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Reservoirs (1979)
Reservoirs [texte imprimé] / Brian Henderson-Sellers, Auteur . - London : Macmillan, 1979 . - VIII-128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-333-24660-3
Bibliogr. p. 116-118. Index
Langues : Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés : Reservoirs
Réservoirs (lacs)
Gestion des ressources en eauIndex. décimale : 627.81 Réservoirs. Étangs ou lacs de réserves Résumé :
This book is intended to desribe what a reservoir is, how it operates and why indeed it is necessary at all. The subject is approached from many angles : engineering, biology, chemistry, management, ecology and mathematics. It thus should be of interest to anyone wishing to gain a foothold in this interdisciplinary subject, bylearning a little about the views taken by specoalists in fields different form, but nevertheelss closely allied to, his own interests.Note de contenu : Au sommaire :
- Introduction : storage of water for potable supply
- The history of water supply
- Reservoir size
- Dam design
- Economics
- Management of reservoirs
- Temperature and current structure
- Biochemical cylces and the quality of stored water
- Freshwater ecology
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