Potable Water

This volume presents a unique and comprehensive glimpse of current and emerging issues of concern related to potable water. The themes discussed include: (1) historical perspective of the evolution of drinking water science and technology and drinking water standards and regulations; (2) emerging contaminants, water distribution problems and energy demand for water treatment and transportation; and (3) using alternative water sources and methods of water treatment and distribution that could resolve current and emerging global potable problems. This volume will serve as a valuable resource for researchers and environmental engineering students interested in global potable water sustainability and a guide to experts affiliated with international agencies working toward providing safe water to global communities.

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1. POTABLE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS: A HISTORICAL AND WORLD OVERVIEW

   Carolyn J. Kroehler, Freelance Science Writer, Blacksburg, VA, USA

2. GLOBAL POTABLE WATER: CURRENT STATUS, CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

   Caitlin A. Grady, Ecological Sciences and Engineering Program; Shih-Chi Weng and Ernest R. Blatchley III, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

3. COPING WITH EMERGING CONTAMINANTS IN POTABLE WATER SOURCES

   Heather E. Gall and Odette Mina, Department of Agricultural and Biological

   Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

4. DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION: EMERGING ISSUES IN MINOR WATER SYSTEMS

   Juneseok Lee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, San José State University, San José, CA and Owais Farooqi, Black & Veatch, Gaithersburg, MD, USA

5. THE EFFECTS OF WATER-ENERGY NEXUS ON POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES

   Sarah Lawson, Departments of Environmental Studies & Science and Physics, Randolph College, Lynchburg, VA; Q. Zhang, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA; M. Joshi, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand; T. Pai, H2O Clinical LLC., Cockeysville, MD, USA

6. MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER - A REDISCOVERED RESOURCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER REUSE

   Gayathri Ram Mohan, Thomas F. Speth and Jay L. Garland, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH, USA

7. ADVANCES IN DESALINATION TECHNOLOGIES: SOLAR DESALINATION

   Magdy M. Abou Rayan and Berge Djebedjian, Water Research and Industrial Projects Center,

   Mansoura University, El-Mansoura, Egypt

8. BOTTLED WATER: GLOBAL IMPACTS AND POTENTIAL

   Tamim Younos, The Cabell Brand Center for Global Poverty and Resources Sustainability Studies, Blacksburg, VA, USA