Sustainable Water for the Future - Water Recycling Versus Desalination

Well past the experimental stage, membrane processes are now a proven and reliable method of providing high-quality, cost-effective water. This book covers the fundamental and practical concepts and issues regarding the application of membrane technologies for sustainable water treatment.

List of contents

An Overview of the Global Water Situation
Global Desalination Situation
Global Water Recycling Situation
Desalination - Reverse Osmosis and Membrane Distillation
Salinity Gradient Energy
Ion-Exchange Membrane Processes in Water Treatment
Micropollutants in Water Recycling: A case study of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) exposure from water versus food
TiO2-Based Advanced Oxidation Nanotechnologies for Water Purification and Reuse
Membrane Bioreactors - Theory and Applications to Wastewater Reuse
Concentrate Treatment for Inland Desalting
Inland Desalination: Current Practices, Environmental Implications, and Case Studies in Las Vegas, NV
Renewable Energy Powered Water Treatment Systems
Desalinated Versus Recycled Water - What Does the Public Think?
Conclusion - A Summary of Challenges still Facing Desalination and Water Reuse
Index

Product details

• Authors: Isabel C. Escobar, Isabel C. Schafer Escobar, Andrea Schafer
• Assisted by: Isabel C Escobar (Editor), Isabel C. Escobar (Editor), Escobar Isabel C. (Editor), Andrea Schafer (Editor), Andrew I. Schafer (Editor), Andrea Schäfer (Editor)
• Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.10.2009
• EAN: 9780444531155
• ISBN: 978-0-444-53115-5
• No. of pages: 444
• Series: Sustainability Science and Eng; Sustainability Science and Engineering; Sustainability Science and Eng; Sustainability Science and Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Structural and environmental engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; NATURE / Natural Resources, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / Water Supply, Science / Environmental Science, Water supply and treatment, Drought & Water Supply, Drought and water supply, Water purification & desalinization