Challenging prevailing wisdom
Just because a paradigm is conceptually or intellectually attractive and most international institutions are promoting it does not mean that it can be operational in the entire world.… Read More
Is the global debate on dams relevant?
Proponents and opponents of dams have both taken extreme and opposite positions. But does their debate withstand scientific scrutiny?… Read More
Colombo’s water supply: A paradigm for the future?
The National Water Supply and Drainage Board of Sri Lanka is likely to be a good example of an evolving paradigm of institutional arrangements for water supply and wastewater management of the future in the developing world.… Read More
Policy failures prevent water quality progress in Mexico
Effluent discharges fees provide a powerful incentive to reduce wastewater discharges – if only wastewater management laws in Mexico were clear, consistent and enforced.… Read More
Aswan dam revisited: The benefits of a much-maligned dam
The Aswan High Dam across the mighty river Nile is perhaps one of the most controversial of the existing big dams in the world. Political, economic and environmental arguments have been raised against it ever since its construction in the early 1960s. Asit K. Biswas, after a careful evaluation of the dam’s impact on Egypt, concludes that it has been overwhelmingly beneficial to the country.… Read More
Crisis de los recursos hídricos: una perspectiva global para el siglo XXI
Por extraño que parezca, aún a finales de los años noventas, los profesionistas del sector agua no se habían percatado, ni tampoco apreciado, la gravedad de la situación global respecto a los recursos hídricos, a pesar de que algunos científicos muy renombrados habían señalado la seriedad de la situación.… Read More
Geografía de la sed
La falta de capitales y de recursos, el vertiginoso crecimiento demográfico, la urbanización y la contaminación ambiental obligan a los países del Sur a mostrarse más vigilantes que nunca en la gestión de sus recursos hídricos.… Read More
Invention of the Meteorological Instruments
W. E. Knowles Middleton, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1969, 377 pages… Read More
Catalog of Meteorological Instruments in the Museum of History and Technology
W. E. Knowles Middleton, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 1969, 128 pages… Read More