Product Description: This book provides information about springs, mineral waters, and thermal waters used for municipal, industrial, and agricultural water supplies and the rapidly expanding bottled water industry. The role of springs is described for ancient civilizations, military campaigns and, in more recent times, for tourism and health spas...read more

Product Description: Part of Groundwater Set - Buy all six books and save over 30% on buying separately! Environmental Hydrogeology, Second Edition: * Emphasizes actual engineering problems that the authors encountered and solved * Contains a glossary, conversion tables, and mathematical models of selected case studies * Covers surface water hydrology, groundwater hydrology, and the design of wells * Discusses relationships between environmental impacts and hydrogeological systems * Describes the types and sources of wastes and their properties, including adverse effects on the environment * Examines environmental impacts on water resource systems and waste management for groundwater protection * Explore the role of hydrogeology in local issues and global perils Headlines continue to blare news of climate change, tangential catastrophic events, and dwindling energy resources...read more