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Ecological Planning, Design, & Engineering. Solving Global Water Crises: New Paradigms in Wastewater and Water Treatment. Small and On-Site Systems for Water Self-Sufficiency and Sustainability. - Softcover
Solving Global Water Crises and Restoring the Environment with Ecological Planning, Design, and Engineering. Build small and on-site wastewater- and water-treatment systems for communities' ecological and economic self-sufficiency and sustainability. The book includes many examples of full-scale and experimental wastewater- and water-management systems. The book has 910 photographs and 185 diagrams. Chapters include: (1) Who will control the water? Privatization, corporatization, militarization, and globalization of water and water rights. (2) Introduction to conventional water-recycling and water-treatment systems. (3) Introduction to conventional wastewater-treatment systems. (4) Ponds and aquaculture-polyculture in ecological systems. (5) Aquatic plants, macrophytes, halophytes, hydroponic vegetables, trees, and agroforestry in ecological systems. (6) Constructed wetlands and reed-bed systems. (7) Ecological design and greywater recycling. (8) Living Machines. (9) Low-cost filters and sorbents. (10) Ecological systems for animal manure and high-strength agricultural wastes.
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About the Author:
Jo-Shing Yang is an ecological planner specializing in ecological design and engineering for water and wastewater treatment. She earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, respectively.
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- PublisherEarth EcoSciences Publishing Company
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0976168952
- ISBN 13 9780976168959
- BindingPerfect Paperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages752
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