Miscellaneous Sources

1. Using Water Well? - Studies of Power Stations and the Aquatic Environment-ISBN 09517171726X
2. Encyclopedia of Hydrology
3. Hydrometry: Principles and Practices - Second Edition
4. Urban Rivers Our Inheritance and Future
5. Vanishing Waters, Bryan Davies & Jenny Day, UCT Press
6. Sustainable Development - A Contested Paradigm, D Woods (Chairman FWR)
7. IWA Publishing

   Institutional Governance and Regulation of Water Services The Essential Elements. MJ Rouse, ISBN 1843391341

   The book gives a review of the key elements of policy governance and regulation for sustainable water services based on experience from around the world. On policy matters, it covers important aspects of separation of policy and delivery, integrated planning, sustainable cost recovery, and transparency. Regulation and Regulatory Bodies are presented in their various forms, with discussion of why some form of independent scrutiny is essential for suatainability. There is a separate chapter on Drinking Water Quality Regulation including setting standards and discussion on how to incorporate managing risk in regulatory approaches.
   

8. WRcplc

   Water Industry Specifications. These WISs are authoritative documents used for the specification of pipeline products This page provides a complete list of current WISs and IGNs (see below), an archive of some recently drawn specifications and some WISs available as free Acrobat pdf downloads.

   Information and Guidance Notes. IGNs are explanatory documents on pipeline products used in the water industry. Some are available as free Acrobat pdf downloads.

   Plastic Pipe System Manuals. In association with the British Pipe Federation's Plastic Pipes Group, WRc have produced Manuals, available free in electronic format, which provide guidance on the use of PVC Pipes and PE Pipes.

9. CIRIA 

   Coastal and estuarine managed realignment - design issues (C628)
   Development and flood risk - guidance to the construction industry (C624)

10. WWF
    
    

    Can we afford not to? The costs and benefits of a partnership approach to the Water Framework Directive (pdf 483kb) new