Environmental Hazards Methodologies for Risk Assessment and Management
From the beginning of 21st century, there has been an awareness of risk in the environment along with a growing concern for the continuing potential damage caused by hazards. In order to ensure...
Financial Management of Flood Risks
Disasters present a broad range of human, social, financial, economic and environmental impacts, with potentially long-lasting, multi-generational effects. The financial management of these...
Regulation of Urban Water Services. An Overview
Over the years urban water systems developed rapidly and unsystematically and today their implementation requires more control. They need to meet the demands of citizens for the 21st century in a...
Performance Indicators for Water Supply Services: Third Edition
The IWA Performance Indicator System for water services is now recognized as a worldwide reference. Since it first appearance in 2000, the system has been widely quoted, adapted and used in a...
Manual on the Human Rights to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation for Practitioners
Also available in Portuguese (...
Water Governance in Cities
Urban, demographic and climate trends are increasingly exposing cities to risks of having too little, too much and too polluted water. Facing these challenges requires robust public policies and...
Risk Management for Water and Wastewater Utilities – Second Edition
Water risks and security are a major global hazard in the 21st century and it is essential that water professionals have a solid grounding in the principles of preventative risk management.
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Assessment of Technology Advancements for Future Energy Reduction
The wastewater industry is continuously seeking new technologies that will reduce the need for purchased energy and improve its ability to beneficially recover resources. In addition, within...
Current Energy Position of New York State Wastewater Treatment Facilities
In 2008, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) published the “Statewide Assessment of Energy Use by the Municipal Water and Wastewater Sector” documenting 2003/...
Visual Tool for Supporting Asset Management Performance, Risk, and Cost Analysis
WERF Project Number: INFR5R12
Managing urban water infrastructures faces the challenge of jointly dealing with assets of diverse types, useful life, cost, ages and...