From Library Journal
An engineer and water resources consultant, Vickers has written a comprehensive, nontechnical handbook on water use and efficiency measures for homeowners, businesses, farmers, and industries. The first chapter outlines ten key planning steps to a successful conservation program, such as goals, incentives, benefits and costs, and evaluation. The chapter on efficiency measures for residential and domestic water use is packed with charts and tables detailing how changing to high-efficiency clothes washers, water-efficient dishwashers, and low-volume toilets, showerheads, and faucets saves both water and money. Efficiency measures for landscape water use include native and low-water-use plants, irrigation scheduling, and the use of mulches. The section on industrial, commercial, and institutional water measures covers laundromats, swimming pools, cooling and heating systems, and zoos, while efficiency measures for agriculture include drip irrigation, tailwater reuse, surge valves, and canal management. Among the useful appendixes are a list of web addresses of conservation organizations, a table for calculating water-cost savings based on volume of use, sample worksheets for water audits for a residence, an irrigational setting, and an industrial/ commercial/institutional setting. The attractive layout includes numerous charts, photographs, and sidebars containing useful data, and a glossary of terms and a detailed index complete the work. This is a clear, concise, and well-written work for all audience levels on a topic that will be of interest to academic, public, and special libraries. It may be a bit pricey, but it will be the definitive work on this topic. Eva Lautemann, Georgia Perimeter Coll., Clarkston Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Amory B. Lovins, CEO (Research), Rocky Mountain Institute, August 2001
"... the definitive work. It's clear, thorough, modern, practical, profitable, and inspiring. Buy it, read it, practice it, publicize it."

Robert A. Rosamond, American Water Works Association, July 2001
"...most thorough reference ever published on water use and conservation. ... this book will guide you."

Newsflow, Global Water Partnership (January 2003)
"A toolbox for water use efficiency, focusing on practical solutions to boost the productivity of existing water supplies."

Electronic Green Journal (Spring 2002)
"Highly recommended."

Fine Homebuilding (July 2002)
"A veritable bible on saving water… a wealth of information. A superb resource."

Turf magazine (January 2003)
"Packed with valuable information. Very accessible and understandable."

World Rivers Review (August 2001)
"With this book, any excuses for wasteful water usage go down the drain."

Book Description
As drought, pollution, and sprawl make water increasingly scarce, here is the first comprehensive and authoritative handbook on water use and efficiency measures for all who are concerned about efficient water use. "Handbook of Water Use and Conservation: Homes, Landscapes, Businesses, Industries, Farms " (WaterPlow Press, ISBN 1931579075) by noted water conservation expert Amy Vickers is a 464-page hardcover handbook that describes water use characteristics, water audit steps, and over 100 efficiency measures for homes, landscapes, industries, businesses, and farms. Now in its second printing, the book provides estimated water savings and related benefits (including energy savings) and costs for the measures and offers many case studies. The book includes over 175 fact-filled tables, charts and photos, as well as eight appendices, a full glossary and an index. This definitive and state-of-the-art reference on water use, conservation, and efficiency measures is a "must have" for all professionals, libraries, and specialists concerned with efficient water use and management—managers, planners, engineers, architects, academicians, consultants, policymakers, landscapers, irrigators, builders, and conservationists.

From the Publisher
The author has packed the Handbook with hundreds of fact-filled tables, charts, photographs, and case studies that explain everything you need to know about water use and conservation technologies and practices that can be applied in homes, landscapes, businesses, industries, institutions, and farms. Learn the state-of-the-art in how to save water, money, and energy and also comply with related federal water efficiency standards, plumbing codes, and conservation ordinances and policies.

About the Author
The author is an engineer and president of a consulting firm, Amy Vickers & Associates, Inc., based in Amherst, Massachusetts. For over a decade, Vickers has brought her water conservation expertise to a wide range of projects in the public and private sectors throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and South Africa. She is the author of the water efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures required by the 1992 U.S. Energy Policy Act and has also testified on water conservation issues before the U.S. Congress, British Parliament, and several state legislatures. She was the Water Conservation Team Coordinator for the Greening of the White House project. A frequent speaker at conferences, universities, and other forums (eg., CNN’s "Headline News"), she has published over 35 papers and articles on water supply and conservation policy issues and technology. Vickers is an active member of the American Water Works Association and served for six years on the Journal AWWA Editorial Advisory Board. She holds an M.S. in engineering from Dartmouth and a B.A. in philosophy from New York University.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

About the Author

Amy Vickers is an engineer and president of a consulting firm, Amy Vickers & Associates, Inc., based in Amherst, Massachusetts. For over a decade, Vickers has brought her water conservation expertise to a wide range of projects in the public and private sectors throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and South Africa. She is the author of the water efficiency standards for plumbing fixtures required by the 1992 U.S. Energy Policy Act and has also testified on water conservation issues before the U.S. Congress, British Parliament, and several state legislatures. She was the Water Conservation Team Coordinator for the Greening of the White House project. A frequent speaker at conferences, universities, and other forums (eg., CNN's "Headline News" May 2002), she has published over 35 papers and articles on water supply and conservation policy issues and technology. Vickers is an active member of the American Water Works Association and served for six years on the Journal AWWA Editorial Advisory Board. She holds an M.S. in engineering from Dartmouth and a B.A. in philosophy from New York University.

SYNOPSIS

As drought, pollution, and sprawl make water increasingly scarce, here is the first comprehensive and authoritative handbook on water use and efficiency measures for all who are concerned about efficient water use. Handbook of Water Use and Conservation: Homes, Landscapes, Businesses, Industries, Farms by noted water conservation expert Amy Vickers is a 464-page hardcover handbook that describes water use characteristics, water audit steps, and over 100 efficiency measures for homes, landscapes, industries, businesses, and farms. Now in its second printing, the book provides estimated water savings and related benefits (including energy savings) and costs for the measures and offers many case studies. The book includes over 175 fact-filled tables, charts and photos, as well as eight appendices, a full glossary and an index. This definitive and state-of-the-art reference on water use, conservation, and efficiency measures is a "must have" for all professionals, libraries, and specialists concerned with efficient water use and management-managers, planners, engineers, architects, academicians, consultants, policymakers, landscapers, irrigators, builders, and conservationists.

FROM THE CRITICS

American Water Works Association

The most thorough reference ever published on water use and conservation. Everything you need to know￯﾿ﾽ A gold mine of resources.

Andrew Jones - Project Director, Sustainability Institute, Asheville, NC, 7/01

As a resource policy professional who spent four years exploring the state of the art of water efficiency technologies and programs, I am blown away by the depth and breadth of information in this text. Recycle the pile of guides and reports that have built up over the years, lay off your staffer who is researching what other groups are doing, and let that expert water consultant stay home for a couple of extra days. Just read Vickers' book.

Permaculture Activist - Summer 2002

A splendid handbook. If you're looking for information related to water, it's probably here, and it will be well displayed, illustrated, clearly described, and annotated. This large format reference work has everything the discriminating reader, scholar, or professional could want. Furthermore, it's comprehensive, thoughtful, professional circumspect yet supportive of new ideas and appropriate technologies.￯﾿ﾽ The text is handsomely designed, with graphic features on most pages. Tables are numerous, easy-to-read, and well-placed.

Public Works Magazine - Online Edition, 11/01

This definitive and state-of-the-art reference on water use, conservation, and efficiency measures is a "must have" for all professionals concerned with efficient water use and management - managers, planners, engineers, architects, academicians, consultants, policymakers, irrigators, builders, and conservationists.

Environment Agency - (UK), Demand Management Bulletin, 10/01