Encyclopedia of Water Science

Having recently reviewed a couple of water encyclopedias (Newton, 2003 (RR 2004/32) and Dasch, 2003 (RR 2004/154)), our editor offered me another. I had not anticipated such a different work. The other two were wide ranging and of popular appeal. This is a far more focused and serious. It is predominantly concerned with the science behind the management of water resources, and within that topic the main emphasis is the management of water for agricultural production. This really is no surprise; the editors are a soil scientist and an agricultural engineer, and the article on academic disciplines...