Waste Water Treatment and Reuse in the Mediterranean Region

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Barceló, Damià (Editor), Petrovic, Mira (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, 14
• Subjects: Environment.; Water-supply.; Geochemistry.; Environmental chemistry.; Environmental management.; Sustainable development.; Water pollution.; Environmental Chemistry.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Management.; Sustainable Development.

Water scarcity and the need for ecological sustainability have led to the introduction of treated waste water as an additional water resource in the national water resource management plans of Mediterranean countries. Summarizing the results generated within the European Union-funded project INNOVA-...

Table of Contents:

• Technologies for advanced wastewater treatment in the Mediterranean Region.-Innovative Wastewater Treatments And Reuse Technologies Adapted To Southern Mediterranean Countries
• Overview of new practices in the re-use of reclaimed water
• Treatment and re-use of sludge
• Constraints of application of advance treatments and re-use of reclaimed water and sludge
• Risk Assessment and Life Cycle Analysis in Water Industry
• Integrated management of wastewaters in the Mediterranean area
• Reuse of wastewater in Mediterranean region, Egyptian experience.-Evaluation of four decades of treated wastewater reuse in Tunisia
• Wastewater Management Overview in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
• Wastewater reuse in Spain. Case study of tertiary treatment at water works Sant Joan Despi (Barcelona, Catalonia)
• Problems and needs of sustainable water management in the Mediterranean area. Conclusions and recommendations.