Sustainable water for the future water recycling versus desalination

This book is part of a series on sustainability. Specifically, it deals with the issue of sustainable water use. Fresh sources of potable water are being depleted across the world. Pure water is the goal of water utilities as well as several industries. Well past the experimental stage, membrane pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Escobar, Isabel C., Schäfer, Andrea Iris
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Science, 2010.
Edition1st ed.
SeriesSustainability science and engineering ; v. 2.
Subjects
Water reuse.
Saline water conversion.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780080932170
9780444531155
ISSN1871-2711 ;
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xix, 416 p., [7] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)

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Table of Contents:
  • An Overview of the Global Water Situation
  • Global Desalination Situation
  • Global Water Recycling Situation
  • Desalination
  • Reverse Osmosis and Membrane Distillation
  • Salinity Gradient Energy
  • Ion-Exchange Membrane Processes in Water Treatment
  • Micropollutants in Water Recycling: A case study of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) exposure from water versus food
  • TiO2-Based Advanced Oxidation Nanotechnologies for Water Purification and Reuse
  • Membrane Bioreactors
  • Theory and Applications to Wastewater Reuse
  • Concentrate Treatment for Inland Desalting
  • Inland Desalination: Current Practices, Environmental Implications, and Case Studies in Las Vegas, NV
  • Renewable Energy Powered Water Treatment Systems
  • Desalinated Versus Recycled Water
  • What Does the Public Think?
  • Conclusion
  • A Summary of Challenges still Facing Desalination and Water Reuse
  • Index.

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