Water Management and the Environment: Case Studies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Water and Landscape

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Possible Use of Water Areas by Disabled People

      • Pavla Kotásková, Jitka Fialová, Mariana Jakubisová, Miloslav Šlezingr, Pavlína Procházková

      Pages 3-28

   3. Construction of Hydrotechnical Structures in Terms of Rational Management of Mineral Resources

      • Slávka Gałaś, Andrzej Gałaś

      Pages 29-41

   4. The Impact of Rainwater Harvesting System Location on Their Financial Efficiency: A Case Study in Poland

      • Agnieszka Stec, Daniel Słyś

      Pages 43-63

   5. Participatory Management for Rainwater Harvesting in Patan, Nepal

      • Zuzana Boukalová, Jan Těšitel, Binod Das Gurung, Daniel Kahuda

      Pages 65-83

   6. Geomorphologic Hazard in Romania. Typology and Areal Distribution

      • Florina Grecu

      Pages 85-99

3. Climate Change: Floods and Droughts

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Backwater Floods—Case Studies with Punctual and Extremely Rare Manifestation on the Romanian Territory. A Review

      • Gheorghe Romanescu

      Pages 103-123

   3. Winter Phenomena (Ice Jam) on Rivers from the Romanian Upper Tisa Watershed in 2006–2017 Winter Season

      • Daniel Sabău, Gheorghe Şerban, Istvan Kocsis, Petrică Stroi, Răzvan Stroi

      Pages 125-174

   4. Relation Between Air Temperature and Inland Surface Water Temperature During Climate Change (1961–2014): Case Study of the Polish Lowland

      • Włodzimierz Marszelewski, Bożena Pius

      Pages 175-195

   5. Overview of River-Induced Hazards in Romania: Impacts and Management

      • Liliana Zaharia, Gabriela Ioana-Toroimac

      Pages 197-211

4. Polluted Water in Urban Areas

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

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   2. Contributors to Faecal Water Contamination in Urban Environments

      • Lisa Paruch, Adam M. Paruch

      Pages 215-230

   3. Occurrence and Removal of Emerging Micropollutants from Urban Wastewater

      • Petr Hlavínek, Adéla Žižlavská

      Pages 231-254

   4. Water and Aquatic Fauna on Drugs: What are the Impacts of Pharmaceutical Pollution?

      • Piotr Klimaszyk, Piotr Rzymski

      Pages 255-278

   5. Constructed Wetlands and Groundwater Infiltration Treating Industrial Wastewater, Treatment Efficiency, and Pollution Tracing

      • Ketil Haarstad

      Pages 279-290

This book brings together contributions from experts in water management, scientists, researchers, academics and lecturers, sharing  experiences and successes in this field. It is devoted to a wide range of water resources management issues, including water quality to water quantity, considering all impacts of water issues in the environment. The book presents international approaches to the latest developments in both the fundamental bases and the applicability of state-of-the-art knowledge that can be effectively used for solving a variety of large problems in integrated water resources management. The main focus of the book is on water pollution - physical, chemical, biological, and geographical pollution, hydrology problems, and limnology tasks.

• Water Pollution
• Water Quality
• Water Resources
• Hydrology
• Natural Hazards
• Reservoir construction in Poland
• Danube Delta
• Blackwater floods in Romania
• Somes-Tisza River
• Water resources management
• Hydrological hazards in Romania
• Rainwater Harvesting Systems
• Pollutant removal from wastewater
• water quality and water pollution
• Environmental Geography

• Technical University of Košice, Košice, Slovakia

  Martina Zelenakova

Martina Zeleňáková is currently an Associate Professor at the Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, the Technical University of Košice. In the context of her scientific research activities she has focused on environmental impact assessment, water management, and the assessment of environmental risks in river basins in relation to flood events, drought and sources of pollution. The results of her work have been published in books, national and international journals, and national and international conferences proceedings. Dr Zeleňáková has engaged in national and international projects, also as the principal investigator.

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