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• management of water treatment
  Water treatment
  
  Water treatment describes those processes used to make water more acceptable for a desired end-use. These can include use as drinking water, industrial processes, medical and many other uses....
   of drinking water
  Drinking water
  
  Drinking water is water that is of sufficiently high quality so that it can be consumed or utilized without risk of immediate or long term harm....
  , industrial water, sewage
  Sewage
  
  Sewage is the mainly liquid waste containing some solids produced by humans which typically consists of washing water, feces, urine, laundry waste and other material which goes down Plumbing fixture from households and industry....
   or wastewater
  Wastewater
  
  Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence. It comprises liquid waste discharged by domestic residences, commercial properties, industry, and/or agriculture and can encompass a wide range of potential contaminants and concentrations....
  
• management of water resources
  Water resources
  
  Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. Uses of water include agricultural, industry, household, recreational and natural environment activities....
  
• management of flood
  Flood
  
  A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land, a deluge. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be applied to the inflow of the tide....
   protection
• management of Irrigation
  Irrigation
  
  Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil usually for assisting in growing crops. In crop production it is mainly used in dry areas and in periods of rainfall shortfalls, but also to protect plants against frost....
  
• management of the water table
  Watertable control
  
  Watertable control is the practice of controlling the water table in agricultural land by subsurface drainage with proper criteria to improve the crop production....
  
• International Journal of Water Resources Development, ISSN: 1360-0648 (electronic) 0790-0627 (paper), Routledge
  Routledge
  
  Routledge is a publisher of non-fiction academic books and journals. It was acquired in 1997 by, and is thus now an imprint of, the Taylor & Francis Group, which is a sub-division of Informa PLC, a company based in the United Kingdom with offices worldwide....
  
• Ground Water, ISSN: 1745-6584 (electronic) 0017-467X (paper), Blackwell Publishing
  Blackwell Publishing
  
  Blackwell Publishing Ltd was a learned society publishing company based in Oxford, England. It was formed by the merger of two earlier Blackwell companies in 2001 and was taken over by John Wiley & Sons in 2007....
  
• Journal of the American Water Resources Association, ISSN: 1752-1688 (electronic) 1093-474X (paper), Blackwell Publishing
• Journal of Water and Health, ISSN: 1477-8920, IWA Publishing
• Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
  Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
  
  The Journal of Water Resources Management and Planning is a bimonthly engineering journal, that was first published by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1993....
  , ISSN: 0733-9496, ASCE
  American Society of Civil Engineers
  
  The American Society of Civil Engineers is a professional body founded in 1852 to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide....
   Publications
• Journal of Water Supply Research and Technology, ISSN: 0003-7214, IWA Publishing
• Urban Water Journal, ISSN: 1744-9006 (electronic) 1573-062X (paper), Taylor & Francis
• Water Asset Management International, ISSN: 1814-5442 (electronic) 1814-5434 (paper), IWA Publishing
• Water Intelligence Online, ISSN: 1476-1777, IWA Publishing
• Water Management
  Water management
  
  Water management is the practices of planning, developing, distribution and optimum utilizing of water resources under defined water polices and regulations....
  , ISSN: 1751-7729 (electronic) 1741-7589 (paper), Thomas Telford
• Water Policy, ISSN: 1366-7017, IWA Publishing
• Water Practice & Technology, ISSN: 1751-231X, IWA Publishing
• Water Research, ISSN: 0043-1354, IWA Publishing
• Water Resources Management, ISSN: 1573-1650 (electronic) 0920-4741 (paper), Springer
• Water Resources Research
  Water Resources Research
  
  Water Resources Research is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union. AGU states that WRR is an "interdisciplinary journal integrating research in the social and natural sciences of water."...
  , ISSN: 0043-1397, American Geophysical Union
• Water Science and Technology, ISSN: 0273-1223, IWA Publishing
• Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, ISSN: 1606-9749, IWA Publishing
• Water Utility Management International, ISSN: 1747-776x (electronic), 1747-7751 (paper), IWA Publishing

Industrial resources

• , a research initiative which develops and pilots tools for managing water risk and water security in Australia
• , Solutions in Water Management
• e-Journal AWWA, ISSN 1551-8833, American Water Works Association
  American Water Works Association
  
  American Water Works Association is an international Non-profit organization professional organization dedicated to the improvement of drinking water Water quality and supply....
  
• - Australian Government funded initiative supporting water management decision support tools

See also

• Aquatic toxicology
  Aquatic toxicology
  
  Aquatic toxicology is the study of the effects of manufactured chemicals and other anthropogenic and natural materials and activities on :Category: aquatic organismss at various levels of organization, from subcellular through individual organisms to communities and ecosystems ....
  
• Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
  Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
  
  The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management is an independent professional body and a registered charity, advancing the science and practice of water and environmental management for a clean, green and sustainable world....
  
• Clean Water Act
  Clean Water Act
  
  The Clean Water Act is the primary federal law in the United States governing water pollution. Commonly abbreviated as the CWA, the act established the symbolic goals of eliminating releases to water of high amounts of toxic substances, eliminating additional water pollution by 1985, and ensuring that surface waters would meet standard...
  
• EU water policy
• Hydrobiology
  Hydrobiology
  
  Hydrobiology is the science of life and life processes in water. Much of modern hydrobiology can be viewed as a sub-discipline of ecology but the sphere of hydrobiology includes alpha taxonomy, economic biology, industrial biology, morphology , physiology etc....
  
• Hydrology
  Hydrology
  
  Hydrology is the study of the movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout the Earth, and thus addresses both the hydrologic cycle and water resources....
  
• Integrated Water Resources Management
  Integrated Water Resources Management
  
  Integrated Water Resources Management has been defined by the Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnership as "a process which promotes the coordinated development and management of water, land...
  
• International Bottled Water Association
  International Bottled Water Association
  
  The International Bottled Water Association, or IBWA, founded in 1958, is a trade association of companies in the bottled water industry....
  
• International Water Association
  International Water Association
  
  The International Water Association is a self-governance non-profit organization which aims to cover all facets of the water cycle. The body is headquartered in London, and operates through a board of directors, a strategic council, and various member groups....
  
• Ministry of Transportation and Water Management
• Oregon Water Trust
  Oregon Water Trust
  
  The Oregon Water Trust is an environmental organization based in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its mission is to restore surface water flows for healthier streams in Oregon by using cooperative, free market solutions....
  
• Peak water
  Peak water
  
  Peak water is reached when the rate at which water is demanded is higher than the rate at which the supply is replenished. There is a vast amount of water on the planet but sustainably managed water is becoming scarce....
  
• Public water supply
• Rainwater harvesting
  Rainwater harvesting
  
  Rainwater harvesting is the gathering, or accumulating and storing, of rainwater. Traditionally, rainwater harvesting has been practiced in arid and semi-arid areas, and has provided drinking water, domestic water, water for livestock, water for small irrigation and a way to increase ground water levels....
  
• Seawater
  Seawater
  
  Seawater is water from a sea or ocean. On average, seawater in the world's oceans has a salinity of about 3.5%, or 35 parts per thousand . This means that every 1 kg of seawater has approximately 35 grams of sea salt ....
   - Desalination
  Desalination
  
  Desalination, desalinization, or desalinisation refers to any of several processes that remove excess sodium chloride and other minerals from water....
  
• Virtual water
  Virtual water
  
  Virtual water refers, in the context of trade, to the water used in the production of a good or service. For instance, it takes 1,300 cubic meters of water on average to produce one metric tonne of wheat....
  
• Water and sanitation in Latin America
• Water conservation
  Water conservation
  
  Water conservation refers to reducing the use of water.The goals of water conservation efforts include:* Sustainability - To ensure availability for future generations, the withdrawal of fresh water from an ecosystem should not exceed its natural replacement rate....
  
• Water distribution on Earth
  Water distribution on Earth
  
  This article is an overview of the distribution of water on Earth.when viewed from space it appears blue. This blue color is caused by reflection from the oceans which cover roughly 70% of the area of the Earth....
  
• Water efficiency
  Water efficiency
  
  Water efficiency can be defined as:# The accomplishment of a function, task, process, or result with the minimal amount of water feasible;# An indicator of the relationship between the amount of water required for a particular purpose and the amount of water used or delivered....
  

• Water law
  Water law
  
  This article has been tagged — please see the bottom of the page for more information.Water law is the field of law dealing with the ownership, control, and use of water as a resource....
  
• Water politics
  Water politics
  
  Water politics, sometimes called hydropolitics, is politics affected by water and water resources. The first use of the term, hydropolitics, came in the book by John Waterbury, entitled Hydropolitics of the Nile Valley, Syracuse University Press, 1979 ....
  
• Water management hierarchy
  Water management hierarchy
  
  Water Management Hierarchy is a hierarchy of water conservation priorities. Levels of the hierarchy from the highest to the lowest in terms of the priority for water conservation include elimination, reduction, outsourcing/reuse and regeneration....
  
• Water quality
  Water quality
  
  Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which compliance can be assessed....
  
• Water supply
  Water supply
  
  Water supply is the process of self-provision or provision by third parties in the water industry, commonly a public utility, of water resources of various qualities to different users....
  

• Water transportation
  Water transportation
  
  Water transportation is the intentional movement of water over large distances. Methods of transportation fall into three categories:*Aqueducts, which include Pipeline transport, canals, and tunnels,...