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...
Resource Recovery from Water: Principles and Application
Throughout history, the first and foremost role of urban water management has been the protection human health and the local aquatic environment. To this end, the practice of (waste-)water...
Generalised Physicochemical Model No. 1 (PCM1) for Water and Wastewater Treatment
This book describes theory and approach for a comprehensive and applied physicochemical model for wastewater treatment. These are reactions which occur without a biological mediator, and are...
Sludge Thermal Hydrolysis: Application and Potential
Around the world, the production of sewage sludge is increasing. This is due to numerous factors including growing population, increasing urbanization and investments in wastewater infrastructure...
Rainwater For Drinking: Science, Technology and Case Studies
Both quantitative and qualitative problems in drinking water supply occur due to higher water demand, water pollution and emerging pollutants in developing countries as well as in developed...
Water Stewardship
Achieving true wholesome sustainability requires a change of heart. Hence this book starts in the heart. It asks the timely question of ‘how do we become true water stewards?’ The transformation...
CFD Modelling for Wastewater Treatment Processes
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a rapidly emerging field in wastewater treatment, with application to almost all unit processes. To date, it has been primarily used for evaluation of...
Metrology in Urban Drainage: Plug and pray
This book presents the advancements made in applied metrology in the field of Urban Drainage and Storm water Management over the past two decades in scientific research as well as in practical...
Design Guidelines for Membrane Diffusion and the MABR: A New Paradigm in Gas Transfer for Resource Recovery
The main energy demands at Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) is associated with the aeration of aerobic processes which alone accounts for over 50% of the total energy used (EPA, 1989)). ...