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This book offers a scientific overview of key findings in groundwater management set in context against the legislative milestones ensuing as a result of research and development activities. Highlighting the close relationship between policy requirements and scientific knowledge, the editor provides... More

Overtly exploited, misleadingly abundant and essential to survival, water and its quality remains as one of the most important global resource issues we face today Water quality is one of the most important global issues which society faces today. Ever increasing pressure on this essential but limi... More

The participation in interlaboratory studies and the use of Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) are widely recognised tools for the verification of the accuracy of analytical measurements and they form an integral part of quality control systems used by many laboratories, e.g. in accreditation sche... More

Drinking water policies and research are intimately linked. It is thanks to the scientific progress made over the last 25 years in identifying and controlling toxic products in drinking water that regulations have developed in such a way that the protection of public health from waterborne diseases ... More

The analysis of soils and sediments for pollutants is increasingly required in today's industrial world. It is therefore important that extraction procedures used for environmental risk assessment studies, production of certified reference materials and applications of extraction schemes are standar... More

The issue of water quality monitoring is becoming a huge area as the EU requirements for cleaner water increase. On-line monitoring involves measuring a body of water constantly and in-situ as opposed to analysing samples in the lab. Currently filling the gap in the market, "Wastewater Quality Monit... More

"This book provides a wealth of ideas for designers and programmers of management applications and instrumentation. It is also a terrific resource for administrators and students. I definitely recommend it!" Andrea Westerinen, "Cisco Systems, VP of Technology of the Distributed Management Task Forc... More

Deals with new EC legislation - the Water Framework Directive; the main driver within Europe for groundwater monitoring which addresses integrated water resource management across 27 different countries Provides comprehensive approach and guidance on the theoretical and practical aspects for impleme... More

The narrator, Will, an American journalist turned avant-garde novelist, is an intimate of French, left-wing intellectual circles. He has moved from wild libertinism to nihilism with a central preoccupation:w omen, particularly by their sexuality (which he equates with death) and they are fascinated ... More

How can a piano tuner obtain such high precision with no other measuring device than their own ears? How can a sequence of notes seem to rise continuously despite coming back periodically to the same notes? What are the possibilities and the limits of digital sound? These are a few examples of quest... More