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Water treatment in developed and developing nations : an international perspective / edited by Victor Monsalvo, PhD ; contributors, Jimme M. Abba [and fifty eight others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sewage--Purification--Developing countries.
- Sewage.
- Water treatment plants--Developing countries.
- Water treatment plants.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (378 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boca Raton, Florida ; Oakville, Canada : CRC Press : Apple Academic Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- UN studies show that high-income, developed nations treat about 70 percent of their wastewater. However, in low-income developing nations, only 8 percent of wastewater undergoes any kind of treatment. Inadequate water treatment has serious consequences for both human health and the environment. The articles in this compendium provide a representative cross sample of both developing and developed nations' water treatment facilities. Included are the following topics:Reclaimed water for irrigation reuse in developing countriesSludge-handling practices in MicronesiaThe removal of phthalate esters
- Contents:
- Part I. Developing countries
- Part II. Developed nations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-15471-2
- 1-77188-245-X
- 9780429154713
- OCLC:
- 988510597
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