Toward a sustainable water future visions for 2050 / sponsored by Emerging and Innovative Technology Committee, Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Walter M. Grayman, Daniel P. Loucks, Laurel Saito.

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Publication InfoReston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, ©2012.
Descriptionxii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Other author/creatorGrayman, W. M.
Other author/creatorLoucks, Daniel P.
Other author/creatorSaito, Laurel.
Other author/creatorEnvironmental and Water Resources Institute (U.S.). Emerging and Innovative Technology Committee.
Other author/creatorAmerican Society of Civil Engineers.
Contents Foreword / Olcay Ünver -- Foreword / William J. Cosgrove -- Preface -- I : INTRODUCTION: Background -- Looking into the next 40 years -- 40 years ago -- Stressors influencing our future visions -- II : PLANNING AND POLICY: Water management in 2050 / Uri Shamir, Charles D. D. Howard -- Transboundary water sharing : confronting the challenge of growing water scarcity / Stephen E. Draper -- Sanitation and hygiene for all by 2050 / Roberto Lenton, Jon Lane -- Integrated water management in 2050 : institutional and governance challenges / Neil S. Grigg -- River basin planning and management in 2050 / Alan H. Vicory, Peter A. Tennant -- The law applicable to surface waters in 2050 / Joseph W. Dellapenna -- A vision of unified river basin planning and management / Charles W. Howe -- Water resources policy : foundation, evolution, and future / Warren Viessman, Elizabeth M. Perez -- Water utilities recognizing and adapting to a 2050 climate / Patricia Mulroy -- Water 2050 : attributes of sustainable water supply development / Edward G. Means III -- Flood risk management in 2050 / Gerald Galloway -- Adaptation to climate change in coastal cities, 2050 / David C. Major -- Agriculture water resource issues in 2050 / Michael F. Walter -- A vision for urban stormwater management in 2050 / James P. Heaney, John J. Sansalone -- A vision for urban water and wastewater management in 2050 / Glen T. Daigger -- Water resources and sustainable aquatic ecosystems : a vision for 2050 / N. LeRoy Poff, Brian D. Richter
Contents III : EDUCATION: Facing the challenges in educational, technological and social change leading to 2050 / Jeff R. Wright -- A vision of interdisciplinary graduate education in water and environmental resources in 2050 / Laurel Saito ... [et al.] -- Two big issues for water resources systems : advances in educational technology and changes in valuation / Jared L. Cohon -- IV : SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY: The science, information, and engineering needed to manage water availability and quality in 2050 / Robert M. Hirsch -- Hydrologic modeling in 2050 : knowledge requirements in a multi-nonstationary environment / Richard H. McCuen -- Hydroelectric power and the future / Charles D. D. Howard, Jery R. Stedinger -- Water distribution systems in 2050 / Walter M. Grayman, Mark W. LeChevallier, Tom Walski -- Sensing for improved water infrastructure management in 2050 / David A. Dzombak ... [et al.] -- Visions of green technologies in 2050 for municipal resource management / Scott D. Struck -- Irrigation in 2050 / Marshall J. English -- Groundwater hhydrology in 2050 / George F. Pinder -- GIS for water resources 2050 / Robert M. Wallace -- Information technology in 2050 / A. Charles Rowney, Theodore G. Cleveland, James G. Gerth -- Creativity : an important problem-solving tool for water resources in 2050 / Richard H. McCuen -- Reflections from a water resources modeler and planner in 2050 / William Werick -- Future prospects for water management and adaptation to change / Eugene Z. Stakhiv -- Water resource management modeling in 2050 / Daniel P. Loucks -- Hydromorphologic scientific and engineering challenges for 2050 / Richard M. Vogel -- Dendrohydrology in 2050 : challenges and opportunities / Franco Biondi, Scotty Strachan -- V : CONCLUSIONS: Our collective vision.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2011052534
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