Includes bibliographical references and index.

ch. 1. Gray to green : an introduction to four case studies on drinking water supply in the Northeastern United States / Caitlin Alcott ... [et al.] -- ch. 2. An assessment of drinking water systems in Connecticut : optimizing natural and engineered systems for protecting the quality of surface drinking waters / Michael Blazewicz ... [et al.] -- ch. 3. Source water protection in Massachusetts : lessons from and opportunities for Worcester and Boston / Emily Alcott ... [et al.] -- ch. 4. New York City watershed management : past, present, and future / Justin Freiberg ... [et al.] -- ch. 5. The Crooked River watershed, Sebago Lake, and the drinking water supply for the city of Portland, Maine / Jennifer Hoyle -- ch. 6. Comparing drinking water systems in the New England/New York region : lessons learned and recommendations for the future / Caitlin Alcott ... [et al.] -- ch. 7. Global relevance of lessons learned in watershed management and drinking water treatment from the Northeastern United States / Alex Barrett and Mark S. Ashton.

"Watershed planning is important for expanding cities in the developing world. Outlining proven approaches for a secure drinking water supply anywhere, this book focuses on the history, current conditions, and future of drinking water supplies for cities in the northeastern United States. Chapters examine how, when, and where it makes environmental, economic, and social sense to protect and manage upland forests to produce water as a downstream service. Using city watershed case studies, the text demonstrates that such stewardship is far more preferable than developing land and using engineering, technology, and artificial filtration as a solution to maintaining clean drinking water"-- Provided by publisher.

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