Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies: Integrated Water Security Series

by Chittaranjan Ray, Ravi Jain

Overview

Natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, and floods are occurring with increasing frequency. In emergencies, pure drinking water is quickly the most important item. Low Cost Emergency Water Purification Technologies provides the tips and techniques for supplying potable drinking water at low cost in the direst circumstances.

Succinct and readable, this manual describes the various options for correcting unsanitary or unsatisfactory drinking water. Several treatment methods for contaminated water are reviewed and the pros and cons of each are discussed.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124114654
Publisher:	Butterworth-Heineman
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 5.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Ravi Jain is Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from California State University, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech. He studied public administration and public policy at Harvard, earning an M.P.A. degree and did additional graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Table of Contents

1. Ravi Jain is Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California.

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Tips and techniques for supplying potable water at low cost in the direst circumstances

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"Succinct and readable, it describes the various options for correcting unsanitary or unsatisfactory drinking water."

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