Browsing by Subject "water"
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An Assessment of Sustainable Water Management at University Campuses
(2011)Sustainable water management is needed to ensure quality supplies of our vital water resources in the face of growing human demand for water, high levels of pollution, and increasing spatial and temporal variability associated ... -
Collaborative Water Risk Management: Guidelines for the Power Industry, Water Utility, and Regulator
(2011-04-28)Safe and adequate access to energy and water, the two natural resources driving the production of all other critical human needs, is key to economic development, public health, and military security. The availability of ... -
Community Flood Assessment for Bucksport, South Carolina
(2022-04-22)Bucksport, South Carolina has experienced recurring high-impact flood events in the past decade that threaten local property, public health, and cultural heritage. This report aims to support the resilience of the community ... -
Ecological Limitations and Potentials of Artificial Aquatic Systems
(2018)An abstract of a dissertation: As humans increasingly alter the surface geomorphology of the Earth, a multitude of artificial aquatic systems have appeared, both deliberately and accidentally. Human modifications to the ... -
Electric Power Plant Water Use in North Carolina: Forced Evaporation and Emission Controls
(2010-04-30)The link between water use and electricity generation is very strong and largely omitted from the public policies aimed at sustainable generation of electricity. Electricity is required for treating and pumping water to ... -
Flows of Water and Wildlife in KAZA
(2020-04-24)The Okavango Delta is the largest inland delta in the world and is an important region for southern African wildlife and biodiversity, and also a major source of regional tourism. The headwaters of the basin and the majority ... -
INCORPORATING RIPARIAN BUFFER METRICS INTO THE USGS SOUTHEAST SPARROW MODEL
(2009-04-24)Riparian zones serve an important role in the ecological landscape. They serve as habitat for wildlife, prevent erosion, and act as buffers to help reduce and filter the amount of pollutants entering surface waters. The ... -
Increasing Water Affordability through a Statewide Customer Assistance Program in California
(2023-04-28)California has adopted a statewide policy where “every human being has the right to clean, safe, affordable, and accessible water.” Yet having the right to clean and affordable water is not the same as having clean and affordable ... -
Investigation of Poor Stream Function in the Fishing Creek Watershed
(2015-04-24)Water quality in Coon, Jordan, and Fishing Creeks of Granville County, NC was assessed using geospatial modeling, toxicity testing, community surveys and interviews, and risk assessment. Field data combined with existing ... -
Kinetic Parameters from Detection Probability in Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy
(2010)The detection probability of rupture events in A FM force spectroscopy measurements presents a viable alternative to standard methods for extracting kinetic parameters of dissociation. The detection probability has a maximum ... -
Making the Business Case for Sustainability at the Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center
(2011-04-29)Health care facilities are extremely resource intensive operations due to the multitude of equipment, environmental control requirements, and the constant monitoring required for patient care. Since patient care is the ... -
Measurement and Modeling of Radiation and Water Fluxes in Plantation Forests
(2009)An increasing number of experimental studies attempt to maximize biomass production of trees in plantations by removing nutrient and water limitations. The results from these studies begin to inform operational managers. ... -
Measuring the effects of compensation for environmental services interventions on social norms and conservation behavior in Bolivia
(2010-04-28)Payments for Environmental Services (PES) that give landowners a financial incentive to manage their land to provide valuable environmental services may provide an efficient way to conserve forest land and improve the livelihoods ... -
The State of Water and Wastewater Utility Debt in North Carolina
(2018-04-27)Over the next 20 years, North Carolina water and wastewater systems will require up to $26 billion in capital costs to improve degrading infrastructure. Debt financing is a popular option to raise capital to fund these projects, ... -
Theoretical Framework for Nanoparticle Reactivity as a Function of Aggregation State
(2010)Theory is developed that relates the reactivity of nanoparticles to the structure of aggregates they may form in suspensions. This theory is applied to consider the case of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation ... -
Urban water, sanitation, and hygiene access and the presence of Escherichia coli in the urinary tracts of women in Ahmedabad, India
(2018)Introduction: Municipalities often struggle to build and maintain basic infrastructure for informal slums in urban cities for its most vulnerable populations. One impact of inadequate water and sanitation access is the creation ... -
Water Scarcity, Distribution, and Quality as Drivers of Lemur Behavior
(2019)Because water is essential for life, when it is scarce, it may be one of the most important drivers of animal behavior. Despite its clear importance, water is relatively poorly studied in terms of its impact on primate behavior, ... -
Will Data Centers Have Enough Water? Quantifying Water Security for Data Service Centers
(2019-04-26)Data centers use considerable amounts of water in comparison to other industries because water is a key component in their cooling systems that are used to maintain optimal temperatures for their servers. Since these servers ...
