Water 4.0 : the past, present, and future of the world's most vital resource /

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"Turn on the faucet, and water pours out. Pull out the drain plug, and the dirty water disappears. Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we're done with it. But these underappreciated marvels of engineering face an array of challenge...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sedlak, David L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Water > History.
Water and civilization > History.
Water resources development > History.
Water-supply engineering > History.
Eau > Histoire.
Eau et civilisation > Histoire.
Ressources en eau > Exploitation > Histoire.
Eau > Approvisionnement > Technique > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Real Estate > General.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
Water
Water and civilization
Water resources development
Water-supply engineering
Wasser
Wasserversorgung
Ressourcenökonomie
Wasserversorgung.
History
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Water supply in Rome, the world's first metropolis
  • 2. The bucket era
  • 3. Europe's sewage crisis
  • 4. Growing old thanks to water treatment
  • 5. Burning rivers, fading paint, and the clean water movement
  • 6. The chlorine dilemma
  • 7. "Drains to bay"
  • 8. Traces of trouble : hormones, pharmaceuticals, and toxic chemicals
  • 9. Paying for the fourth revolution
  • 10. The toilet-to-tap solution
  • 11. Turning to the sea for drinking water
  • 12. A different tomorrow
  • 13. Reflections.

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