiopia Section 4: Water in a changing climate Recurrent flood: effects of recent climatic variations on the city of Lagos and its environs; The impact of land use change on runoff and peak flood discharges for the Nyando River in Lake Victoria drainage basin, Kenya; Outlook of future discharge at the dam watershed considering climate change Section 5: Future water demands and adaptation strategies Exploring links between policy preferences for water reallocation and beliefs, values, attitudes, and social norms in Alberta, Canada; A step towards water conservation in the state of Kuwait; Preliminary analysis of the cost effectiveness of rainwater tanks rebate scheme in Greater Melbourne, Australia; Impact of water degradation on ecosystem change and adaptation strategy for sustainable development; Sustainable water management: a case study at the Jacksonville Zoo; Greywater reuse in Saudi Arabia: current situation and future potential Section 6: Water resources contamination Understanding the acceptance of market-based instruments for the ecosystem service of water quality; Toxic waste dumping, water contamination, and people's disablement in semi-arid rural Mexico: local water pond issues for the fair siting of a landfill; Baseline investigation of Saudi seashore water concentrations along the Gulf of Aqaba; The transfer and accumulation of trace metals from the Wonderfonteinspruit into the surrounding environment; Waste management development to protect water resources in Niger Delta Region; Detoxification of hexavalent chromium Cr(VI) by Bacillus laterosporus and its application in Lebanese waste water; Application of cyclodextrin polyurethanes in the removal of size specific copper derivatives; Bioremediation of biomethanated distillery effluent before discharge to reduce contamination of aquatic sources Section 7: Water, sanitation and health Observing how 'system unto system runs': WATSAN, Dignity, Health, Education and Opportunity; Equity and access: community based water management in urban poor communities: an Indian case study; Household environmental problems in developing countries; The pollution of water resources and interventions to mitigate and control environmental impact; Assessment of mineral content of various bottled water marketed in Saudi Arabia; Studies and observations on the health effects of drinking electrolyzed-reduced alkaline water; Thermosensitive demineralization hydrogel for water softening: preliminary batch and column experiments Section 8: Water resources management Wave of corruption: corruption laws and water access; Sustainable development and water use in New Zealand: water priority and allocation under section 5 of the Resource Management Act 1991 and the National Policy Statement on Freshwater Management 2011; Will Asian carp take over the Great Lakes?; Challenges of managing communal compensation downstream of the LHWP dams as part of the Instream Flow Requirements' (IFR) Policy and Procedures; Integrated regional development and river basin management; Sustained water conservation by combining incentives, data and rates to effect consumer behavioural change Section 9: Irrigation Gascoyne River, Western Australia: alluvial aquifer, groundwater management and tools; Water policy reforms in Algeria's agriculture: a review and prospects; Integrated management of treated wastewater reuse in irrigation and its role in environment conservation; The dynamics of IWRM policies in a water scarce catchment in Kenya, application of WEAP21 model;Crop productivity constraint in the Upper Ganga Canal Command; Assessment of water logging and salinity problems in South Africa: an overview of Vaal harts irrigation scheme Section 10: Lessons to be learnt Securing societal benefits through increased provision of ecosystem services using incentives; Asejire Dam and the host communities; Thala in the Kabyle village: feminine drudgery or social link Section 11: Water and disaster management Water resources management in Australia during drought; Water and disaster management in Nigeria: the real estate sector perspective
