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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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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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A System Model for Water Management [PDF]
Environmental Management, 2009 Although generally accepted as a necessary step to improve water management and planning, integrated water resources management (IWRM) methodology does not provide a clear definition of what should be integrated. The various water-related issues that IWRM might encompass are well documented in the literature, but they are generally addressed separately.
Schenk, C. +3 more
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Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2023 Reservoir-based hydropower systems represent key interactions between water and energy systems and are being transformed under policy initiatives driven by increasing water and energy demand, the desire to reduce environmental impacts, and interacting ...
David E Rheinheimer +4 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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Sustainable Water Systems [PDF]
Water, 2013 Sustainable water systems often comprise complex combinations of traditional and new system components that mimic natural processes. These green systems aim to protect public health and safety, and restore natural and human landscapes. Green infrastructure elements such as most sustainable drainage systems trap storm water but may contaminate ...
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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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Spatial adaptation pathways to reconcile future water and food security in the Indus River basin
Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 Irrigated wheat production is critical for food security in the Indus basin. Changing climatic and socio-economic conditions are expected to increase wheat demand and reduce irrigation water availability.
Wouter Julius Smolenaars +8 more
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Carbon Balance and Management, 2020 Background Reduction of carbon emissions from peatlands is recognized as an important factor in global climate change mitigation. Within the SE Asia region, areas of deeper peat present the greatest carbon stocks, and therefore the greatest potential for
Ronald Vernimmen +7 more
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