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      Safe Water from Every Tap: Improving Water Service to Small Communities

      Committee on Small Water Supply Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Reviews the risks of violating drinking water standards and discusses options for improving water service in small communities. This book also presents a variety of institutional options for improving the…

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      Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks, First Report

      Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      A report of the committee on public water supply distribution systems, which studies water quality issues associated with public water supply distribution systems and their potential risks to consumers. It…

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      Issues in Potable Reuse: The Viability of Augmenting Drinking Water Supplies with Reclaimed Water

      Committee to Evaluate the Viability of Augmenting Potable Water Supplies with Reclaimed Water,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Discusses how to assess toxicity, reduce the input of contaminants, evaluate treatment options, and manage the byproducts of disinfection. This book also discusses microbial contaminants, including waterborne pathogens. It covers…

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      Watershed Management for Potable Water Supply: Assessing the New York City Strategy

      Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Management Strategy,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Recommends that New York City place its highest priority on pathogenic microorganisms in the watershed and direct its resources toward improving methods for detecting pathogens and understanding pathogen transport and…

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      Drinking Water Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks

      National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Public Water Supply Distribution Systems: Assessing and Reducing Risks,National Academy of Sciences

      Protecting and maintaining water distributions systems is crucial to ensuring high quality drinking water. This report evaluates approaches for risk characterization and data, and it identifies a variety of strategies…

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      Improving the Nation’s Water Security: Opportunities for Research

      Committee on Water System Security Research,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Concern over terrorist attacks since 2001 has directed attention to potential vulnerabilities of the nation’s water and wastewater systems. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which leads federal efforts to protect…

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      Surviving Supply Chain Integration: Strategies for Small Manufacturers

      Committee on Supply Chain Integration,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The managed flow of goods and information from raw material to final sale also known as a supply chain affects everything - from the US gross domestic product to where…

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      Stemming the Tide: Controlling Introductions of Nonindigenous Species by Ships’ Ballast Water

      Committee on Ships'Ballast Operations,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines the introduction of nonindigenous species through ballast water discharge. This book addresses the constraints inherent in ballast water management, notably shipboard ballast treatment and monitoring. Also, it outlines efforts…

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      Managing Coastal Erosion

      Committee on Coastal Erosion Zone Management,Water Science and Technology Board,Marine Board,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Explores the questions surrounding coastal erosion. This book provides federal policymakers, state floodplain and resource managers, civil engineers, environmental groups, marine specialists, development companies, and researchers with information about the…

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      Using Supercritical Water Oxidation to Treat Hydrolysate from VX Neutralization

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Review and Evaluation of the Army Chemical Stockpile Disposal Program,National Academy of Sciences

      The U.S. Army has asked the National Research Council (NRC) to evaluate whether supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) is an effective and appropriate means of eliminating hazardous or toxic organic constituents…

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      Learning to Change: Opportunities to Improve the Performance of Smaller Manufacturers

      Committee to Assess the Barriers and Opportunities to Improve Manufacturing at Small and Medium-Sized Companies,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Manufacturing firms - large and small - face massive change and adjustment as they move from a stable, fault-tolerant environment of long production runs to a volatile world in which…

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      The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: Assessing Pre-Katrina Vulnerability and Improving Mitigation and Preparedness

      Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects,National Research Council

      Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in August 2005, ranks as one of the nation’s most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps…

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