Water supply and treatment

Coastal municipalities across the Asia and Pacific region are looking for solutions to worsening salinity levels in their water sources due to overextraction of groundwater and rising sea levels.

Asia and the Pacific is the most disaster-prone region in the world and water is the primary medium through which the impacts of climate change are felt.

The natural river management (NRM) approach is designed to harness the natural functions of river systems so they sustainably provide important services such as water supply and flood and drought management.

The Asian Development Bank's investment program in the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority provided a breakthrough in approaching urban development, particularly the delivery of clean, reliable, affordable water and to the poor, no less.

This publication explores the challenge of providing universal access to water and sanitation in fast-growing cities in Asia and the Pacific.

Providing access to clean water continues to be a challenge for governments.

This atlas provides spatial information about Bangladesh and thematic maps necessary for assessing future development investments in the agriculture and water sectors for climate risks and geophysical hazards.

This study provides an overview of the water security situation in the People's Republic of China.

This publication describes the urban-rural water linkages (URWLs) approach to restoring river health in degraded environments, such as the Tuan River in Henan Province of the People's Republic of China.

This publication explores the potential of the Meghna River as an alternative water source for Dhaka.

This atlas provides spatial information about Bangladesh and thematic maps necessary for assessing future development investments in the agriculture and water sectors for climate risks and geophysical hazards.

The water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector plays a key role in enabling a healthier population in the Pacific and in building countries' resilience to public health emergencies such as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

This study provides an overview of the water security situation in the People's Republic of China.

This publication presents an assessment of Cambodia's agriculture, natural resources, and rural development (ANRRD) sector and provides a strategy and road map for its future development.

Asia has experienced massive economic growth, characterized by rapid urbanization and industrialization, changing demographics, and increasing consumption and demand for resources.

Good water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services protect health and the environment.

Providing access to clean water continues to be a challenge for governments.

This publication explores rural wastewater management in the People's Republic of China and suggests ways forward.

This technical report assesses the string of events that triggered Nepal's Melamchi River floods in 2021 and highlights threats to the catchment area that provides vital drinking water to Kathmandu's fast-growing population.

Water and energy are both valuable resources and indispensable for human society and economic development.

Water safety planning is considered an international best practice for assessing and managing public health risks from drinking water supply systems.

One of the major concerns in urban development is proper wastewater management.

The Screening Tool for Energy Evaluation of Projects (STEEP) is designed to help improve energy use efficiency in water and wastewater treatment systems.

This report presents a summary of the key challenges and opportunities related to financing that contributes to water security and sustainable growth distilling insights from the Roundtable on Financing Water and related analyses.

Brazil made significant progress in managing water resources since the adoption of the National Water Law in 1997 and the creation of the National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA) in 2000.

Provides a general overview of the current practices and procedures that should be considered for financing and establishing rates and charges for wastewater collection and treatment systems.

En este libro se han incluido los temas clasicos relacionados con la contaminacion domestica e industrial, pero adicionalmente se agregaron otros topicos que incluyen trazas y contaminantes emergentes de mucha actualidad, pues su presencia en los ecosistemas naturales empieza a ser una preocupacion para los especialistas y las autoridades ambientales.

This book is delivering the information that is useful for those people who have the expectation to know or learn about how water is available to them and what processes are involved in making the water ready for consumption.

The Country Water Assessment (CWA) evaluates the balance between reliable and available water supplies and future demands for sustainable economic development in Indonesia.

Mongolia's mining-based economic development and the sustainability of its urban economies depend on both water and energy.

This publication summarizes the strengths, challenges, opportunities, and risks characterizing the prospects for integrated water resources management in Indonesia.

Mongolia's mining-based economic development and the sustainability of its urban economies depend on both water and energy.

The Country Water Assessment (CWA) evaluates the balance between reliable and available water supplies and future demands for sustainable economic development in Indonesia.

This publication summarizes the strengths, challenges, opportunities, and risks characterizing the prospects for integrated water resources management in Indonesia.

El objetivo principal de la Guía Básica para la Caracterización Morfométrica de Cuencas Hidrográficas es dar a conocer de forma clara el cálculo de las características morfométricas más importantes en el estudio hidrológico de cuencas, así como la interpretación de los resultados obtenidos.

El agua como elemento fundamental para la vida nos presiona a crear conciencia de la importancia de los cuidadosque requiere.

El libro está dirigido a estudiantes de arquitectura y arquitectos como una herramienta para entender los conceptos de sostenibilidad de los materiales para construcción de mayor utilización en Colombia.

Today our societies face great challenges with water, in terms of both quantity and quality, but many of these challenges have already existed in the past.

El objetivo principal de la Guia Basica para la Caracterizacion Morfometrica de Cuencas Hidrograficas es dar a conocer de forma clara el calculo de las caracteristicas morfometricas mas importantes en el estudio hidrologico de cuencas, asi como la interpretacion de los resultados obtenidos.

Metals in Water: Global Sources, Significance, and Treatment covers metal pollution in water, where they come from, their effects, and remediation processes.

This book examines the practices used or considered for biological treatment of water/waste-water and hazardous wastes.

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