In Garbage Land, acclaimed science writer Elizabeth Royte leads us on the wild adventure that begins once our trash hits the bottom of the c...

Crittenden (civil and environmental engineering, Arizona State University) provides a text which can be used in undergraduate elective class...

The question on every American's mind: Can Katrina happen to me where I live? The answer, unfortunately, is yes, yes, and again, yes. If you...

Mays (civil and environmental engineering, Arizona State University) presents hydraulic and hydrologic processes using the control volume ap...

With the keen eyes of a scientist and the sensibilities of a seasoned writer, Dr. Robert Morris chronicles the fascinating and at times fri...

Hodding Carter writes, "The unsung hero of human history was, of course, the Brain of Drains, the Hub of Tubs, the Power of Showers, the Bre...

When De Witt Clinton, a young politician, first dreams of building a canal to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, folks don't bel...

Nearly all industrial processes require objects to be moved, manipulated or subjected to some sort of force. This is frequently accomplished...

A passionate call to action from one of the leading voices in the global struggle for universal access to the earth's most vital element...

This book has the potential to profoundly transform your world view. Using high-speed photography, Dr. Masaru Emoto discovered that crystals...

An incisive, intrepid, and habit-changing narrative investigation into the commercialization of our most basic human need: drinking wate...

In an era of dwindling resources, water is poised to become the new oil. The entire world now faces the reality of a decreasing supply of cl...