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Main Title Water 4.0 : the past, present, and future of the world's most vital resource /
Author Sedlak, David L.
Publisher Yale University Press,
Year Published 2014
OCLC Number 840803740
ISBN 9780300176490; 030017649X; 9780300212679; 0300212674
Subjects Water-supply--History ; Water--History ; Water and civilization--History ; Water resources development--History ; Water-supply engineering--History ; NATURE--Natural Resources ; ARCHITECTURE--Urban & Land Use Planning ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS--Urban & Regional ; Wasser ; Wasserversorgung ; Ressourcenèokonomie ; Wasser--(DE-588)4064689-0 ; Wasserversorgung--(DE-588)4064811-4 ; Ressourcenèokonomie--(DE-588)4400948-3
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EKBM  GB659.6.S44 2014 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/30/2014 STATUS
EOAM  GB659.6.S44 2014 Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO 05/03/2022
ERAM  GB659.6 .S44 2014 Copy 2 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 07/23/2018
ERAM  GB659.6 .S44 2014 Copy 3 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 07/23/2018 STATUS
ERAM  GB659.6 .S44 2014 Copy 4 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 07/23/2018
ERAM  GB659.6 .S44 2014 c.1 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 07/23/2018 STATUS
ESAM  GB659.6.S44 2014 Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA 11/30/2016
Collation xiv, 332 pages ; 25 cm
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes "Turn on the faucet, and water pours out. Pull out the drain plug, and the dirty water disappears. Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we're done with it. But these underappreciated marvels of engineering face an array of challenges that cannot be solved without a fundamental change to our relationship with water, David Sedlak explains in this enlightening book. To make informed decisions about the future, we need to understand the three revolutions in urban water systems that have occurred over the past 2,500 years and the technologies that will remake the system. The author starts by describing Water 1.0, the early Roman aqueducts, fountains, and sewers that made dense urban living feasible. He then details the development of drinking water and sewage treatment systems--the second and third revolutions in urban water. He offers an insider's look at current systems that rely on reservoirs, underground pipe networks, treatment plants, and storm sewers to provide water that is safe to drink, before addressing how these water systems will have to be reinvented. For everyone who cares about reliable, clean, abundant water, this book is essential reading."--Jacket. 1. Water supply in Rome, the world's first metropolis -- 2. The bucket era -- 3. Europe's sewage crisis -- 4. Growing old thanks to water treatment -- 5. Burning rivers, fading paint, and the clean water movement -- 6. The chlorine dilemma -- 7. "Drains to bay" -- 8. Traces of trouble : hormones, pharmaceuticals, and toxic chemicals -- 9. Paying for the fourth revolution -- 10. The toilet-to-tap solution -- 11. Turning to the sea for drinking water -- 12. A different tomorrow -- 13. Reflections.
Place Published New Haven
PUB Date Free Form 2014
BIB Level m
Medium unmediated
Content text
Carrier volume
Cataloging Source RDA
LCCN 2013025433
Merged OCLC records 879353374; 936046703; 980690298; 1058416579; 1059162066; 1099733514; 1296971570
OCLC Time Stamp 20220425213021
Language eng
Origin OCLC
Type CAT
OCLC Rec Leader 04829cam 2200757 i 45010