Global water issues are likely to be as important in the forseeable future as the oil crisis was in the 1970s. There is an urgent need for management to be apprised of scientific work and of the uncertainties that are associated with it, and for scientists to be able to transmit their work to management in a comprehensible way. This book explores the management of water quality in urban, rural and coastal environments. It brings together science and policy making in a timely and relevant way. As such, this book will appeal to professionals working within the water industry and also to academic institutions which have an interest in the issues relating to water quality

El presente trabajo proporciona una buena base en todos los aspectos importantes de la produccion del agua embotellada. Es un libro de interes para todos aquellos que trabajan en los sectores relacionados con la industria del embotellado del agua: ingenieros, tecnologos, asi como comerciantes, personal de marketing, suministradores de equipos, envases, etc. El libro empieza con una revision de los mercados del agua embotellada y la descripcion detallada de las diferentes categorias de aguas embotelladas disponibles. Continua luego con el tema de la hidrogeologia y los tratamientos que pueden realizarse en el procesado del agua; los metodos, materiales y equipamiento utilizados en el embotellado; el aseguramiento de la calidad, y las auditorias por terceras partes. Hay un capitulo sobre las maquinas dispensadoras de agua en oficinas, fabricas y hogares. Y para terminar, hay dos capitulos dedicados a la microbiologia: uno sobre las aguas sin tratar procedentes de manantiales subterraneos, y otro, acerca de las aguas tratadas.

Quality assurance (QA) has become an increasingly important topic, as environmental monitoring bodies realize that accuracy of measurements can depend very much on how the measurement is taken. This book will describe methods in light of all of the European, US, and international (ISO) guidelines for QA of water analysis.

All over the world countries struggle with water stress. Problems vary from water scarcity and a degrading water quality, to floods and a rising sea level due to climate change. The European Union adopted a Water Framework Directive to improve the sustainability of water management in its member states. Water management should be coordinated at the level of river basins as a whole. Interests of various user groups should be better represented. River basin visions should take into account the impact of all human activities on the status of the resource. Water legislation needs streamlining and more focus on its implementation. The European Union advocates regulating water prices by charging the costs of water services on the basis of full cost recovery and the polluter pays principle. This book examines water management integration in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy and Switzerland. It is based on the European research project EUWARENESS. Per country two case studies are considered, to analyze specific regime transitions at water basin level during the last decades. The twelve case studies are discussed within their national context and compared on conditions that are important for regime change towards sustainability. The book also provides theory on water governance, institutional regimes, and property rights, resulting in a tool for monitoring the progress of integrated water management at the basin level in EU member states or other countries. This book follows another volume published with Kluwer Academic Publishers on "The Evolution of National Water Regimes in Europe", edited by Ingrid Kissling-Näf and Stefan Kuks.