Global drinking water management and conservation [electronic resource] : optimal decision-making / Mohammed H. Dore.

Preface; Contents; Part I Waterborne Diseases and Watershed Protection; 1 Introduction to Drinking Water Management; 1.1 An Apologia or Why I Wrote This Book; 1.2 Water in a Global Context; 1.2.1 and Water; 1.3 What This Book Is About; References; 2 Waterborne Disease Outbreaks and the Multi-barrier Approach to Protecting Drinking Water; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 ; 2.2.1 Cryptosporidium; 2.2.2 Giardia; 2.2.3 Toxoplasma; 2.3 Bacteria; 2.3.1 Campylobacter; 2.3.2 ; 2.4 Lessons from Disease Outbreaks; 2.5 Principles of ; 2.6 Conclusion; References

Part II Drinking Water Treatment Technology and Pricing3 Water Treatment Technologies and Their Costs; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Six Classes of Water Treatment Technologies; 3.3 Projected Costs: Ultra Violet, Micro
Ultra Filtration (MF-UF), , and ; 3.4 Class 5 Treatment Technologies; 3.5 and Nanofiltration (Class 6); 3.6 Examples of Actual Costs of a Few Existing Plants; 3.7 Summing up and Tentative Conclusions; A.0. Appendix A; A.0. Appendix B; A.0. Appendix C; A.0. Appendix D; A.0.0 Sources of Data; References; 4 Reverse Osmosis and Other Treatment Technologies; 4.1 Introduction

4.2 Water Technology in Application4.3 Processes; 4.3.1 ; 4.3.1.1 Recent Experience with New Projects in the USA; 4.3.2 ; 4.3.3 Electrodialysis; 4.3.4 ; 4.3.5 Freeze Desalination; 4.4 Relative Costs of Technologies; 4.4.1 Feed-Water Salinity Level; 4.4.2 Energy Requirements; 4.4.3 ; 4.5 Conclusion; References; 5 The Theory of Water and Utility Pricing; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Dupuit-Hotelling Theory of ; 5.2.1 The Derivation of the Rule; 5.3 Private Versus Public Production; 5.4 ; 5.5 (Ramsey) Pricing; 5.5.1 Derivation of Ramsey Prices; 5.5.2 Expressed as Covering ; 5.5.3 and Equity Issues

5.6 Econometric Estimation of 5.6.1 Derivation of MC for Two Types of ; 5.6.2 Derivation of and Breakeven Prices; 5.7 Water Pricing in Developed Countries; 5.7.1 Water Pricing Practice in the US; 5.7.2 Water Pricing Practice in the ; 5.7.2.1 ; 5.7.2.2 ; 5.7.2.3 ; 5.7.3 Water Pricing Practice in ; 5.8 Conclusions; References; Part III Incorporating Risk in Decision-Making; 6 Risk Assessment for Safe Drinking Water Supplies; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Source Water Protection; 6.2.1 Principles of ; 6.2.2 Source Water Pollution Control Measures; 6.2.2.1 Point Source Pollution

6.2.2.2 Nonpoint Source Pollution6.2.2.3 ; 6.3 Methods for Producing Potable Water Supplies; 6.3.1 Hazard Analysis ; 6.3.2 ; 6.3.3 The ; 6.3.4 ; 6.3.4.1 Risk Characterization; 6.3.4.2 Implementing QMRA; 6.3.4.3 ; 6.3.5 Application to Water Treatment Plants; 6.4 Case Studies of ; 6.4.1 ; 6.4.2 Uganda; 6.4.3 ; 6.4.4 ; 6.5 Conclusions; References; 7 Introduction to Water Infrastructure Asset Management; 7.1 Introduction; 7.1.1 Management in ; 7.1.2 Case Study 1, Capital Regional District of British Columbia; 7.1.3 Case Study 2, Asset Management in ; 7.2 Incorporating Risk in Water Management