Water books

Books

Water Finance: Public Responsibilities and Private Opportunities (Wiley Finance) - Neil S. Grigg
http://www.amazon.com/Water-Finance-Responsibilities-Private-Opportunities/dp/0470767553

Governance and Complexity in Water Management: Creating Cooperation Through Boundary Spanning Strategies - Hans Bressers, Kris Lulofs
http://www.amazon.com/Governance-Complexity-Water-Management-Cooperation/dp/1848449550

The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water - Charles Fishman
http://www.amazon.com/The-Big-Thirst-Secret-Turbulent/dp/1439102074/ref=pd_sim_b_5

The Atlas of Water, Second Edition: Mapping the World's Most Critical Resource -Maggie Black, Jannet King
http://www.amazon.com/The-Atlas-Water-Second-Edition/dp/0520259343/ref=pd_sim_b_1

Financial Management for Water Utilities: Principles of Finance, Accounting and Management Controls - Ann T. Bui
http://www.amazon.com/Financial-Management-Water-Utilities-Principles/dp/1583218599



Reports

United Nations . Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)
http://www.un.org/waterforlifedecade/iwrm.shtml


Berg, Sanford (2010). Water Utility Benchmarking: Measurement, Methodologies and Performance Incentives, International Water Association, xii-170. 

Water: Technologies, Applications, Companies

Technologies: Membranes Defined pore size membranes Anti-fouling strategies Disinfection Electrolytic & hydrodynamic cavitation UV-LED and photocatalytic disinfection Process water Advanced reuse and recovery Ultrapure water Water sensors, software, and IT Pathogens, metals, and other contaminants Fouling detection sensors Wastewater Toxic and extreme condition treatment Nutrient extraction Pipe rehab Robotic and remote inspection Mapping and advanced algorithms Irrigation Plant monitoring and smart irrigation  Research Solutions Separate meaningful innovation from background noise Navigate large, complex, hyper-local markets Compare new technologies and business models against old ones Understand regulations, industry inertia, and other unique drivers Identify how different technologies interact Understand which segments are positioned for growth and which are set to shrink Source: http://www.luxresearchinc.com/

Applications: Municipal /residential Drinking water Wastewater Reuse Industrial Extreme water treatment Ultrapure water Cooling and boiler water Process water reuse Industrial wastewater treatment Mining wastewater Produced and flowback water Industrial fluid handling and treatment Agriculture Smart irrigation Emerging Contaminants

Companies: Ostara Nutrient Recovery Seldon Technologies NanoH2O PureSense MIOX Mycelx Microvi Biotech AgWise Norit Infilco Degremont (Suez) Trojan Technologies(Danaher) Insituform Radcom Technologies Pentair Kurita Water Industries FilmTech (Dow) Siemens Veolia Hyflux GE Water and Process Technologies

Water Links

IWA Water Wiki
http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome

IWA Publishing books
http://www.iwapublishing.com/template.cfm?name=bookseries

Mind level check

Movies are very check to how you are aligned to the time.

If a Sci-fi/ technology have a very high rating and, you did not like it, then your mind is not aligned with the technology/gizmos during that time.

Upgrade the mind.

Some Links related to USF

Off-campus apartments
http://usfapartments.com/?priceRange=&beds=&distance=10

http://www.myidealplace.com/accounts/usftmp/index.php

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Ciao Ciao Chowmein

Today I am going,

From the team of consulting,

Ting ting ting,Ting ting ting.

May be we meet, may be not,

How many things happen as we thought,

But enjoy the fishes that you caught.

And live the life that you got.

Water Utilities

INDUSTRY CENTER - WATER UTILITIES
http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/914.html


Water Business Models
Water Pricing
Water Finance
Water Technology
Water Management Systems


Water Utility Management
http://www.waterworld.com/water-utility-management.html


Global Water Intelligence
http://www.globalwaterintel.com/

Water Centers

Websites

World Economic Forum - Water
http://www.weforum.org/issues/water/index.html

Columbia Water Center
http://water.columbia.edu/

Water Security Initiative at Harvard
http://watersecurityinitiative.seas.harvard.edu/research-topics/managing-water-related-risks

Yale Environment Center
http://envirocenter.yale.edu/

World Bank - Water
http://water.worldbank.org/

World Resources Institute - Water
http://insights.wri.org/topic/water

Public Utility Research Center at the University of Florida
http://warrington.ufl.edu/centers/purc/research/papers.aspx

University of Michigan Water Center
http://graham.umich.edu/water/rfp/

Center for Global Safe Water at Emory University
http://www.sph.emory.edu/CGSW/

UCLA Water Technology Research Center
http://www.watercenter.ucla.edu/

UNESCO water center list
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/ihp/water-centres/

Institute for Water Resources
http://www.iwr.usace.army.mil/

National Institutes for Water Resources (NIWR), Idaho
https://niwr.net/public/Migration/niwr.net

International WaterCentre (IWC), Brisbane
http://www.watercentre.org/about

Environmental Finance Center , The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

http://efc.unc.edu/index.html

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TBC

Personality Type

According to Myers Briggs Test, I am INTJ type with I = 78%, N = 8%, T = 62%, J = 1%.

Quite true, As I found one of the following surely holds good (highlighted & Blue) :-D

Top ten: INTJs are the type MOST likely to . . . 

1. Miss what is going on around them because they are lost in thought

2. Push themselves harder than any other type

3. Work for LONG stretches of time without a break

4. Talk over others’ heads without realizing it

5. Do exceptionally well on standardized tests; achieve excellent academic grades

6. Under-compliment and over-criticize

7. Have a top-notch vocabulary and be an avid reader

8. Catch on to a new idea, concept or approach quickly

9. Need significant time alone each day to feel optimally recharged

10. Have solutions just pop into their head out of nowhere

Source: https://type-coach.com/types/intj

A good website for finance, investment related books

http://worldwide-invest.org

Water in Pharmaceutical Industry

Links

http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/58622/merk%20masters%20project.pdf?sequence=1

http://www.industry.siemens.com/verticals/global/en/pharma-industries/sustainability/pages/water_use.aspx

http://www.water.siemens.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Industries/Biopharmaceutical/Brochures/Water-Energy-Conservation-Pharmaceutical-Industry.pdf

http://www.epa.gov/region9/waterinfrastructure/industry.html

Water Supply Chain

Source: http://supplychainn.blogspot.in/2012/09/oracle-water-supply-chain-process-water.html

 

Water Economics, Statistics, and Finance

 

• Economic regulation of water pricing

• Water policy and use sustainability

• Optimal water resources management

• Climatic change and water resources

• Hydrological variability

• Transferring water between uses

• Water for irrigation in agriculture

• Demand and supply of water for urban uses

• Economic policy instruments for water management

• The social value of water

• Water tariff structures and pricing

• Valuing non market benefits of improved water quality

• Water for industrial purposes

• Public-private partnerships

• Efficiency in water and wastewater management

• Full cost recovery case studies

• Financing water supply and sanitation

• Feasibility studies for water projects

• Privatization of water utilities

• Economics of water pollution

• Economics of ground water management

• Data collection methods for water and sanitation

• Water-wastewater services finance 

• Measurement of efficiency performance in water uses

 

 

http://water.epa.gov/infrastructure/sustain/financing_priceofwater.cfm

 

 

Some questions

Water sector specialists can help clients resolve specific issues

1. How much water is consumed across the power production supply chain and what are the impacts of renewable energy penetration?
2. How do innovations in the water industry affect energy intensity?
3. What steps can the water industry take to reduce its carbon footprint?
4. Which water and wastewater treatment technologies can be employed to minimise industry- and country-level exposure to freshwater scarcity?
5. How cost effective are emerging water technologies in terms of their ability to improve water efficiency and reduce water intensity?
6. How do certain policy decisions influence infrastructure financing and other market opportunities in the water sector?
7. What are the implications of regulatory change for demand-side management of water use?

Source: Bloomberg Water

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Say No, no more of these............