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Prepared by the Gross Solid Technical Committee of the Urban Water Resources Research Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This report standardizes data collection procedures and laboratory protocols used in evaluating the ...

Foreword by President Jimmy Carter

Throughout the world, and even in the United States, engineers are tackling the challenges of sustainable development and public health—challenges that engineers are uniquely qualified to address. Yet engineers working ...

Sponsored by the Sustainable Sludge Management Task Committee of the Technical Committee on Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management of the Environmental Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This report collects the ...

Sponsored by the Nanotechnology Task Committee of the Environmental Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This report provides the current status of synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, as well as the environmental ...

Sponsored by the Task Committee on the Role of Technology in Water Resources of the Water Resources Planning and Management Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This report examines the impact of technology on water ...

Submerged vanes are an unobtrusive and cost-effective way for water engineers to address many problems associated with sedimentation and river training. A relatively new technology, submerged vanes are a low-impact method for reducing erosion and ...

Prepared by the Curve Number Hydrology Task Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This volume investigates the origin, development, role, application, and current status of the curve number method for estimating the runoff ...

Sponsored by the Task Committee on 3D Free-Surface Flow Models Verification and Validation of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This report describes in detail a new rigorous and systematic verification and validation process for ...

Prepared by the Task Committee of the Waterways and Navigation Engineering Committee of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of ASCE.

Navigation Engineering Practice and Ethical Standards presents ...

Prepared by the ASCE Task Committee to Expand and Update Manual 54 of the Sedimentation Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

Sedimentation Engineering: Processes, ...

When it comes to water and wastewater treatment facilities, environmental engineers quickly discover that knowledge of chemical, physical, and biological processes is not enough to ensure a workable design and trouble-free operation. The success of a ...

Prepared by the Environmental Effects Committee of the Energy Division of ASCE.

This report examines the inextricable link between energy production and reservoir water quality, which poses an ongoing challenge for civil engineers. Energy production ...

Prepared by a Joint Task Force of the Environment and Water Resources Institute and the Committee on Pipeline Planning of the Pipeline Division of ASCE and the Collection Systems Subcommittee of the Technical ...

Prepared by the Water Laws Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This book presents a model of a coherent body of law that can be used to improve existing water allocation laws. Appropriative rights takes its name from the ...

Sponsored by the Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This report provides up-to-date technical information and state-of-the-art research findings on the use of zero-valent ...

Tipon: Water Engineering Masterpiece of the Inca Empire reveals the beauty and the ingenuity of this little-known jewel of the Inca Empire.

Located down the Huatanay River Valley by the Inca capital of Cusco, Tipon is a 500-acre, self-contained, walled ...

Sponsored by the Urban Water Resources Research Council and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This book contains 29 selected papers dealing with urban water resources selected from more than 40 years of materials prepared by the ...

Prepared by the Task Committee for the Preparation of the Manual on Sedimentation of the Sedimentation Committee of the Hydraulic Division of ASCE.

Sedimentation Engineering (Manual 54) is an excellent text for ...

Sponsored by the Laws and Institutions Committee of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This report bridges the theory and practice of effective shared water management by describing a process that local, state, and national ...

Sponsored by the Task Committee on State Water Resources Planning Assessment of the Water Resources Planning Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE.

This report explores ...