Providing Safe Drinking Water in Small Systems - Technology, Operations, and Economics

The most comprehensive exploration of the issues involved in small drinking water systems, Safe Drinking Water in Small Systems describes feasible technologies, operating procedures, management, and financing opportunities to alleviate problems faced by these systems in developed and developing countries. In addition to widely used traditional technologies this book presents promising, emerging technologies and non-traditional approaches. It includes chapters written by leading international scientists, engineers, and policy makers and examines the barriers to providing safe drinking water for small systems and how to overcome them.

List of contents

Worldwide Drinking Water: Problems and Prospects. Ensuring the Sustainability of Small Systems. Water Treatment Technologies: Disinfection of Waterborne Pathogens. Water Treatment Technologies: Filtration and Other Treatment to Remove Microbial or Chemical Contaminants. Pre-Engineered Water Treatment Systems: Point of Entry, Point of Use, Package Plants, and Bottled Water. Analytical Monitoring. Well Remediation, Energy Sources, and Delivery of Water: Emerging Technologies and Approaches. Systems Solutions: Management, Operation and Maintenance. Small Water System Assistance and Training Programs. Regulatory Structures for Small Systems.Epilogue. Indices.

About the author

Gunther F. Craun, Joseph Cotruvo, Nancy Hearne

Summary

Comprehensively explores the issues involved in small drinking water systems. This book describes feasible technologies, operating procedures, management, and financing opportunities to alleviate problems faced by these systems in developed and developing countries. It presents technologies and non-traditional approaches.

Product details

• Assisted by: Joseph Cotruvo (Editor), Cotruvo Joseph (Editor), Gunther F Craun (Editor), Gunther F. Craun (Editor), Craun Gunther F. (Editor), Nancy Hearne (Editor), Hearne Nancy (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.1999
• EAN: 9781566703932
• ISBN: 978-1-56670-393-2
• No. of pages: 680
• Weight: 1420 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Hydraulics, Social issues & processes, Social and ethical issues, Water supply & treatment, Hydraulic Engineering, Water supply and treatment