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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822669903321

Titolo

Desalination technology : health and environmental impacts / / edited by Joseph Cotruvo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, [FL], : Taylor & Francis, 2010

ISBN

9781040198131

1040198139

9780429104442

0429104448

9781439828939

1439828938

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CotruvoJoseph A

Disciplina

628.1/67

Soggetti

Saline water conversion

Saline water conversion plants

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; The Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1. Overview of the Health and Environmental Impacts of Desalination Technology; Chapter 2. Desalination Process Technology; Chapter 3. Chemical Aspects of Desalinated Water; Chapter 4. Sanitary Microbiology of the Production and Distribution of Desalinated Drinking Water; Chapter 5. Monitoring, Surveillance, and Regulation; Chapter 6. Environmental Impact Assessment of Desalination Projects; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Desalination Technology: Health and Environmental Impacts covers the latest developments in desalination, examining the environmental and public health-related impacts of these technologies. Written by international experts, the text presents specifications for assessing water quality, technical issues associated with desalination technologies, and the chemical aspects of desalinated water and its microbiology. The book also discusses environmental protection issues that assist in the optimization of proposed and existing desalination



facilities to ensure that nation