Urban water security:managing risks

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Jiménez P. Blanca M; Rose Joan B
Published: UNESCO Publishing CRC Press,
Publisher Address: Paris Boca Raton [Fla.] London
Publication Dates: 2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Urban water series ; v. 5
Subjects:
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