Sustainable Water Treatment: Engineering Solutions for a Variable Climate

Sustainable Water Treatment: Engineering Solutions for a Variable Climate covers sustainable water and environmental engineering aspects relevant for the drainage and treatment of storm water and wastewater. The book explains the fundamental science and engineering principles for the student and professional market. Standard and novel design recommendations for sustainable technologies, such as constructed wetlands, sustainable drainage systems and sustainable flood retention basins are provided to account for the interests of professional engineers and environmental scientists. The book presents the latest research findings in wastewater treatment and runoff control that are ideal for academics and senior consultants.

The book offers a challenging, diverse, holistic, multidisciplinary, experimental and modelling-orientated case study, covering topics such as natural wetlands, constructed treatment wetlands for pollution control, sustainable drainage systems managing diffuse pollution, specific applications, such as wetlands treating dye wastewater and ecological sanitation systems recycling treated waters for the irrigation of crops.

Explains the fundamental science and engineering principles behind each topicProvides an easy-to-understand, descriptive overview of complex ‘black box’ drainage and treatment systems and general design issues involvedIncludes a comprehensive analysis of asset performance, modelling of treatment processes, and an assessment of sustainability and economics

1. Introduction to Sustainable Water Management 2. The Reconnaissance Drought Index 3. Temporal hydrologic anomalies coupled with drought impact for a river flow regime 4. Mineral and biological contamination of soil and Chillies irrigated with domestic wastewater treated by wetlands 5. Recycling of domestic wastewater treated by wetlands for irrigation of two generations of Chillies 6. Comparative study of domestic wastewater treatment by mature vertical-flow constructed wetlands and artificial ponds 7. Treatment of contaminated greywater using pelletised mine water sludge 8. Dye wastewater treatment by vertical-flow constructed wetlands 9. Shallow pond systems planted with duckweed treating azo dyes 10. Tree species for use in urban areas in temperate and oceanic climates 11. Feature selection methods for classifying sustainable flood retention basins 12. Predicting dam failure risk for sustainable flood retention basins