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Why care about water?
UNESCO An assessment of the state of the world's freshwater resources, Identification of critical issues and problems, etc. http://www.unesco.org/water/wwap/wwdr/index.shtml
Environmental Protection Agency All about water.
Worldwater.org An interesting look at individual country water resource availability. http://www.worldwater.org/table1.html
Global snapshot of people infected/killed by waterborne diseases. http://www.worldwater.org/table22.htm
Globalwide populations without access to potable water. http://www.worldwater.org/drinkwat.gif
For the field hydrologist
Some good sites for information on water well design, distribution system design, wellhead protection.
Canadian historical minutes Low tech hand pumps http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?ID=10230
Univerisity of California, Davis Water well design and construction http://groundwater.ucdavis.edu/Publications/Harter-FWQFS%208086.pdf
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers, Inc Specification of water wells http://geoheat.oit.edu/pdf/tp112.pdf
Eng-tips forum Ask about water distribution systems here. http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=42257
PDH Online Practical Design of Water Distribution Systems http://www.pdhonline.org/courses/c137/c137.htm
Environmental Protection Agency Wellhead protection |
