Handbook of Water Use and Conservation: Homes, Landscapes, Businesses, Industries, Farms - Hardcover

Vickers, Amy L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1931579075 ISBN 13: 9781931579070

Publisher: Waterplow Pr, 2001

Synopsis

As drought, pollution, and sprawl make water increasingly scarce, here is the first comprehensive and authoritative handbook on water use and efficiency measures for all who are concerned about efficient water use. "Handbook of Water Use and Conservation: Homes, Landscapes, Businesses, Industries, Farms " (WaterPlow Press, ISBN 1931579075) by noted water conservation expert Amy Vickers is a 464-page hardcover handbook that describes water use characteristics, water audit steps, and over 100 efficiency measures for homes, landscapes, industries, businesses, and farms. Now in its second printing, the book provides estimated water savings and related benefits (including energy savings) and costs for the measures and offers many case studies. The book includes over 175 fact-filled tables, charts and photos, as well as eight appendices, a full glossary and an index. This definitive and state-of-the-art reference on water use, conservation, and efficiency measures is a "must have" for all professionals, libraries, and specialists concerned with efficient water use and management—managers, planners, engineers, architects, academicians, consultants, policymakers, landscapers, irrigators, builders, and conservationists.

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About the Author

The author is an engineer and president of a consulting firm, Amy Vickers & Associates, Inc., based in Amherst, Massachusetts. For over a decade, Vickers has brought her water conservation expertise to a wide range of projects in the public and private sectors throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and South Africa. She is the author of the water efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures required by the 1992 U.S. Energy Policy Act and has also testified on water conservation issues before the U.S. Congress, British Parliament, and several state legislatures. She was the Water Conservation Team Coordinator for the Greening of the White House project. A frequent speaker at conferences, universities, and other forums (eg., CNN’s "Headline News"), she has published over 35 papers and articles on water supply and conservation policy issues and technology. Vickers is an active member of the American Water Works Association and served for six years on the Journal AWWA Editorial Advisory Board. She holds an M.S. in engineering from Dartmouth and a B.A. in philosophy from New York University.

Reviews

An engineer and water resources consultant, Vickers has written a comprehensive, nontechnical handbook on water use and efficiency measures for homeowners, businesses, farmers, and industries. The first chapter outlines ten key planning steps to a successful conservation program, such as goals, incentives, benefits and costs, and evaluation. The chapter on efficiency measures for residential and domestic water use is packed with charts and tables detailing how changing to high-efficiency clothes washers, water-efficient dishwashers, and low-volume toilets, showerheads, and faucets saves both water and money. Efficiency measures for landscape water use include native and low-water-use plants, irrigation scheduling, and the use of mulches. The section on industrial, commercial, and institutional water measures covers laundromats, swimming pools, cooling and heating systems, and zoos, while efficiency measures for agriculture include drip irrigation, tailwater reuse, surge valves, and canal management. Among the useful appendixes are a list of web addresses of conservation organizations, a table for calculating water-cost savings based on volume of use, sample worksheets for water audits for a residence, an irrigational setting, and an industrial/ commercial/institutional setting. The attractive layout includes numerous charts, photographs, and sidebars containing useful data, and a glossary of terms and a detailed index complete the work. This is a clear, concise, and well-written work for all audience levels on a topic that will be of interest to academic, public, and special libraries. It may be a bit pricey, but it will be the definitive work on this topic. Eva Lautemann, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Clarkston
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Waterplow Pr
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1931579075
• ISBN 13: 9781931579070
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 464