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Water Reuse Policies for Potable Use book cover

1st Edition

Water Reuse Policies for Potable Use

Edited By Cecilia Tortajada, Choon Nam Ong Copyright 2017
196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge

196 Pages
by Routledge
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As water demand has increased globally and resources have become more limited because of physical scarcity, over-exploitation and pollution, it has been necessary to develop more options for water supplies. These options include the production at large scale of high-quality reused water from municipal sources for potable uses. Their economic, social and environmental benefits have been many as... Read more
  1. Foreword
    Peter Joo Hee Ng

  2. Preface
    Asit K. Biswas

  3. Editorial
    Cecilia Tortajada and Choon Nam Ong

    4. Articles

  4. Potable water reuse history and a new framework for decision making
    Joseph A. Cotruvo

  5. Water reuse, emerging contaminants and public health: state-of-the-art analysis
    Choon Nam Ong

  6. Public–private partnerships in the water reuse sector: a global assessment
    David A. Lloyd Owen

  7. The regulatory framework of reclaimed wastewater for potable reuse in the United States
    Rosario Sanchez-Flores, Adam Conner and Ronald A. Kaiser

  8. Common or independent? The debate over regulations and standards for water reuse in Europe
    John Fawell, Kristell Le Corre and Paul Jeffrey

  9. Policy issues confronting Australian urban water reuse
    James Horne

  10. Wastewater reuse in Beijing: an evolving hybrid system
    Olivia Jensen and Xudong Yu

  11. Singapore’s experience with reclaimed water: NEWater
    Hannah Lee and Thai Pin Tan

  12. Overcoming global water reuse barriers: the Windhoek experience
    P. van Rensburg

  13. A lived-experience investigation of narratives: recycled drinking water
    Leong Ching

  14. Public acceptance and perceptions of alternative water sources: a comparative study in nine locations
    Anna Hurlimann and Sara Dolnicar

Biography

Cecilia Tortajada is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Choon Nam Ong is the Director of the NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI) and Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, both National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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