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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797400603321

Titolo

Water treatment in developed and developing nations : an international perspective / / edited by Victor Monsalvo, PhD

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakville, Ontario : , : Apple Academic Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-429-15471-2

1-77188-245-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Disciplina

628.1

Soggetti

Sewage - Purification - Developing countries

Water treatment plants - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Developing countries -- Part II. Developed nations.

Sommario/riassunto

UN studies show that high-income, developed nations treat about 70 percent of their wastewater. However, in low-income developing nations, only 8 percent of wastewater undergoes any kind of treatment. Inadequate water treatment has serious consequences for both human health and the environment. The articles in this compendium provide a representative cross sample of both developing and developed nations' water treatment facilities. Included are the following topics:Reclaimed water for irrigation reuse in developing countriesSludge-handling practices in MicronesiaThe removal of phthalate esters