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Sustainable Water Resources Management

Sustainable Water Resources Management presents the most current thinking on the environmental, social, and political dimensions of sustainably managing the water supply at local, regional, or basin levels. The twin challenges of ensuring an adequate water supply and the optimal allocation for different uses are compounded by changes in climate, land use, demographic patterns, and water availability.

Books

Sustainable Procurement for Infrastructure

Sustainable Procurement for Infrastructure presents an overview of the implementation of sustainability principles in the procurement process.

Topics include benefits of sustainable procurement, recommended procurement language, commentary and references for further study; and lists of available case studies that depict projects exemplifying sustainable procurement in projects of various sizes.

Standards

Standard Practice for the Design, Operation, and Evaluation of Supercooled Fog Dispersal Projects (44-20)

Standard Practice for the Design, Operation, and Evaluation of Supercooled Fog Dispersal Projects, ANSI/ASCE/EWRI 44-20, presents guidelines for programs aimed at dispersing supercooled fog. Extended periods of fog can have large economic impacts on aviation, tourism, transportation, and mining industries, as well as a negative effect on agriculture. These problems can be reduced using state-of-the-art supercooled fog dispersal technologies to increase visibility.

Standards

Seismic Design Criteria for Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Facilities (43-19)

Seismic Design Criteria for Structures, Systems, and Components in Nuclear Facilities provides stringent design criteria for multiple aspects associated with nuclear facilities. Because of the potential risk with nuclear hazards, nuclear facilities need to have a much lower probability than conventional facilities of sustaining structural damage caused by earthquake. The goal of this standard is to ensure that nuclear facilities can withstand the effects of earthquake ground-shaking while retaining target performance goals.