Document Category: Archive
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Climate Change – The Fundamentals (FR/R0026)
The subjects of climate and climate change are enormous and embrace many scientific disciplines. This review seeks to deal solely with the scientific evidence and is based heavily on the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The review sifts some of the more important fundamental issues and provides a bibliography for those…
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Desalination for Water Supply (FR/R0013)
The scarcity of existing fresh water supplies is becoming a problem in many parts of the world. In some areas a process called ‘desalination’ is used to reduce the salt content of brackish and sea waters to turn them into a drinkable supply. This review explains what makes a water drinkable, the various processes used…
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Demystifying Natural Water Retention Measures (NWRM) (FR/R0020)
This review aims to clarify the competing definitions of NWRM and to scope where these measures fit in the context of the Water Framework Directive, other related policies and regulations, and climate change policy. It will outline what the key measures are and will provide some understanding of their evaluation for assessing the technical and…
