Risk Management of Water Supply and Sanitation Systems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hlavinek, Petr (Editor), Popovska, Cvetanka (Editor), Marsalek, Jiri (Editor), Mahrikova, Ivana (Editor), Kukharchyk, Tamara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Environment.; Water-supply.; Civil engineering.; Ecotoxicology.; Water pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Civil Engineering.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.

Each year more than 200 million people are affected by floods, tropical storms, droughts, earthquakes, and also operational failures, wars, terrorism, vandalism, and accidents involving hazardous materials. These are part of the wide variety of events that cause death, injury, and significant econom...