Publications
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Coastal Lagoons in Europe
(2016)
"Lagoons represent nearly 13% of the shoreline globally and around 5% in Europe. Coastal lagoons are shallow water bodies separated from the ocean by a barrier (e.g., narrow spit), connected at least intermittently to the ...
Coastal Lagoons in Europe
(2016)
"Lagoons represent nearly 13% of the shoreline globally and around 5% in Europe. Coastal lagoons are shallow water bodies separated from the ocean by a barrier (e.g., narrow spit), connected at least intermittently to the ...
Methods for Faecal Sludge Analysis
(2021)
Faecal sludge management is recognized globally as an essential component of city-wide inclusive sanitation. However, a major gap in developing appropriate and adequate management and monitoring for faecal sludge is the ...
Technological Solutions for Water Sustainability: Challenges and Prospects
(2023)
The book provides an overview of technical sustainable water management in the Global South, mainly in India. The book is structured in five sections: (1) current state and challenges, (2) new age materials in (waste) water ...
Integrated Wastewater Management for Health and Valorization
(2022)
"Adequate wastewater treatment in low to medium income cities worldwide has largely been a failure despite decades of funding. The still dominant end-of-pipe paradigm of treatment for surface water discharge, focusing ...
Nanobiohybrids for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Energy Recovery
(2023)
In the quest for sustainable solutions, a groundbreaking innovation emerges: Nanobiohybrids for Advanced Wastewater Treatment and Energy Recovery. This compelling title delves into the forefront of integrated environmental ...
Groundwater Assessment and Management for sustainable water-supply and coordinated subsurface drainage:
(2022)
Groundwater beneath cities is important. Water utilities and private abstractors use is it as a secure source of water-supply and municipal authorities have to cope with it when planning sanitation and using underground ...
Chemical Oxidation Applications for Industrial Wastewaters
(2010-10-12)
This book covers the most recent scientific and technological developments in the field of chemical oxidation processes applicable for the efficient treatment of biologically-difficult-to-degrade, toxic and/or recalcitrant ...
Membrane Based Point-of-Use Drinking Water Treatment Systems
(2023)
Membrane based PoU water treatment systems are preferred due to shortcomings of other water treatment technologies. This system works without the addition of chemicals, with relatively low energy consumption, and easy and ...
Experimental Methods for Membrane Applications in Desalination and Water Treatment
(2024)
Water quality is a critical issue for the water industry today, and membrane filtration a highly effective treatment used to provide clean water for the global population. Experimental processes are being developed for ...
Rational Design of Next-generation Nanomaterials and Nanodevices for Water Applications
(2016)
Despite the fact that nanotechnology has been present for a few decades, there is a big gap between how nanotechnology is perceived and what nanotechnology can truly offer in all sectors of water. The question to be answered ...
Clean Technologies Toward a Sustainable Future
(2023)
Increasing global population growth and the continued exploitation of land, water and other natural resources is causing the release of harmful gases and toxic compounds into the environment. To combat this pollution and ...
Hydrological Design of Multipurpose Micro-catchment Rainwater Management
(2018)
Rainwater as a resource has been underrated due to scientific misunderstandings about its quality, the lack of hydrologic design tools for small catchments, such as roofs, the preference for large infrastructures, and the ...
Clean Water Using Solar and Wind
(2018-11-15)
The aim of Clean Water Using Solar and Wind is to make water professionals aware of the possibilities that solar photo-voltaic (PV) and wind offer to bring, not only clean energy but also clean water to remote and rural ...
Managing Climate Risk in Water Supply Systems
(2013-02-15)
Water resources systems provide multiple services and, if managed properly, can contribute significantly to social well-being and economic growth. However, extreme or unexpected hydroclimatic conditions, such as droughts ...
Resource Recovery from Water
(2022)
Throughout history, the first and foremost role of urban water management has been the protection of human health and the local aquatic environment. To this end, the practice of (waste-)water treatment has maintained a ...
Large Risks with Low Probabilities
(2017)
This volume contains studies of one particular category of risky situations, namely, those involving highly negative consequences with low probabilities. Situations of this type involve both natural and man-made disasters ...
Benchmarking of Control Strategies for Wastewater Treatment Plants
(2014)
Wastewater treatment plants are large non-linear systems subject to large perturbations in wastewater flow rate, load and composition. Nevertheless these plants have to be operated continuously, meeting stricter and stricter ...
Asset Management of Urban Drainage Systems
(2024)
Asset management issues are and will always be key concerns for many stakeholders in the water sector. Despite this, there is still a lack of awareness and clear guidance on the topic. There has been some focus on the ...
Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment
(2021)
The first edition of Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment was released in 2012. The field has exploded since and the second edition updates and reviews the application of bioanalytical tools for water quality ...