| Water Management Challenges in Global Change: Proceedings of the 9th Computing and Control for the Water Industry (Ccwi2007) and the Sustainable Urban Revised Edition Contributor(s): Vairavamoorthy, Kalanithy (Editor), Butler, David (Editor), Memon, Fayyaz Ali (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415454158 ISBN-13: 9780415454155 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $257.40 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Environmental - Water Supply - Science | Environmental Science (see Also Chemistry - Environmental) - Technology & Engineering | Civil - General |
| Dewey: 628.1 |
| Physical Information: 704 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Water Management Challenges in Global Change contains the proceedings of the 9th Computing and Control for the Water Industry (CCWI2007) and the Sustainable Urban Water Management (SUWM2007) conferences. The rationale behind these conferences is to improve the management of urban water systems through the development of computerbased methods. Issues such as economic globalisation, climate changes and water shortages call for a new approach to water systems management, which addresses the relevant technical, social and economic aspects. This collection represents the views of academic and industrial experts from a number of countries, who provide technical solutions to current water management problems and present a vision for addressing the global questions. The themes underlying many of the contributions include energy and material savings, water savings and the integration of different aspects of water management. The papers are grouped into three themes covering water distribution systems, sustainable urban water management and modelling of wastewater treatment The water distribution topics cover asset and information management, planning, monitoring and control, hydraulic modelling of steady state and transients, water quality and treatment, demand and leakage management, optimisation, design and decision support systems, as well as reliability and security of water distribution systems. The sustainable urban water management topics include urban drainage systems, water reuse, social aspects of water management and also selected facets of water resources and irrigation. Computer control of wastewater treatment plants has been seen as less advanced than that of clean water systems. To address this imbalance, this book presents a number of modelling techniques developed specifically for these plants. Water Management Challenges in Global Change will prove to be invaluable to water and environmental engineering researchers and academics; managers, engineers and planners; and postgraduate students. |