Integrated Urban Water Resources Management

✍ Scribed by JOZEF KRIà , MARTIN FAà KO (auth.), Petr Hlavinek, Tamara Kukharchyk, Jiri Marsalek, Ivana Mahrikova (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 323
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Growing populations and rising standards of living exert stress on water supply and the quality of drinking water. In wastewater management, new challenges are caused by new chemicals of concern, including endocrine disrupters, pharmaceuticals, hormones, and personal care products, which often pass through wastewater treatment plants unabated, but may cause serious impacts on receiving aquatic ecosystems. Advanced wastewater treatment leads to production of biosolids, which are processed in various ways, including on-land applications in agriculture. Municipal effluents, combined with increasing withdrawals of water, lead to the worsening of receiving water quality. Expert opinions indicate that the only way to deal with the current urban water management dilemmas is by integrated management and innovative delivery of water services.

This book presents important aspects of Challenges in Management of Urban Water Resources, Challenges in Urban Water Supply, Urban Drainage and Water Bodies, Wastewater Treatment and Security, and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
PROTECTION OF WATER RESOURCES IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC....Pages 1-10
THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF IWRM: INTERFACES BETWEEN KNOWLEDGES AND AMBITIONS....Pages 11-18
SUPPORTING THE SITING OF NEW URBAN DEVELOPMENTS FOR INTEGRATED URBAN WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT....Pages 19-34
GIS FOR INTEGRATED WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT....Pages 35-42
URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE MODELLING....Pages 43-50
INTEGRATED URBAN WATER CYCLE MODELING....Pages 51-58
WATER RESOURCES POLICY AND MANAGEMENT IN JORDAN....Pages 59-68
URBAN WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT IN UKRAINE....Pages 69-78
WATER SUPPLY, URBAN DRAINAGE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT IN THE ORAVA REGION....Pages 79-90
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
ROBUST DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER SYSTEMS: HOW TO COPE WITH RISK AND UNCERTAINTY?....Pages 91-100
AGEING AND RENEWAL OF URBAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE....Pages 101-110
BENCHMARKING OF WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS - WATER LOSSES ASSESSMENT....Pages 111-118
WATER SUPPLY OF BUCHAREST - PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE: A STUDY CASE....Pages 119-130
WATER SUPPLY IN CITIES OF BELARUS: WATER QUALITY AND RISK ASSESSMENT....Pages 131-140
RISK ASSESSMENT OF POTABLE WATER USED FROM RIVER INTAKES NEAR RADIATION-DANGEROUS OBJECTS (OBNINSK FOR ILLUSTRATION)....Pages 141-146
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
WASTEWATER NETWORK CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS....Pages 147-158
APPLICATION OF DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR SEWER NETWORK REHABILITATION....Pages 159-170
IMPLEMENTATION OF FIBER OPTIC CABLES IN SEWAGE SYSTEM....Pages 171-180
OVERVIEW OF URBAN DRAINAGE IMPACTS ON AQUATIC HABITAT....Pages 181-190
URBAN RUNOFF – CONTAMINATION, PROBLEMS OF TREATMENT AND IMPACT ON RECEIVING WATER....Pages 191-200
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
IMPACT OF ANTHROPOGENIC LOADS ON WATER QUALITY OF RIVERS OF THE UPPER AREAS OF OKA AND DESNA BASINS....Pages 201-210
BIOSORBENTS IN SURFACE WATERS IN SITU TREATMENT AGAINST RADIONUCLIDES....Pages 211-218
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF WASTEWATER PLANTS: A BASIC REQUISITE TO THE FEASIBILITY OF WATER REUSE PROJECTS....Pages 219-230
JOINT OPTIMISATION OF SEWER SYSTEM AND TREATMENT PLANT CONTROL....Pages 231-244
WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN BELARUS: PURIFICATION EFFICIENCY AND SURFACE WATER POLLUTION RISK....Pages 245-252
Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
WATER REUSE IN CANADA: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES....Pages 253-262
INTEGRATED CONCEPTS FOR REUSE OF UPGRADED WASTEWATER – ROLE OF MEMBRANES IN WATER RECYCLING....Pages 263-267
WATER REUSE FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC....Pages 269-280
ALTERNATIVE FORMULATIONS FOR THE REUSE OF TREATED WASTEWATER IN MENEMEN PLAIN IRRIGATION SCHEME....Pages 281-290
ASSESSMENT OF RAINWATER ROOF HARVESTING SYSTEMS FOR HOUSEHOLD WATER SUPPLY IN JORDAN....Pages 291-300
WASTEWATER REUSE FOR IRRIGATION ON THE DESERT SANDY SOIL OF EGYPT: LONG-TERM EFFECT....Pages 301-312
MEMBRANES FOR UNRESTRICTED WATER REUSE....Pages 313-320

✦ Subjects

Science, general