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Deborah V Chapman
Bio: Deborah V Chapman is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Water quality & Environmental resource management. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 1667 citations.
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17 Apr 2007
TL;DR: An introduction to water quality strategies for water quality assessment the selection of water quality variables the use of particulate material, use of biological material rivers lakes and reservoirs groundwater data handling and presentation as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: An introduction to water quality strategies for water quality assessment the selection of water quality variables the use of particulate material the use of biological material rivers lakes and reservoirs groundwater data handling and presentation.
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TL;DR: In the absence of sustained periodic monitoring, intervention, and management, the health of aquatic ecosystems and environments, and consequently our own health, prosperity, and well-being, will be permanently and irreversibly damaged as discussed by the authors .
Abstract: It is abundantly evident among domain experts that human activities are profoundly shifting the health and functioning of freshwater ecosystems away from their natural state. Aquatic ecosystems are suffering biodiversity loss and increasingly act as a sink and conduit for anthropogenic pollution. The detailed extent and impact of this remain unclear due to major deficits in our capability, capacity, and willingness to adequately monitor ambient water quality at scale. To reverse this trend, and to understand our ability to restore and return ambient water bodies to a more sustainable baseline, we need to make a societal commitment to increase our monitoring of freshwaters globally. In this primer, we discuss the current status, gaps, and future needs for coordinated water monitoring programs. In the absence of sustained periodic monitoring, intervention, and management, the health of aquatic ecosystems and environments, and consequently our own health, prosperity, and well-being, will be permanently and irreversibly damaged. It is abundantly evident among domain experts that human activities are profoundly shifting the health and functioning of freshwater ecosystems away from their natural state. Aquatic ecosystems are suffering biodiversity loss and increasingly act as a sink and conduit for anthropogenic pollution. The detailed extent and impact of this remain unclear due to major deficits in our capability, capacity, and willingness to adequately monitor ambient water quality at scale. To reverse this trend, and to understand our ability to restore and return ambient water bodies to a more sustainable baseline, we need to make a societal commitment to increase our monitoring of freshwaters globally. In this primer, we discuss the current status, gaps, and future needs for coordinated water monitoring programs. In the absence of sustained periodic monitoring, intervention, and management, the health of aquatic ecosystems and environments, and consequently our own health, prosperity, and well-being, will be permanently and irreversibly damaged.
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TL;DR: In this article , the authors examined occurrence, mass loads and removal efficiency for 15 pharmaceuticals and one metabolite (oxypurinol) from different therapeutic classes in three wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), in Riyadh city in Saudi Arabia.
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11 Feb 1999
TL;DR: The state of knowledge regarding the principal considerations in the design of programmes and studies for monitoring water resources and supplies and describes the approaches and procedures used as mentioned in this paper, and the information needed for protecting drinking water sources and recreational water bodies from the health hazards caused by cyanobacteria and their toxins.
Abstract: This book describes the present state of knowledge regarding the impact of cyanobacteria on health through the use of water. It considers aspects of risk management and details the information needed for protecting drinking water sources and recreational water bodies from the health hazards caused by cyanobacteria and their toxins. It also outlines the state of knowledge regarding the principal considerations in the design of programmes and studies for monitoring water resources and supplies and describes the approaches and procedures used.
The development of this publication was guided by the recommendations of several expert meetings concerning drinking water (Geneva, December 1995; Bad Elster, June
1996) and recreational water (Bad Elster, June 1996; St Helier, May 1997). An expert meeting in Bad Elster, April 1997, critically reviewed the literature concerning the toxicity of cyanotoxins and developed the scope and content of this book. A draft manuscript was reviewed at an editorial meeting in November 1997, and a further draft was
reviewed by the working group responsible for updating the Guidelines for Drinkingwater Quality in March 1998.
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02 Apr 1998
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a methodology for water quality monitoring using field work and sampling, and field testing methods, as well as analytical quality assurance and use and reporting of monitoring data.
Abstract: Introduction. Water Quality. Designing a Monitoring Programme. Resources for a Monitoring Programme. Field Work and Sampling. Field Testing Methods. Physical and Chemical Analyses. Advanced Instrumental Analysis. Analytical Quality Assurance. Microbiological Analyses. Biological Monitoring. Hydrological Measurements. Sediment Measurements. Use and Reporting Of Monitoring Data. Index.
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TL;DR: In this article, a set of syndromes (flood regulation, fragmentation, sediment imbalance, neo-arheism, salinization, chemical contamination, acidification, eutrophication and microbial contamination) with their related causes and symptoms are described.
Abstract: Continental aquatic systems from rivers to the coastal zone are considered within two perspectives: (i) as a major link between the atmosphere, pedosphere, biosphere and oceans within the Earth system with its Holocene dynamics, and (ii) as water and aquatic biota resources progressively used and transformed by humans. Human pressures have now reached a state where the continental aquatic systems can no longer be considered as being controlled by only Earth system processes, thus defining a new era, the Anthropocene. Riverine changes, now observed at the global scale, are described through a first set of syndromes (flood regulation, fragmentation, sediment imbalance, neo-arheism, salinization, chemical contamination, acidification, eutrophication and microbial contamination) with their related causes and symptoms. These syndromes have direct influences on water uses, either positive or negative. They also modify some Earth system key functions such as sediment, water, nutrient and carbon balances, greenhouse gas emissions and aquatic biodiversity. Evolution of river syndromes over the past 2000 years is complex: it depends upon the stages of regional human development and on natural conditions, as illustrated here for the chemical contamination syndrome. River damming, eutrophication and generalized decrease of river flow due to irrigation are some of the other global features of river changes. Future management of river systems should also consider these long-term impacts on the Earth system.
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01 Jan 2004
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the role of agriculture and fishing in the European level in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and show that agriculture dominates in terms of direct contribution to GDP and numbers of people engaged in it, as well as accounting for the largest amount of public support expenditure.
Abstract: Agriculture and fishing are the primary source of almost all our food, as well as of many other products, so remain vital activities even though their share in the economy is small and in continuous decline. Partly for this reason public policy in these areas is almost entirely integrated at European level in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Forestry policies are also heavily affected by EU-level decision-making. As agriculture dominates in terms of direct contribution to GDP and numbers of people engaged in it, as well as accounting for the largest amount of public support expenditure, it is agriculture that will receive the greatest attention here.
468 citations
01 Jan 2003
TL;DR: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were adopted by member countries of the UN in 2000 as a global consensus on objectives for addressing poverty and environmental sustainability as mentioned in this paper, and the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg made an important advance when it placed poverty eradication at the heart of efforts to achieve sustainable development.
Abstract: The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were
adopted by member countries of the UN in 2000 as a
global consensus on objectives for addressing
poverty. Water has a key role in strategies for
achieving all of the MDGs, which include a target to
reduce by half the proportion of people without
access to a safe water supply and a commitment to
ensure environmental sustainability.
The 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development
(WSSD) in Johannesburg made an important advance
when it placed poverty eradication at the heart of
efforts to achieve sustainable development. The
Summit brought the development and environment
movements together and committed the international
community to a systematic effort both to reduce
poverty and pursue sustainable development. A new
target on sanitation and a commitment to have water
resource plans for all countries in place by 2005 were
made at WSSD. The importance of water and its
fundamental contribution to sustainable development
is now recognised, but the contribution of water to
poverty reduction will only be realised if it is set in the
broader context of social and economic development
and environmental improvement.
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