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Integrated urban water management : arid and semi-arid regions / edited by Larry W. Mays.

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"The urban water management system is considered here as two integrated processes: water supply management and water excess management. The first six chapters provide an overview of the various aspects of IUWM in arid and semi-arid regions, with emphasis on water supply technologies, such as ar...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Other Authors: Mays, Larry W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Unesco Pub./CRC Press, ©2009.
Series:Urban water series ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Municipal water supply > Arid regions > Management > Case studies.
Water quality management > Arid regions > Case studies.
Water-supply > Arid regions > Management > Case studies.
Groundwater > Arid regions > Management > Case studies.
Arid regions > Environmental conditions > Case studies.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Arid and semi-arid regions : what makes them different?
  • Integrated water supply management in arid and semi-arid regions
  • Integrated water excess management in arid and semi-arid regions
  • Interactions and issues of urban water management
  • Opportunities and challenges
  • Case studies. Water and wastewater management in Mexico City / Blanca Jimenez
  • Integrated urban water management in the Tucson, Arizona metropolitan area / Robert G. Arnold and Katherine P. Arnold
  • Upper Awash River system in Ethiopia / Messele Z. Ejeta, Getu F. Biftu and Dagnachew A. Fanta
  • Water treatment for urban water management in China / Jun Ma, Xiohoung Guan and Liqui Zhang
  • Challenges for urban water management in Cairo, Egypt : the need for sustainable solutions / El Said M. Ahmed and Mohamed A. Ashour.

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