Planet water : investing in the world's most valuable resource /
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| Author / Creator: | Hoffmann, Stephen J., 1955- |
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| Imprint: | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2009. |
| Description: | xv, 352 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7697672 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part 1. Water
- Chapter 1. Water: Prerequisite for Life and Living
- Prerequisite for Life
- Prerequisite for Living
- Chapter 2. The Global Water Condition
- The Human Cost of Waterborne Disease
- Supply and Demand
- Regional Fundamentals
- Water Institutions
- Overview of Water Regulation in the United States
- Global Water Regulations
- Nongovernmental Organizations
- The Institutional Impact on Water Investing
- The Role of Water in Economic Growth
- Chapter 3. Public Good, Commodity, or Resource?
- What Is Water?
- Water as a Public (Social) Good
- Water as a Commodity
- The Answer: Water as a Resource
- Chapter 4. The Cost of Clean Water
- How Big Is the Universe?
- The Global Cost of Clean Water
- From the Whole to the Parts
- The Transition from Cost to Price
- Part 2. Investing in Water
- Chapter 5. The Business of Water
- Water versus Wastewater
- Functional Categories
- Water-Related Applications
- Drivers of the Water Industry
- Chapter 6. Water Utilities
- A Brief History
- Regulatory Providers Face Regulatory Burdens
- Nonregulated Activities
- The Future of Water Utilities
- Foreign Water Utilities
- Conclusions
- Chapter 7. Centralized Water and Wastewater Treatment
- The Basics
- Centralized Treatment
- Treatment Chemicals
- Mixed Oxidants
- Carbon
- Resins: Ion Exchange
- Chapter 8. Decentralized Water and Wastewater Treatment
- Decentralized Treatment
- The Roots of Decentralized Treatment
- Water Softeners and Salinity
- Groundwater Treatment
- Membrane Bioreactors: The Future of Decentralized Treatment
- Chapter 9. Water Infrastructure
- The Distribution System
- Stormwater Infrastructure
- Investment Components
- Pipeline Rehabilitation
- Flow Control and Pumps
- Chapter 10. Water Analytics
- Metering
- Monitoring, Measuring, and Testing
- Asset Management
- Chapter 11. Water Resource Management
- Water Resource Management Defined
- The Principle of Sustainability
- Remediation
- Water Supply: Reservoirs and Dams
- Irrigation
- Chapter 12. Desalination
- The Promise of Desalination
- The Process of Desalination
- Part 3. Water Beyond the Twenty-First Century
- Chapter 13. Emerging Issues
- Unregulated Contaminants
- Biosolids Management: There's Money in Sludge
- Biotechnology
- Regulation
- Regulating Nonpoint Sources of Water Contamination
- Water Reuse
- Water Conservation
- Nanotechnology
- Algal Toxins
- Measuring Chlorophyll-a
- Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products
- Chapter 14. Water as an Asset Class
- Is Water an Asset Class?
- What is an Asset Class?
- Chapter 15. Climate Change and the Hydrologic (Re)Cycle
- Planning for Uncertainty
- Impacts on Water Quality
- Occurrence of Drought
- Investing in Drought
- Chapter 16. Forward-Looking Thoughts for Water Investors
- Is Water the Next Oil?
- Water and the Global Economic Crisis
- Picking Water Stocks
- The Age of Ecology-Again or Finally
- Appendix A. Water Contaminants
- Appendix B. Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Appendix C. Metric Conversions and Flow Equivalents
- Glossary
- Notes
- About the Author
- Index
