Bioregenerative life support technologies for space application are advantageous if they can be constructed using locally available materials, and rely on renewable energy resources, lessening the need for launch and resupply of materials. These same characteristics are desirable in the global Earth environment because such technologies are more affordable by developing countries, and are more ...

Las Vegas Wash, a natural wash east of Las Vegas, Nevada, carries storrnwater, groundwater drainage, and sewage effluent from two sewage treatment plants to Lake Mead. Over 80 percent of the normal discharge of approximately 3.4 m3/s (120 ft3/s) consists of effluent from the City of Las Vegas and Clark County sewage treatment plants. Beginning in the 1950s, a large wetland area developed along ...

Water resource management often requires an integrated assessment of resource use options, including local and regional impacts on the environment and stakeholders. The Upper South East of South Australia is one such location, where a large drainage network has been constructed to manage flooding, dryland salinity and environmental outcomes. Within the drainage network, there are a number of re...

anzali wetland on the south west of caspian sea is a unique ecosystem was registered as ramsar site at 1975. anzali wetland was deteriorated due to numerous disorder and poor water quality. the riverin input were strongly affective in the process of eutrophication where the eastern and central region was more degraded. the first survey on the eutrophication process was conducted at 1969, since ...

Wetlands are some of the most important ecosystems on Earth. They play a key role in alleviating floods and filtering polluted water and also provide habitats for many plants and animals. Wetlands also interact with climate change. Over the past 50 years, wetlands have been polluted and declined dramatically as land cover has changed in some regions. Remote sensing has been the most useful tool...

according to importance of environmental resource in natural ecosystem preservation and human life, restriction of destruction is necessary. miankaleh wetland in mazandaran province is settlement of animal and herbaceous rare species and due to migration of birds therefore, this research will discuss determination of preservation value in miankaleh international wetland and measure of individua...

The conversion of wetlands to alternative uses, or land uses that affect either water levels or water quality, have profound implications for the ecological and hydrological services wetlands provide. This study considers the hydrological externalities of agricultural production in one freshwater wetland: the Esteros del Iberà in north-eastern Argentina. Two externalities are considered. First,...

jazmoryan wetland is one of the most sensitive ecosystems in the south east of the country which is declining due to dam construction in upstream as well as deficiency of environmental water supply. the wetland seem to dry out due to its geographical location and construction of bampour diversion dam and jiroft reservoir dam on major rivers flowing to this wetland. one of the solutions proposed...