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2015 | Book

Introduction to Drinking Water Management Read chapter Read first chapter

Global Drinking Water Management and Conservation

Optimal Decision-Making

Author: Mohammed H. Dore

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Book Series : Springer Water

Part of: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Technik" , Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

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About this book

This book discusses different drinking water treatment technologies and what contaminants each treatment method can remove, and at what costs. The production of drinking water requires adequate management. This book attempts to fill the existing knowlegde gap about (a) water treatment technologies and their costs, (b) risk assessment methods, (c) adverse health effects of chemical contaminants, (d) management protocols, and varying regulatory practices in different jurisdictions, and what successes are possible even with small financial outlays. Addressing water consulting engineers, politicians, water managers, ecosystem and environmental activists, and water policy researchers, and being clearly structured through a division in four parts, this book considers theoretical aspects, technologies, chemical contaminants and their possible elimination, and illustrates all aspects in selected international case studies.

Source-water protection, water treatment technology, and the water distribution network are critically reviewed and discussed. The book suggests improvements for the management of risks and financial viability of the treatment infrastructure, as well as ways toward an optimal management of the distribution network through the risk-based management of all infrastructure assets.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter

Waterborne Diseases and Watershed Protection

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. Introduction to Drinking Water Management
Abstract
This chapter considers water resources in a global context, including the impacts of climate change on water. It then summarizes what this book is about.
Mohammed H. Dore
Chapter 2. Waterborne Disease Outbreaks and the Multi-barrier Approach to Protecting Drinking Water
Abstract
Drinking water outbreaks have occurred throughout the world, causing varying illnesses and even death. This chapter reviews past outbreaks of microbial contaminants and the associated lessons that have been learnt. Only the most recent outbreaks are considered, as these are probably the most relevant for policy purposes.
Mohammed H. Dore

Drinking Water Treatment Technology and Pricing

Frontmatter
Chapter 3. Water Treatment Technologies and Their Costs
Abstract
This chapter is a review of drinking water treatment technologies and their unit costs as a function of scale. These are classified into six classes, based on contaminants removed. We find that a UV-based treatment plant is cost-effective.
Mohammed H. Dore
Chapter 4. Reverse Osmosis and Other Treatment Technologies
Abstract
This chapter is a description of Reverse Osmosis (RO) and other similar treatment processes. RO is likely to become the dominant treatment technology due to the scarcity of fresh water in many areas.
Mohammed H. Dore
Chapter 5. The Theory of Water and Utility Pricing
Abstract
In this chapter, we survey the theory and practice of the pricing of water as a public utility. Section 2 reviews the classic theory of marginal cost pricing developed by Dupuit (1854). and expanded by Hotelling Hotelling (1938). We also review pricing in the context of the development of the new theory of public economics and include Ramsey pricing, and Shadow Ramsey pricing and compute the latter for a group of reverse osmosis treatment plants.
Mohammed H. Dore

Incorporating Risk in Decision-Making

Frontmatter
Chapter 6. Risk Assessment for Safe Drinking Water Supplies
Abstract
This chapter reviews principles of source water protection, for both point and nonpoint sources of pollution as well as the main approaches to risk assessment for potable water supplies. It includes an overview of some risk assessment case studies.
Mohammed H. Dore
Chapter 7. Introduction to Water Infrastructure Asset Management
Abstract
This chapter reviews the key requirements of the proper management of all water infrastructure assets. We present a Decision Support System that incorporates risk and minimizes costs over an infinite horizon.
Mohammed H. Dore
Chapter 8. Computing a Model for Asset Management with Risk
Abstract
In this chapter, the model presented in Chap. 7 is calibrated and solved with three case studies, which also illustrate the importance of using nonlinear methods. The decision support model would assist utilities in choosing the optimal renewal period for assets.
Mohammed H. Dore
Chapter 9. Threats to Human Health: Use of Chlorine, an Obsolete Treatment Technology
Abstract
In this chapter, we focus on the long-term health effects of using chlorine in untreated water. We review a select set of epidemiological studies of health impacts in humans from exposure to DBPs, including cancer, adverse reproductive and developmental outcomes, blood lead levels, as well as estrogenic effects. We also discuss the current management practices in some developed countries, including USA, Canada, and some EU countries, such as Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
Mohammed H. Dore
Chapter 10. Public Health and Lead Sampling Protocols for Drinking Water: A Critical Review
Abstract
This chapter reviews the scientific evidence that forms the basis for lead sampling protocols used by the USEPA, European Union, and Ontario in Canada. For a proper measure of lead, water must be stagnant in the pipes for at least 6 hours.
Mohammed H. Dore
Chapter 11. Confronting the Problem of Lead in Drinking Water: What Can and Should Be Done
Abstract
In the previous chapter, we reviewed the harmful effects of lead in drinking water and highlighted the need to measure lead in drinking water using strict principles of chemistry, and adopt a scientific protocol that is used consistently. In this chapter, we attempt to answer two questions: (1) what can be done to reduce health risks from lead, and (2) what should be done if the 30-min stagnation protocol cannot be changed.
Mohammed H. Dore

A European Case Study

Frontmatter
Chapter 12. Drinking Water in Germany: A Case Study of High Quality Drinking Water
Abstract
This chapter describes Germany’ s approach to water management. We demonstrate the current status of German wastewater treatment and provide a review of the problems of micropollutants in the Netherlands, USA, and Germany.
Mohammed H. Dore
Backmatter
Metadata
Title
Global Drinking Water Management and Conservation
Author
Mohammed H. Dore
Copyright Year
2015
Electronic ISBN
978-3-319-11032-5
Print ISBN
978-3-319-11031-8
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11032-5