Environmental technologies for the sustainable development of the water and energy sectors
Did you know that watching your favourite series on tv or just switching on your laptop for work, requires indirect water consumption? It’s a proven fact that every time we use energy resources,...
Water-Wise Cities and Sustainable Water Systems: Concepts, Technologies, and Applications
Building water-wise cities is a pressing need nowadays in both developed and developing countries. This is mainly due to the limitation of the available water resources and aging infrastructure to...
The Cultural Dynamics in Water Management from Ancient History to the Present Age
The book examines systematically the role of ancient culture and civilization in water management. It underlines that culture has been the driving force for effective water management...
Effectiveness of Disinfection on Wastewater Treatment Plant Discharges: chemical disinfection with performic acid
The tightening of the bacteriological quality thresholds for bathing water following the revision of the European Directive (Directive 2006/7/CE, 2006) raises a problem for cities or urban...
Nature Based Solutions for Sustainable Sanitation
There are 2.4 billion people without improved sanitation and another 2.1 billion with inadequate sanitation (i.e. wastewater drains directly into surface waters), and despite improvements over the...
Sustainable Industrial Water Use: Perspectives, Incentives, and Tools
Unique among books on the topic, this new anthology brings together the voices of the executives, plant managers, investors, inventors, regulators, policymakers and advocates leading industry to...
System Losses from Water Supply Networks
Knowing how to manage the losses from water supply networks and how to get to the next level in bettering your system is a major problem and one that is most common in the majority of water...
Methods for Faecal Sludge Analysis
The importance and need for faecal sludge management has been recognised worldwide. One major gap in developing appropriate and adequate faecal sludge treatment and monitoring techniques is the...
Treatment and Valorisation of Saline Wastewater: Principles and Practice
The treatment and valorisation of saline wastewater, from urban or industrial origin, is a complex issue. Nowadays, salinity constitutes a global issue in the wastewater management, as it is...