Water Contamination Emergencies

Managing the Threats

Ulrich Borchers, John Gray, K Clive Thompson (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

386 Seiten

2013
Royal Society of Chemistry (Verlag)
978-1-84973-441-7 (ISBN)

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How do we assess and manage the actual risks from water contamination? Can we learn from previous experiences? What can be done in future? This book is the proceedings of the fifth conference on this topic and addresses these issues relating to drinking water and drinking water systems. With emphasis on effectively and efficiently managing the risks and threats and sharing experiences, it provides information on successful use of leading-edge technologies and best practice both now and for the future. With contributions from leading scientists and experts in academia and industry it offers a truly international perspective on our ability to deal with water contamination emergencies. Emphasis is given to prevention, strategy and unusual emergency incident situations relating to drinking water. The book will appeal across a diverse group from public health professionals, water companies and water security experts and regulators.

Introduction;

Scene setting;

How do we assess and manage the actual risks;

Real life examples;

Lessons learnt;

What can be done in future?;

Conclusions;

Subject Index

Reihe/Serie	Special Publications
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	733 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Chemie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-84973-441-0 / 1849734410
ISBN-13	978-1-84973-441-7 / 9781849734417
Zustand	Neuware