Low cost emergency water purification technologies:

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 i...

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Beteiligte Personen: Ray, Chittaranjan (VerfasserIn), Jain, Ravi 1935- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: McCombs, Ken (HerausgeberIn), Freeland, Jeff (HerausgeberIn), Kumaraguruparan, Priya (MitwirkendeR), Purdy, Russell (DesignerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Waltham, Massachusetts Oxford [England] Butterworth-Heinemann 2014
Ausgabe:First edition.
Schriftenreihe:Integrated Water Security Series
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Links:https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/-/9780124114654/?ar
Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (218 Seiten) illustrations
ISBN:9780124115316
0124115314
0124114652
9780124114654