Year of publication: 2009

Smith, J., Howe, C. and Henderson, J. (eds) (2009). Climate change and water : international perspectives on mitigation and adaptation. London, UK, International Water Association (IWA) and Denver, CO, USA, American Water Works Association (AWWA). - 290 p. - ISBN 9781843393047 (IWA). - ISBN 1583217304 (AWWA).

This book offers the latest scientific findings on climate change and its increasingly important impacts on fresh water resources and water quality. The book's three main sections, Understanding the Impact, Mitigation and Adaptation deal with the implications for water suppliers and water and wastewater utilities, water sources, water demand, water quality, energy use and efficiency, policy, planning and implementation of strategies. The book includes case studies from the Netherlands, Singapore, California, Melbourne and Scandinavia providing actual examples of how climate change and global warming are beginning to impact water resources and water utilities.

Order online from IWA here Price: £ 52.75 / US$ 105.50 / € 79.13. IWA members price: £ 39.50 / US$ 79.00 / € 59.25

Order online from AWWA here Price: US$ 99.00. AWWA members price: US$ 79.00

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