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Crowd‐based spatial risk assessment of urban flooding: Results from a municipal flood hotline in Detroit, MI by Larson, Peter S., Thorsby, Jamie Steis, Liu, Xinyu, King, Eleanor, Miller, Carol J.

“…Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation events, raising the risk of urban flood disasters. This study uses a…”
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A coupled hydrodynamic (HEC‐RAS 2D) and water quality model (WASP) for simulating flood‐induced soil, sediment, and contaminant transport by Shabani, Afshin, Woznicki, Sean A., Mehaffey, Megan, Butcher, Jonathan, Wool, Tim A., Whung, Pai‐Yei

“…Increased intensity and frequency of floods raise concerns about the release and transport of contaminated soil and sediment to and from rivers and streams. To…”
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Simulation of Hurricane Harvey flood event through coupled hydrologic‐hydraulic models: Challenges and next steps by Dullo, Tigstu T., Gangrade, Sudershan, Morales‐Hernández, Mario, Sharif, Md Bulbul, Kao, Shih‐Chieh, Kalyanapu, Alfred J., Ghafoor, Sheikh, Evans, Katherine J.

“…Using the 2017 Hurricane Harvey flood event as a test case, this study set up a series of sensitivity analyses to highlight three challenges associated with…”
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A partition of the combined impacts of socioeconomic development and climate variation on economic risks of riverine floods by Feng, Youcan, Rakowski, Cynthia L., McPherson, Timothy N., Judi, David R.

“…Nonstationarities in both climate and socioeconomic systems play a role in flood risk. Based on a data-driven case study in an urbanized watershed subjected to…”
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Assessment of stream flood susceptibility: a cross‐analysis between model results and flood losses by Santos, P.P., Reis, E.

“…This study describes a model, which classifies the susceptibility of streams to flooding. Three flood predisposing factors are considered: average slope,…”
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Land-surface zoning for groundwater protection by ADAMS, B, FOSTER, S. S. D

“…A procedure for land-surface zoning, related to the protection of groundwater against both point and diffuse pollution, is described. The procedure is based…”
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Plumbosolvency effects and control in hard waters by COLLING, J. H, CROLL, B. T, WHINCUP, P. A. E, HARWARD, C

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Protection of urban groundwater from pollution [Coventry, Madras and Birmingham] by Lerner, D N, Tellam, J H

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Reservoir sedimentation and colour problems in Southern Pennine reservoirs [in upland water management] by Butcher, D P, Potter, A W R, Pattinson, V A, Labadz, J C, Claydon, J, White, P

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Contamination of the chalk aquifer by chlorinated solvents : a case study of the luton and dunstable area by LONGSTAFF, S. L, ALDOUS, P. J, CLARK, L, FLAVIN, R. J, PARTINGTON, J

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Controlling diffuse pollution of groundwater from agriculture and industry by Harris, R C, Skinner, A C

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Practical aspects of yield investigations of groundwater sources by GROUT, M. W, ALEXANDER, D. W, SIMPSON, R. J

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Groundwater pollution in Spain : general aspects by CUSTODIO, E, MULL, R, VAN RIENEN, W

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Accounting for losses: the bursts and background concept by LAMBERT, A

“…Losses of treated water occur through leakage and overflows from the pressurized pipes and fittings in water undertakers' distribution systems and customers'…”
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Risk assessment for environmental management : approaches and applications by POLLARD, S.J, HARROP, D.O, CROWCROFT, P, MALLETT, S.H, JEFFRIES, S.R, YOUNG, P.J

“…Effective risk-management measures concerning the health, legislative and financial implications of environmental risk rely fundamentally on a robust risk…”
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Organochlorine contamination in sediments of the inner Thames estuary by SCRIMSHAW, M.D, LESTER, J.N

“…The saltmarsh at Two Tree Island, situated in the Thames estuary, has previously been identified as exhibiting a relatively enhanced degree of contamination…”
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Guessing or assessing the world's water resources? by Rodda, J.C

“…It is something of a paradox that, at this time when the global demand for water is rising faster than ever before, knowledge of the world's water resources is…”
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Water supply franchising in Buenos Aires by WALTON, B, BATEMAN, J. S, HEINRICH, M

“…This paper outlines the approach which was recently adopted by the Government of Argentina for the franchising of water services in Buenos Aires. It briefly…”
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The degradation of atrazine and other pesticides by photolysis by BOURGINE, F.P, CHAPMAN, J.I, KERAI, H

“…The purpose of the study was to verify the feasibility of UV photolysis and to ascertain energy consumption on an industrial scale for the removal of atrazine…”
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