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

• Pubblicazione: Oakville, Ontario : , : Apple Academic Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Disciplina: 628.1
• Soggetto topico: Sewage - Purification - Developing countries; Water treatment plants - Developing countries
• Persona (resp. second.): MonsalvoVictor M.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Water treatment in developed and developing nations
• ISBN: 0-429-15471-2; 1-77188-245-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797400603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II