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Sustainable Urban Water Management: Strategies for Cities
How cities plan drinking water supply, stormwater, wastewater and reuse as one connected system, and the trade-offs involved in doing it more sustainably.
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Urban Rivers and Water
Managing and restoring rivers, waterways and the urban water cycle.
Revitalizing Urban Rivers: Strategies for Water Management
What physical river restoration involves in a city: channels, floodplains, banks and public access, plus the real trade-offs with flood control and land use.
Revitalizing Urban Rivers: Strategies for Water Management and Quality
Where urban river pollution comes from, how it is monitored, and what improving water quality realistically takes, from sewer overflows to runoff.
Revitalizing Urban Waterways: Strategies for Water Quality
How neighborhoods and cities can address litter, contamination and neglected edges along small canals, creeks and ditches through cleanup and stewardship.
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