Michael Abbott’s Hydroinformatics: Poiesis of New Relationships with Water
Hydroinformatics was established 30 years ago as a novel discipline in which computer modelling of water was combined with novel developments of Informational and Computational Technologies for...
Water Interactions: A systems view
During the last two decades, the interrelationship between water and energy has become recognized. Likewise, the couplings to food and agriculture are getting increasingly obvious and alarming. In...
Water Resources Allocation and Agriculture
The book brings together a range of leading scholars and practitioners to compile an international account of water allocation policies supporting a transition to sustainable water use in regions...
Membrane based Point-of-Use Drinking Water Treatment System
Membrane based PoU water treatment systems are preferred due to shortcomings of other water treatment technologies. This system works without the addition of chemicals, with relatively low energy...
Clean Water Using Solar and Wind: Outside the Power Grid (Persian Translation)
Solar photo-voltaic (PV) and wind offer to bring both clean energy and clean water to remote regions and peri-urban areas in the world, outside the conventional electric grids. One out of seven...
Environmental Technologies to Treat Rare Earth Element Pollution
Rare earth elements (REE) have applications in various modern technologies, e.g., semiconductors, mobile phones, magnets. They are categorized as critical raw materials due to their strategic...
Water Supply in Agriculture
Could advances in geoinformatics, irrigation management and climate adaptive agronomic practices ensure the sustainability of water supply in agriculture?
This book comprises 33 chapters...
Integrated Water Management for Enhanced Water Quality and Reuse to Create a Sustainable Future
Safe drinking water and sanitation are very important for the survival of human life. With the rapid proliferation of industries, growth in population and different forms of pollution, i.e. in...
Pathways to Water Sector Decarbonisation, Carbon Capture and Utilisation
The water sector is in the middle of a paradigm shift from focusing on treatment and meeting discharge permit limits to integrated operation that also enables a circular water economy via water...
Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) Desalination
High-energy consumption is a critical issue associated with seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination, although the SWRO has been regarded as one of the most energy-efficient processes for...