Urban water security:managing risks
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Group Author: | ; |
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Published: |
UNESCO Publishing CRC Press,
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Publisher Address: | Paris Boca Raton [Fla.] London |
Publication Dates: | 2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Urban water series ; v. 5 |
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Carrier Form: | xxix, 308 p., [5] p. of plates: ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780415485661 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0415485665 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780415485678 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415485673 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780203881620 (e-book) 0203881621 (e-book) |
Index Number: | TU991 |
CLC: | TU991 |
Call Number: | TU991/U728-4 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. INtroduction -- Drinking water : potential health effects caused by wastewater disposal -- Microbial health risks and water quality -- Chemical health risks -- Risk management in the urban water cycle : climate change risks -- Water source and drinking-water risk management -- Wastewater risks in the urban water cycle -- Risks associated with biosolids reuse in agriculture -- 'Closing the urban water cycle' integrated approach towards water reuse in Windhock, Nambia -- Reducing risk from wastewater use in urban farming : a case study of Accra, Ghana -- Drinking water : potential health effec |