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Low cost emergency water purification technologies /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ray, Chittaranjan (Author)
Group Author: Jain, Ravi.
Published: IWA Publishing ; Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier,
Publisher Address: [London] : Waltham, MA :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
Series: Integrated water security series
Subjects:
Drinking water > Purification.
Water > Purification.
Water filters.
Emergency water supply.
Survival and emergency equipment.
Carrier Form: xi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index.
ISBN: 9780124114654 :
0124114652
Index Number: TD430
CLC: TU991.2
Call Number: TU991.2/R263
Contents: Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Standards for Water Quality and Quantity -- 1.2.Technology Requirements -- 1.3.Challenges in Providing Water Treatment for Disaster Relief -- 1.4.Costs -- 2.Technologies for Short-Term Applications -- 2.1.Introduction -- 2.2.High-Energy Systems -- 2.3.Low-Energy Applications -- 3.Solar Pasteurization -- 3.1.Microbiology of Water Pasteurization -- 3.2.Use of Solar Cookers for Drinking Water Production -- 3.3.Devices Designed Specifically for Water -- 3.4.Simple Devices from Common Materials -- 3.5.Commercial Devices in Production -- 3.6.Devices with Recovery Heat Exchange -- 3.7.Water Pasteurization Indicators -- 3.8.Multi-use Systems -- 3.9.The Greenhouse Effect -- 3.10.Use of SOPAS in Conjunction with SODIS -- 3.11.SODIS and Titanium Dioxide -- 3.12.SOPAS and SODIS Technology Evaluation -- 4.Disinfection Systems -- 4.1.UV Light Systems -- 4.2.Silver-Impregnated Activated Carbon -- 4.3.Electrochlorination Systems -- 4.4.Chlorinators -- 5.Technologies for Long-Term Applications -- 5.1.Slow Sand Filtration -- 5.2.Packaged Filtration Units -- 5.3.Pressurized Filter Units -- 5.4.Small-Scale Systems -- 5.5.Natural Filtration -- 6.Emerging Technologies for Emergency Applications -- 6.1.Nanotechnology -- 6.2.Renewable Energy -- 6.3.Iodinated Resins -- 7.Water Infrastructure Development for Resilience -- 7.1.Need for Water Infrastructure Development -- 7.2.Infrastructure Improvements for Developed Countries -- 7.3.Infrastructure Improvements for Developing Countries -- 7.4.Short-Term Solutions -- 7.5.A Wholesome Approach to Infrastructure Development.

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