Wastewater and Biosolids Management - 2nd Edition
The second edition of Wastewater and Biosolids Management has 40% new material including a comprehensive study guide and one new chapter entitled ‘The contribution of Decision Support System (DSS...
Water in Himalayan Towns: Lessons for Adaptive Water Governance
Increasing urbanization and changing climate are two critical stressors that are adversely affecting the biophysical environment of urban areas in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. The book discusses...
Biological Wastewater Treatment: 2nd edition
The first edition of this book was published in 2008 and it went on to become IWA Publishing’s bestseller. Clearly there was a need for it because over the twenty years prior to 2008, the...
Assessment Standard for Sponge City Effects
In 2014, China initiated its national action plan for sponge city development aiming to tackle urban water and environmental challenges. Since then, numerous projects have been implemented across...
Sludge Thermal Hydrolysis: Application and Potential
Thermal hydrolysis is revolutionizing wastewater treatment. Current treatment methods have evolved little since pioneering work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Subsequently, most...
International Rainwater Catchment Systems Experiences: Towards water security
From time immemorial, people have been managing rain. The availability of water and water sources determined where people would be able to live. Adequate rainfall decided on the quality of...
Co-treatment of Septage and Faecal Sludge in Sewage Treatment Facilities
Over the past few years on-site sanitation has been widely promoted as a solution which can be quickly implemented to address sanitation issues, and it is gaining traction. As such, treatment of...
We Need to Change to Solve the Water Crisis: Humanity is not a Plague: How 10 Billion People can Exist Together
We need to change to solve the water crisis. It is impossible for 10 billion people to exist together on this Earth – as predicted for the year 2100 – unless the ricer part of the world no longer...
Improving Water Governance in Kathmandu: Insights from Systems Thinking and Behavioral Science
The global water and sanitation community is currently wrestling with the policy implications of two important realizations. The first is that it is quite possible for cities to actually run out...
Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation of Activated Sludge Systems - Second Edition
Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation of Activated Sludge Systems – Second Edition provides, from the process engineering perspective, a comprehensive and up-to-date...