Potable Water Emerging Global Problems and Solutions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Younos, Tamim (Editor), Grady, Caitlin A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 30
• Subjects: Environment.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Analytical chemistry.; Geochemistry.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental Chemistry.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Analytical Chemistry.

This volume presents a unique and comprehensive glimpse of current and emerging issues of concern related to potable water. The themes discussed include: (1) historical perspective of the evolution of drinking water science and technology and drinking water standards and regulations; (2) emerging co...

Table of Contents:

• Potable Water Quality Standards and Regulations: A Historical and World Overview
• Global Potable Water: Current Status, Critical Problems and Future Perspectives
• Coping with Emerging Contaminants in Potable Water Sources
• Drinking Water Distribution: Emerging Issue in Minor Water Systems
• The Effects of Water Energy Nexus on Potable Water Supplies
• Municipal Wastewater – A Rediscovered Resource for Sustainable Water Reuse
• Advances in Desalinisation Technologies: Solar Desalinisation
• Bottled Water: Global Impacts and Potential.