Overview
- Riverbank filtration can help water companies comply with stringent drinking water regulations without going for significant improvements in existing water treatment plants
- It can delay planned upgrading or expansion of treatment plants (cost savings)
- Will form less disinfection by-products after chlorination of the water
- Effective against the removal of protozoa in drinking water
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security (NAPSC)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Riverbank Filtration for Water Security in Desert Countries
Editors: Mohamed Shamrukh
Series Title: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0026-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-0025-3Published: 17 November 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-007-0039-0Published: 17 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-0026-0Published: 14 December 2010
Series ISSN: 1874-6519
Series E-ISSN: 1874-6543
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 304
Topics: Hydrogeology, Water Industry/Water Technologies, Geomorphology, Geochemistry, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences