Providing Safe Drinking Water in Small Systems : Technology, Operations, and Economics

Nancy Hearne

ISBN 10: 156670393X / ISBN 13: 9781566703932

Published by Routledge, 1999

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The most comprehensive exploration of the issues involved in small drinking water systems, Safe Drinking Water in Small Systems describes feasible technologies, operating procedures, management, and financing opportunities to alleviate problems faced by these systems in developed and developing countries. In addition to widely used traditional technologies this book presents promising, emerging technologies and non-traditional approaches. It includes chapters written by leading international scientists, engineers, and policy makers and examines the barriers to providing safe drinking water for small systems and how to overcome them.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Providing Safe Drinking Water in Small Systems : Technology, Operations, and Economics
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 156670393X
• ISBN 13: 9781566703932
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 260W x 183H x 41D millimeters 260 millimeters width by 183 millimeters height by 41 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1453 grams

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Synopsis

The continued lack of access to adequate amounts of safe drinking water is one of the primary causes of infant morbidity and mortality worldwide and a serious situation which governments, international agencies and private organizations are striving to alleviate. Barriers to providing safe drinking water for rural areas and small communities that must be overcome include the financing and stability of small systems, their operation, and appropriate, cost-effective technologies to treat and deliver water to consumers. While we know how to technically produce safe drinking water, we are not always able to achieve sustainable safe water supplies for small systems in developed and developing countries. Everyone wants to move rapidly to reach the goal of universal safe drinking water, because safe water is the most fundamental essential element for personal and social health and welfare. Without safe water and a safe environment, sustained personal economic and cultural development is impossible. Often small rural systems are the last in the opportunity line. Safe Drinking Water in Small Systems describes feasible technologies, operating procedures, management, and financing opportunities to alleviate problems faced by small water systems in both developed and developing countries. In addition to widely used traditional technologies this reference presents emerging technologies and non-traditional approaches to water treatment, management, sources of energy, and the delivery of safe water.

About the Author

Gunther F. Craun, Joseph Cotruvo, Nancy Hearne