University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- pt. I Water Use Model -- 2. Conceptual Foundations: Thermodynamics and Capital Theory -- 2.1. Thermodynamics and Its Equivalency to Information Theory -- 2.1.1. Entropy, Temperature and Heat -- 2.1.2. Entropy, Probability, and Information -- 2.1.3. Relations Between Work and Exergy -- 2.1.4. Exergy Far from the Thermodynamic Equilibrium -- 2.1.5. Relations Between Exergy and Information -- 2.1.6. Thermodynamics of Economic Transformation Processes -- 2.2. Concept of Capital Theory -- 2.2.1. Neo-Austrian Capital Theory as Example -- 2.2.2. Capital Theory and Its Natural Sciences Consistency -- 3. General Design of Dynamic Models for Water Uses -- 3.1. Model Structure and Economic Activities -- 3.2. Characteristics of Production Activities -- 3.2.1. Criteria for the Extraction and Use of Raw Materials -- 3.2.2. Characteristics of Producing and Using Energy and Water -- 3.2.3. Characteristics of Wastewater Treatment Activities -- 3.3. Technological Progress and Human Labour Inputs -- 4. Specifications for Constructing the Water Use Model -- 4.1. Structure and Characteristics of the Water Use Model -- 4.2. Process Coefficients for the Water Use Model -- 4.2.1. Process Coefficients for the Production Sector -- 4.2.2. Process Coefficients for the Reproduction Sector -- 4.2.3. Wastewater Treatment Coefficients -- 5. Constraints of the Water Use Model -- 5.1. Constraints for the Consumption Good Amounts -- 5.2. Constraints for Extracting Raw Materials -- 5.3. Constraints for Water and Wastewater Amounts -- 5.4. Constraints for Free Energy -- 5.5. Constraints for Human Labour Inputs -- 5.6. Constraints for Sustaining and Developing the Capital Stock -- 5.7. Aggregation of Processes to Sectors -- 5.7.1. Energy and Human Labour Inputs for the Production Sector

Note continued: 5.7.2. Energy and Human Labour Inputs for the Water Sectors -- 6. Optimality Conditions of the Water Use Model -- 6.1. Optimization Concept -- 6.2. Optimality Conditions for the Demand Side -- 6.3. Optimality Conditions for the Production Side -- 6.3.1. Non-profit Conditions for the Production Sector -- 6.3.2. Non-profit Conditions for the Water and Wastewater Sectors -- 6.4. Conclusions -- pt. II Water Infrastructure Model -- 7. Case Studies Guiding the Integration of Water Infrastructure -- 7.1. MTBE Contamination of the Leuna Aquifer -- 7.1.1. Characteristics of the MTBE Contamination Problem -- 7.1.2. Technical Solutions to Reduce MTBE Contamination -- 7.1.3. Target Group of the Rehabilitation Measures -- 7.1.4. Estimation of the MTBE Contamination Amounts -- 7.1.5. Estimation of Costs for Solving the MTBE Problem -- 7.2. Water Infrastructure to Serve Adana in Turkey -- 7.2.1. Urbanization and Water Infrastructure of Mega-Cities -- 7.2.2. Private and Local Public Welfare Properties of Water -- 7.2.3. Implementation Concept for Adana's Water Infrastructure -- 7.2.4. Dynamic Prime Costs of Adana's Water Infrastructure -- 7.3. Conclusions for Constructing the Water Infrastructure Model -- 8. Specifications for Constructing the Water Infrastructure Model -- 8.1. Structure of the Water Infrastructure Model -- 8.2. Process Coefficients of the Water Infrastructure Sectors -- 8.2.1. Coefficients of the CW and M&E Production Processes -- 8.2.2. Coefficients for the Water Infrastructure Processes -- 8.3. Reduction of Variables and Dynamics of the Capital Stocks -- 9. Constraints of the Water Infrastructure Model -- 9.1. Constraints for the Consumption Good Amounts -- 9.2. Constraints for Extracting Raw Materials -- 9.3. Constraints for the Water and Wastewater Amounts -- 9.4. Constraints for Free Energy

Note continued: 9.5. Constraints for the Human Labour Input Amounts -- 9.6. Constraints for the Capital Stocks -- 9.7. Constraints for Reduced Variables -- 9.7.1. Human Labour Constraint for Reduced Variables -- 9.7.2. Energy Constraint for Reduced Variables -- 9.7.3. Water and Wastewater Constraints for Reduced Variables -- 9.8. Aggregation of Process Inputs to Sector Inputs -- 9.8.1. Aggregation of Processes to the Production Sector -- 9.8.2. Aggregation of Processes to the Water Sectors -- 10. Optimality Conditions of the Water Infrastructure Model -- 10.1. Optimality Conditions for the Demand Side -- 10.2. Optimality Conditions for the Production Side -- 10.2.1. Non-profit Conditions for the Production Sector -- 10.2.2. Non-profit Conditions for the Water Sectors -- 10.3. Conclusions and Perspectives -- A. Marginal Costs for Water Treatment -- A.1. Marginal Human Labour Costs for Water Treatment -- A.2. Marginal Energy Costs for Water Treatment -- B. Marginal Costs for Water Distribution -- B.1. Marginal Human Labour Costs for Water Distribution -- B.2. Marginal Human Energy Costs for Water Distribution -- C. Marginal Costs for Wastewater Collection -- C.1. Marginal Human Labour Costs for Wastewater Collection -- C.2. Marginal Energy Costs for Wastewater Collection -- D. Marginal Costs for Wastewater Treatment -- D.1. Marginal Human Labour Costs for Wastewater Treatment -- D.2. Marginal Energy Costs for Wastewater Treatment.

This book at the intersection of natural sciences, economics, and water engineering aims to reduce the gaps between economic theory. natural sciences, and engineering practice. Based on an extended thermodynamic approach, the authors explain which economic assumptions are acceptable for constructing a dynamic model that is consistent with the natural sciences. In particular, the special role of water in the production and reproduction activities will be considered as an integral component.

Water is generated in a separate water treatment process and is used to transport the unavoidable by-products of production and reproduction activities to a wastewater sector. In this respect, not only environmental protection aspects, but also the interrelation between the water requirements and the use of non-renewable resources for producing desired consumption goods will be highlighted. --Book Jacket.