Low cost emergency water purification technologies / Chittaranjan Ray, Ravi Jain ; Ken McCombs, acquiring editor ; Jeff Freeland, developmental editor ; Priya Kumaraguruparan, project manager ; Russell Purdy, designer.

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Ray, Chittaranjan [author.]

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Series: Integrated Water Security SeriesPublisher: Waltham, Massachusetts ; Oxford [England] : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (218 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780124115316
0124115314
0124114652
9780124114654

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Low cost emergency water purification technologies : integrated water security series.LOC classification:

TD430 .R39 2014eb

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Contents:

Introduction -- Technologies for Short-Term Applications -- Solar Pasteurization -- Disinfection Systems -- Technologies for Long-Term Applications -- Emerging Technologies for Emergency Applications -- Water Infrastructure Development for Resilience.

Summary: 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

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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

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