Working Water

Author : Bill Wenk
Publisher : Oro Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781943532360
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working Water written by Bill Wenk and published by Oro Editions. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water is far too valuable of a resource to be disposed as a waste. Working Water presents the work of Denver landscape architecture firm Wenk Associates, highlighting their projects that treat stormwater, and the infrastructure that controls it, as a resource that supports functioning natural systems and enhanced urban open space. Built projects illustrate how stormwater runoff can be directed to support an intimate private garden, to the large-scale redevelopment of derelict industrial lands in Milwaukee organised around a stormwater park and open space system. Planning projects range from a plan for a surface stormwater system developed incrementally for a redeveloping urban district in central Denver, to a multi-generational plan for restoration of the Los Angeles River that will require profound changes in stormwater management policies and practice for full implementation. The final chapter describes the challenges, strategies, and lessons learned over the firm's 37-year history as part of implementing new approaches to infrastructure design that can withstand the test of time.

Author : Bill Zeedyk
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603585699
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let the Water Do the Work written by Bill Zeedyk and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let the Water Do the Work is an important contribution to riparian restoration. By "thinking like a creek," one can harness the regenerative power of floods to reshape stream banks and rebuild floodplains along gullied stream channels. Induced Meandering is an artful blend of the natural sciences - geomorphology, hydrology and ecology - which govern channel forming processes. Induced Meandering directly challenges the dominant paradigm of river and creek stabilization by promoting the intentional erosion of selected banks while fostering deposition of eroded materials on an evolving floodplain. The river self-heals as the growth of native riparian vegetation accelerates the meandering process. Not all stream channel types are appropriate for Induced Meandering, yet the Induced Meandering philosophy of "going with the flow" can inform all stream restoration projects. Induced meandering strives to understand rivers as timeless entities governed by immutable rules serving their watersheds, setting their own timetables, and coping with their own realities as they carry mountains grain by grain to the sea. Anyone with an interest in natural resource management in these uncertain times should read this book and put these ideas to work.

Author : Jay Fleming
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997746808
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working the Water written by Jay Fleming and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Bureau of Reclamation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working Water for California's Central Valley written by United States. Bureau of Reclamation and published by . This book was released on with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eric Kuhn
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816540055
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Science Be Dammed written by Eric Kuhn and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly made the least sustainable and most dangerous long-term decisions. Arguing that the science of the early twentieth century can shed new light on the mistakes at the heart of the over-allocation of the Colorado River, authors Eric Kuhn and John Fleck delve into rarely reported early studies, showing that scientists warned as early as the 1920s that there was not enough water for the farms and cities boosters wanted to build. Contrary to a common myth that the authors of the Colorado River Compact did the best they could with limited information, Kuhn and Fleck show that development boosters selectively chose the information needed to support their dreams, ignoring inconvenient science that suggested a more cautious approach. Today water managers are struggling to come to terms with the mistakes of the past. Focused on both science and policy, Kuhn and Fleck unravel the tangled web that has constructed the current crisis. With key decisions being made now, including negotiations for rules governing how the Colorado River water will be used after 2026, Science Be Dammed offers a clear-eyed path forward by looking back. Understanding how mistakes were made is crucial to understanding our contemporary problems. Science Be Dammed offers important lessons in the age of climate change about the necessity of seeking out the best science to support the decisions we make.

Author : Rebecca Jean Olien
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1496633326
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Water Cycle at Work written by Rebecca Jean Olien and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why does it rain? This title introduces readers to the water cycle. Evaporation, precipitation, condensation, and other vocabulary words are defined. Each stage of the water cycle and why it is important to humans is explained. Graphics provide additional support. An activity to help readers understand the concept is included.

Author : United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hours, Wages, and Working Conditions in Domestic Water Transportation ... Section of Research [and] Section of Labor Relations, Federal Coordinator of Transportation ... September, 1936 written by United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Environmental Protection Agency
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book USA-USSR Working Group on the Prevention of Water Pollution from Municipal and Industrial Sources written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hours, Wages, and Working Conditions in Domestic Water Transportation: The industry and its employees ; Ship personnel, duties, hours, and conditions of work ; Ship personnel, rates of pay and earnings ; Duties, hours, rates of pay, and earnings of shore employees ; Local requirements affecting seamen ; Labor relations in domestic water transportation ; Summary and conclusions written by United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hours, Wages, and Working Conditions in Domestic Water Transportation: Statistical appendix ; Navigation laws of the United States relating to vessel employees ; Recent labor agreements and awards written by United States. Office of Federal Coordinator of Transportation and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: