Every Drop Counts: Environmentally Sound Technologies for Urban and Domestic Water Use Efficiency
- ISBN-10
- 928072861X
- ISBN-13
- 9789280728613
- Series
- Every Drop Counts
- Category
- Green technology
- Pages
- 204
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- UNEP/Earthprint
- Authors
- United Nations Environment Programme, Aad Correljé
Description
Water use efficiency within the context of sustainable water balance in the urban and domestic sector means optimising safe and sufficient supply and water demand while also closing the life cycle. As environmentally sound technologies play a crucial role in this process technologies and best practices for storage, supply and distribution as well as water related policies need to be identified. The source book provides a comprehensive overview about Environmentally Sound Technologies (ESTs) for water use efficiency in the urban and domestic environment.
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