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Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies
Integrated Water Security Series
1st Edition - March 24, 2014
Authors: Chittaranjan Ray, Ravi Jain
Paperback ISBN:9780124114654
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eBook ISBN:9780124115316
9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 4 1 1 5 3 1 - 6
Natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods are occurring with increasing frequency. In emergencies, pure drinking water is quickly the most important item. Low Cost… Read more
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Natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods are occurring with increasing frequency. In emergencies, pure drinking water is quickly the most important item. Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies provides the tips and techniques for supplying potable drinking water at low cost in the direst circumstances.
Succinct and readable, this manual describes the various options for correcting unsanitary or unsatisfactory drinking water. Several treatment methods for contaminated water are reviewed and the pros and cons of each are discussed.
Covers long-term technologies including sand filtration, packaged filtration units, pressurized filtration systems and natural filtration
Addresses short-term strategies such as reverse osmosis-based filtration, cartridge filtration systems, and solar pasteurizations systems
Describes disinfection systems, energy-saving applications, cost considerations and HA/DR applications
1.3 Challenges in Providing Water Treatment for Disaster Relief
1.4 Costs
Chapter 2: Technologies for Short-Term Applications
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 High-Energy Systems
2.3 Low-Energy Applications
Chapter 3: Solar Pasteurization
Abstract
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
Chapter 4: Disinfection Systems
Abstract
4.1 UV Light Systems
4.2 Silver-Impregnated Activated Carbon
4.3 Electrochlorination Systems
4.4 Chlorinators
Chapter 5: Technologies for Long-Term Applications
Abstract
5.1 Slow Sand Filtration
5.2 Packaged Filtration Units
5.3 Pressurized Filter Units
5.4 Small-Scale Systems
5.5 Natural Filtration
Chapter 6: Emerging Technologies for Emergency Applications
Abstract
6.1 Nanotechnology
6.2 Renewable Energy
6.3 Iodinated Resins
Chapter 7: Water Infrastructure Development for Resilience
Abstract
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
References
Index
No. of pages: 224
Language: English
Published: March 24, 2014
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
Paperback ISBN: 9780124114654
eBook ISBN: 9780124115316
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Chittaranjan Ray
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Ravi Jain
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).
Affiliations and expertise
Dean and Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA