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Cambridge Prisms: Water, 2023 Climate change and human-modified landscapes have led to an increase in global flood and drought risks, while biodiversity has declined. The concept of using nature-based solutions (NbS) to improve the water retention capacity at the landscape scale ...
Ellis Penning +4 more
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WATER HAMMER IN WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Italian Journal of Engineering Geology and Environment, 2018 L'interesse scientifico verso il fenomeno del colpo d'ariete nasce in Europa agli inizi del 1900 allorquando la società si trova nel pieno di una rivoluzione industriale con una notevole crescita demografica e con la necessità di maggiore potenza elettrica e macchinari industriali.
Frega G., Costanzo C., Frega F.
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Biofouling in water systems [PDF]
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 1997 The paper describes the mechanisms in the development of biofouling layers (initial surface conditioning, microbial transport and attachment, mass transfer of nutrients to the biofilm surface and through the microbial layer, cell metabolism, and detachment of cells and of larger parts of the biofilm) and summarizes the effects of several factors on the
Melo, L. F., Bott, T. R.
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Ecology and Society, 2017 More frequent drought is projected for California. As water supplies constrict, and urban growth and out-migration spread to rural areas, trade-offs in water use for agriculture, biodiversity conservation, fire hazard reduction, residential development ...
Lynn Huntsinger +6 more
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Design of Storm Water Drainage Systems Storm Water Drainage Systems in Middle Eastern Cities: A New Approach [PDF]
مجلة جامعة النجاح للأبحاث العلوم الطبيعية, 1996 It is a tradition among the Arab designers not to consider the effect of sediments in their design of drainage systems which would give a wrong design, especially according to the lack of maintenance of drainage systems.
Zaher S. Khaiel
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GMS Hygiene and Infection Control, 2016 Aim: We aimed to study the impact of new water systems, which were less contaminated with , on the incidence of healthcare-associated cases (colonizations or infections) in care units that moved to a different building between 2005 and 2014.
Lefebvre, Annick +7 more
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Binary nucleation in acid–water systems. I. Methanesulfonic acid–water [PDF]
, 1991 Experimental measurements of binary nucleation between methanesulfonic acid and water vapor were carried out for relative acidities (Ra), 0 ...
Flagan, R. C. +3 more
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Evaluation of the Water Footprint of Beef Cattle Production in Nebraska [PDF]
, 2020 Data were compiled on feed usage to model the amount of water needed to produce beef in typical Nebraska production systems. Production systems where cows were wintered on corn residue utilized 18% less water than systems utilizing native range as a ...
Erickson, Galen E. +5 more
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The Hydrological Open Air Laboratory (HOAL) in Petzenkirchen: a hypothesis-driven observatory [PDF]
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2016 Hydrological observatories bear a lot of resemblance to the more traditional research catchment concept, but tend to differ in providing more long-term facilities that transcend the lifetime of individual projects, are more strongly geared towards ...
G. Blöschl +20 more
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Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2015 [b]Introduction.[/b] Legionnaires’ disease is normally acquired by inhalation of legionellae from a contaminated environmental source. Water systems of large buildings, such as hospitals, are often contaminated with legionellae and therefore represent a ...
Pasqualina Laganà +6 more
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