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

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.

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.