Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies - Couverture souple

Ray, Chittaranjan; Jain, Ravi; Schroder, Uwe; Keller, Jurg; Maddaus, William; Maddaus, Michelle

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780406428 ISBN 13 : 9781780406428

Editeur : IWA Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

Natural disasters, such as floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes, affect over 226 million people every year. The occurrence of these natural disasters has been increasing every year due to the effect of extreme weather events and higher populations living in areas vulnerable to natural hazards. Developing a guideline for emergency water treatment becomes even more important as the number of natural events continues to increase. 
Simple and low cost technologies have been developed to provide ways to treat water, ranging from point of use (POU) treatment to small scale (SS) community treatment. During times of natural disasters, POU and SS technologies offer applicable ways for providing clean and safe water. This guide to emergency water treatment has been developed based on current research, products, and field studies to create an expeditious and easy process for choosing which technology is most appropriate in each emergency situation. Initial, rapid response for water treatment should have the following characteristics:   

• Portable 
• Low cost 
• Light weight 
• Ease to use or requiring minimal training 
• Requiring minimal or no external power 

A solution for long term response should have the following characteristics: 

• Ability to support a community or large population 
• Able to purify large volume of water 
• Parts that do not require frequent replacements 
• Does not require complex training to operate 
• Uses easily available power sources 

This is a valuable resource for Environmental Engineers, Civil Engineers, Environmental Engineering Technicians and Civil Engineering Technicians. 
Co-Published with Elsevier 
Authors: Chittaranjan Ray: Water Resources Research Center and Environmental Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI, USA & University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. Ravi Jain, Uwe Schroder, Jurg Keller, William Maddaus, Michelle Maddaus

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Natural disasters, such as floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes, affect over 226 million people every year. The occurrence of these natural disasters has been increasing every year due to the effect of extreme weather events and higher populations living in areas vulnerable to natural hazards. Developing a guideline for emergency water treatment becomes even more important as the number of natural events continues to increase. Simple and low cost technologies have been developed to provide ways to treat water, ranging from point of use (POU) treatment to small scale (SS) community treatment. During times of natural disasters, POU and SS technologies offer applicable ways for providing clean and safe water. This guide to emergency water treatment has been developed based on current research, products, and field studies to create an expeditious and easy process for choosing which technology is most appropriate in each emergency situation. Initial, rapid response for water treatment should have the following characteristics : Portable Low cost Light weight Ease to use or requiring minimal training Requiring minimal or no external power A solution for long term response should have the following characteristics: Ability to support a community or large population Able to purify large volume of water Parts that do not require frequent replacements Does not require complex training to operate Uses easily available power sources This is a valuable resource for Environmental Engineers, Civil Engineers, Environmental Engineering Technicians and Civil Engineering Technicians

Biographie de l'auteur

Ravi Jain is Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from California State University, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech. He studied public administration and public policy at Harvard, earning an M.P.A. degree and did additional graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: IWA Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780406428
• ISBN 13: 9781780406428
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 179
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