A Brief History of Roman Water Technology

Mays, Larry W.

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“…Hence, streets were constantly flushed for cleaning by the waters of aqueducts [4,7]. On the other hand, another EH process, i.e., sediment transport, was present in Antiquity and relevant to irrigation and drainage channels in Mesopotamia and Egypt [5], and the Dujiangyan city system (ca. 300 BC) for controlling silt deposition and flooding in Sichuan province of China (Figure 1) [10].…”

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Environmental Hydraulics in the New Millennium: Historical Evolution and Recent Research Trends

Zeng

Gualtieri

Liu

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Environmental Hydraulics (EH) is the scientific study of environmental water flows and their related transport and transformation processes in natural water systems. This review provides some remarks about the historical development of EH throughout three different paradigms or ages, namely, the Public Health Age, the Water Quality Age, and finally the Integrated Environmental Hydraulics Age. We further evaluate how EH research has changed in the last 20 years through a bibliometric analysis of the proceedings of the International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics (ISEH) and Environmental Fluid Mechanics (EFMC) journal articles conducted using Citespace and Leximancer. Authors and affiliations are analyzed to identify patterns of collaboration, followed by an analysis of the temporal evolution of the EFMC impact index as well as its highly-cited articles. Finally, the major EH topics are identified with a comparison between the topics extracted from the two different sources. As the EH field is becoming rapidly global, some topics were confirmed to have attracted more interest in EH such as Flow Condition, Numerical Modelling, Experimental Measurements. It is hoped that our findings could provide a reference for students, academics, and policy-makers related to EH.

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Environmental Hydraulics in the New Millennium: Historical Evolution and Recent Research Trends

Zeng

Gualtieri

Liu

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“…Moreover, the first water commissioner of Ancient Rome, Sextus Julius Frontinus, observed a number of obscure tappings on the Roman public aqueducts in 97 AD. Groups known as the 'water-men' would illegally install hidden pipes on the public aqueducts to divert fresh water for personal uses and profit (Frontinus and Herschel 1913;Mays 2010). This would continue throughout the Middle Ages whereby, for IJCJ&SD 6 www.crimejusticejournal.com example, private dwellings in outer London would extract most of the clean fresh water to avoid using polluted water from the River Thames (Foord 2011;Keene 2001;Rudden 1985;Water History 2004).…”

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Water Theft Maleficence in Australia

Baird

Walters

White

2020

Int J for Crime, Justice & Social Democracy

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The United Nations has repeatedly identified that freshwater security is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, and that water theft is a global problem exacerbating human conflict, denying human rights and accelerating environmental despoliation (UN 2019; UN Water 2020). Australia is the world’s driest inhabited continent where water security is seriously threatened and constantly monitored by federal, state and local authorities. The devastating 2019-2020 bushfires across Australia serve as a stark reminder of the nation’s vulnerabilities to drought and the imperatives of water security and sustainability. Whilst some threats are undoubtedly climate induced, it is widely reported the ‘theft’ of water is playing an increasingly significant role in compromising Australia’s water security. This article provides a critical overview of the contemporary significance of water theft and its governance. It interrogates official documents of government inquiries, examines court proceedings, and provides a green criminological perspective on future policy, practice and prevention.

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“…Some of them are Almonacid de la Cuba dam (Aguasvivas River, tributary of the Ebro River, Figure 1) (Arenillas et al, 1995; Beltrán & Viladés, 1994; I. Hereza, 1996; I. Hereza et al, 2000; J. I. Hereza et al, 1996); Muel dam (Huerva River, Ebro River basin, Figure 1) (Arenillas et al, 2006; Magallón et al, 2016; Uribe et al, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016); Cornalbo, Proserpina, and Consuegra dams, in the Guadiana River basin (Arenillas et al, 1992, 2007; García‐Diego et al, 1983a, 1983b; Álvarez Martínez, 2007; Álvarez Martínez et al, 2002; Aranda & Sánchez Carcaboso, 2000; Aranda et al, 2006; Giles Pacheco, 2011; Martín Morales et al, 2002; Rodríguez Untoria, 2011); and Alcantarilla dam, in the Tajo River basin (Aranda & Sánchez Carcaboso, 2000; Aranda et al, 1997; Arenillas & Barahona, 2009a, 2009b; Barahona Oviedo et al, 2014; Barahona, 2018a, 2018b; Celestino, 1976; Sánchez Abal, 1977). For this reason, these are the most widely cited dams in the literature on civil constructions (Baba et al, 2018; Jansen, 1983; Mays, 2008, 2010; Schnitter, 1994; Smith, 1970, 1971; among others). These studies focus on construction and styles, and most of them lack rigorous dating, casting doubt on the Roman origin of some of them (Feijoo, 2005, 2006).…”

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Structure, evolutionary context and chronological data of the Monforte de Moyuela Roman dam (Ebro Basin, NE of Spain)

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The Monforte de Moyuela dam, also known as Ermita de la Virgen del Pilar dam, is a Roman reservoir built on a tributary of the Aguasvivas River (Ebro basin, Spain).A multidisciplinary study has been carried out to investigate this kind of Roman water infrastructure. It is the fifth-highest dam (16.8 m) in the Iberian Peninsula and the seventh in the Roman Empire. The initial dam was built ca. 100 B.C.-10 A.D., probably in the period of Augustus, like other nearby Roman dams. It was quickly filled due to the extreme and generalized anthropic degradation in the basin during the Roman period. During the mid-2nd century, the wall was increased in height and its final silting was dated to the early 7th century. The study of the opus caementicium mortars shows constructive differences between the initial and subsequent phases of the wall. These mortars provided charcoal for dating the two phases. In addition, the stratigraphic and edaphological study of the reservoir's sedimentary fill, together with the 14 C ages, allowed us to reconstruct the two main activity cycles and the final siltation of the dam.Subsequently, the dam broke in two phases, which created the two stepped sections located on the current valley bottom. The data obtained allowed the creation of a geomorphological map and an evolutionary model of the valley showing the main differentiated stages, from the initial construction of the dam to its final opening. Although some remains of canals downstream of the dam have been identified, the use of this dam, which remained active for several centuries, still needs to be investigated in greater detail.

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A Brief History of Roman Water Technology

Cited by 11 publications

References 5 publications

Environmental Hydraulics in the New Millennium: Historical Evolution and Recent Research Trends

Environmental Hydraulics in the New Millennium: Historical Evolution and Recent Research Trends

Water Theft Maleficence in Australia

Structure, evolutionary context and chronological data of the Monforte de Moyuela Roman dam (Ebro Basin, NE of Spain)

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