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Economies of Vertical Integration in the Japanese Water Supply Industry [PDF]

The merging of some water utilities in Japan has become possible since the 2000 Outline of Administrative Reform and the 2001 Water Act Revision.
Takuya Urakami
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Simulation ot the effects of water pricing scenarios on smallholder irrigators in South-Africa [PDF]

, 2008
The growing water scarcity worldwide puts pressure on irrigation systems as main consumptive user to improve performance. In developing countries, where today agricultural water use is often still heavily subsidised, a tendency exists of introducing ...
Buysse, Jeroen, D'Haese, Luc, D'Haese, Marijke, Farolfi, Stefano, Frija, Aymen, Speelman, Stijn   +5 more
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Producing more rice with less water from irrigated systems [PDF]

Irrigation management / Water use efficiency / Crop production / Water requirements / Water balance / Rice / Water distribution / Irrigated farming / Productivity / On-farm research / Irrigation scheduling / Groundwater / Conjunctive use / Rehabilitation
Barker, R., Bhuiyan, S. I., Guerra, L. C., Tuong, T. P.   +3 more
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Determining the binding of heavy metals, biocides, and their transformation products with dissolved organic matter – Understanding pollutants interactions in building façade runoff

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
Understanding the interaction between biocides and heavy metals with dissolved organic matter (DOM) is the basis of building runoff treatment facility development.
Panfeng Zhu, Ignacio Sottorff, Jianyuan Bi, Brigitte Helmreich   +3 more
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Performance of two transferred modules in the Lagunera Region: Water relations [PDF]

Water policy / Performance / Privatization / Irrigation systems / Operations / Maintenance / Irrigation efficiency / Water users' associations / Water rights / Water allocation / Water supply / Water ...
Galvan, A. C., Garcia, D., Garcés-Restrepo, C., Johnson, S. H. III, Levine, G.   +4 more
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Wireless ICS Training Platform [PDF]

, 2019
Indiana University - Purdue University IndianapolisEssential public services, such as Electric, Water and Gas Utilities, are becoming increasingly reliant on network connected devices to control their processes. Wireless control systems are becoming more
Cassandra Boman, Nick Pohlman
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A HEDONIC APPROACH TO ESTIMATING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR NEW YORK MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEMS [PDF]

A hedonic cost function is used to isolate the operation and maintenance costs for water treatments. For small systems, costs are substantial for some technologies, but not for others.
Boisvert, Richard N., Schmit, Todd M.
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Harnessing Data for Flood Prediction: A Systematic Review of Forecasting Techniques and Information Sources

Journal of Flood Risk Management
Flood forecasting has undergone significant development over the past two decades, with researchers exploring a range of innovative approaches to quantify both the hazards and risks associated with flood events across a range of magnitudes and ...
Amirali Davary, Pete Melville‐Shreeve, Richard Brazier, Albert S. Chen   +3 more
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Cost recovery strategy for rural water delivery in Nigeria [PDF]

What economic and political factors have made cost recovery for rural water systems so difficult in the Nsuuka district of Anambra State? This paper found that households in the region do not want to pay for water in advance or commit themselves to a ...
McPhail, Alexander, Okorafor, Apia, Okore, Augustine, Whittington, Dale   +3 more
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A Complete Water Balance of a Constructed Stormwater Wetland

Water Resources Research
Constructed wetlands are often overlooked as a stormwater management system in the urban context. In comparison to alternatives (e.g., green roofs, bioretention, bioinfiltration), constructed wetlands have a much larger space requirement, which comes at ...
M. W. McGauley, G. Zaremba, B. M. Wadzuk
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