Providing safe drinking water in small systems : technology, operations, and economics
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Providing safe drinking water in small systems : technology, operations, and economics
Lewis Publishers, c1999
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"NSF International, World Health Organization, Pan American Health Organization."
"Proceedings of this First International Symposium on the Technology, Operations, and Economics of Providing Safe Drinking Water in Small Systems held on May 10-13, 1998 in Washington, D.C."--Pref
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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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.
Table of Contents
Worldwide Drinking Water: Problems and Prospects. Ensuring the Sustainability of Small Systems. Water Treatment Technologies: Disinfection of Waterborne Pathogens. Water Treatment Technologies: Filtration and Other Treatment to Remove Microbial or Chemical Contaminants. Pre-Engineered Water Treatment Systems: Point of Entry, Point of Use, Package Plants, and Bottled Water. Analytical Monitoring. Well Remediation, Energy Sources, and Delivery of Water: Emerging Technologies and Approaches. Systems Solutions: Management, Operation and Maintenance. Small Water System Assistance and Training Programs. Regulatory Structures for Small Systems.Epilogue. Indices.
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