Water Infrastructure For Sustainable Com

IWA Publishing

Water Infrastructure for Sustainable CommunitiesAuthor(s): Xiaodi Hao, Vladimir Novotny, Valerie Nelson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: IWA Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: IWA Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781843393283, 978-1843393283\nSynopsis\nA new model for water management is emerging worldwide in response to water shortages, polluted waterways, climate change, and loss of biodiversity. Cities and towns are questioning the ecological and financial sustainability of big-pipe water, stormwater, and sewer systems and are searching for lighter footprint more sustainable solutions. Pilot projects are being built that use, treat, store, and reuse water locally and that build distributed designs into restorative hydrology.\nThis book has been developed from the conference on Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Villages and Cities of the Future (SWIF2009) held in November 2009 in Beijing (China) that brought together an international gathering of experts in urban water and drainage infrastrA