Overview
- Offers an institutional approach to the study of wastewater reuse in agriculture
- Discusses a range of innovative wastewater reuse projects
- Links wastewater reuse and sustainability and the governance challenges
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology (BRIEFSWATER)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book presents a conceptual and practical tool for those involved directly or indirectly in the planning and management of basic provision of water supply, wastewater and stormwater services in metropolitan regions by offering insights into governance paradigms and institutional arrangements for urban wastewater reuse in agriculture from Australia and India. Instead of focusing on the technical aspects of designing and building infrastructure, it provides a better understanding of the institutional and governance challenges of managing urban wastewater, particularly for reuse in agriculture.
As water supplies fall and water stress increases in many areas, the potential of wastewater as a resource is being widely recognized. Today, wastewater (re)use has become an attractive option for conserving and expanding available water supplies. While wastewater (re)use can have many applications, its use in agriculture is the most established, and the one with the longest tradition. Given the growing competition for freshwater from industry and cities, without doubt there is going to be a rapid increase in the global use of treated wastewater, making improved wastewater use in agriculture an emerging priority. Even though it is a vast resource if we reclaim it properly, often most wastewater is wasted. Therefore, in order to realize the full potential of this resource, decision support in policy design and implementation (Institutions and Governance) is key. Institutions and governance frameworks need to provide for the rights of access, rights of ownership, rights to manage source and treated water and the obligations of final use of recycling operations.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governance of Urban Wastewater Reuse for Agriculture
Book Subtitle: A Framework for Understanding and Action in Metropolitan Regions
Authors: Ganesh Keremane
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Water Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55056-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-55055-8Published: 12 May 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-55056-5Published: 09 May 2017
Series ISSN: 2194-7244
Series E-ISSN: 2194-7252
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 117
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Policy, Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management, Institutional/Evolutionary Economics, Sustainable Development, Public Policy, Natural Resources