Drinking Water Treatment Focusing on Appropriate Technology and Sustainability /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ray, Chittaranjan (Editor), Jain, Ravi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Strategies for Sustainability
• Subjects: Environment.; Water-supply.; Geology.; Hydrogeology.; Civil engineering.; Environmental sciences.; Environmental engineering.; Biotechnology.; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Math. Appl. in Environmental Science.; Civil Engineering.

Sustainable technologies for water supply are urgently needed if water has to be supplied to billions of less fortunate people with inadequate access to water. These technologies must be simple, less expensive, less energy intensive, and easy to maintain for their adaptation among the poor masses.  ...