Author: Committee to Evaluate the Viability of Augmenting
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: water, supplies, reclaimed, drinking, augmenting, potable, reuse, viability, issues
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 1998-07-23
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0309064163
ISBN-13: 9780309064163

Provides the best available information on the possibilities of potable reuse as a viable application of reclaimed water & how individual communities can effectively evaluate potable reuse programs. DLC: Water reuse.

Author: Committee to Review the New York City Watershed Ma
Publisher: National Academies Press
Keywords: new, york, city, strategy, assessing, supply, management, potable, water, watershed
Number of Pages: 564
Published: 2000-02-01
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0309067774
ISBN-13: 9780309067775

In 1997, New York City adopted a mammoth watershed agreement to protect its drinking water and avoid filtration of its large upstate surface water supply. Shortly thereafter, the NRC began an analysis of the agreement’s scientific validity. The resulting book finds New York City’s watershed agreement to be a good template for proactive watershed management that, if properly implemented, will maintain high water quality. However, it cautions that the agreement is not a guarantee of permanent filtration avoidance because of changing regulations, uncertainties regarding pollution