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Global Drinking Water Management and Conservation

Optimal Decision-Making

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Mohammed H. Dore

    1. Department of Economics, Climate Change Lab Brock University, St Catharines, Canada

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  • Fills knowledge gaps about water treatment technologies and their costs, risk assessment methods, adverse health effects of chemical contamination, and management protocols
  • Suggests improvements for the management of risks and financial viability of the treatment infrastructure, for a better and more healthy drinking water supply for all
  • Offers a comparative classification of water treatment technologies and what contaminants they can remove
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. Waterborne Diseases and Watershed Protection

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction to Drinking Water Management

      • Mohammed H. Dore
      Pages 3-11

    3. Waterborne Disease Outbreaks and the Multi-barrier Approach to Protecting Drinking Water

      • Mohammed H. Dore
      Pages 13-31

  3. Drinking Water Treatment Technology and Pricing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33
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    2. Water Treatment Technologies and Their Costs

      • Mohammed H. Dore
      Pages 35-54

    3. Reverse Osmosis and Other Treatment Technologies

      • Mohammed H. Dore
      Pages 55-73

    4. The Theory of Water and Utility Pricing

      • Mohammed H. Dore
      Pages 75-114

  5. A European Case Study

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
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    2. Drinking Water in Germany: A Case Study of High Quality Drinking Water

      • Mohammed H. Dore
      Pages 259-290

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 291-303
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About this book

This book discusses different drinking water treatment technologies and what contaminants each treatment method can remove, and at what costs. The production of drinking water requires adequate management. This book attempts to fill the existing knowlegde gap about (a) water treatment technologies and their costs, (b) risk assessment methods, (c) adverse health effects of chemical contaminants, (d) management protocols, and varying regulatory practices in different jurisdictions, and what successes are possible even with small financial outlays. Addressing water consulting engineers, politicians, water managers, ecosystem and environmental activists, and water policy researchers, and being clearly structured through a division in four parts, this book considers theoretical aspects, technologies, chemical contaminants and their possible elimination, and illustrates all aspects in selected international case studies.

Source-water protection, water treatment technology, and the water distribution network are critically reviewed and discussed. The book suggests improvements for the management of risks and financial viability of the treatment infrastructure, as well as ways toward an optimal management of the distribution network through the risk-based management of all infrastructure assets.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, Climate Change Lab Brock University, St Catharines, Canada

    Mohammed H. Dore

About the author

Mohammed Dore, who did his doctorate at the University of Oxford, UK, came to Brock University in 1981. He has received a number of research grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Network Centre of Excellence in Canada, and the US National Science Foundation. With external funding he established his Climate Change Laboratory in 1996. The twin emphasis of his Lab has been training students to carry out high level policy oriented research that not only led to a number of theses but also to reports for various stakeholders who could implement the policy prescriptions. His research on climate change led him to drinking water policy issues. He has also worked as a consultant to both industry and government agencies; for example he has been hired as a contract consultant by Bell Canada; Environment Canada; Natural Resources Canada; The Municipality of Niagara; and the Capital Region District of Greater Victoria.

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