The main objective of this study is to update the information available to decision makers about state-of-the-art technologies and present practices in water desalination and wastewater reuse.
| Title | Development of non-conventional water resources |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia -Beirut, LB, ESCWA |
| Pagination | ix, 67 p. : 6 fig., 19 tab. |
| Date Published | 1999-01-01 |
| Publisher | United Nations |
| Place Published | New York, NY, USA |
| Keywords | bahrain, case studies, desalination, economic aspects, egypt, environmental impact, jordan, kuwait, qatar, saudi arabia, sdiwat, wastewater treatment, water reuse |
| Abstract | The main objective of this study is to update the information available to decision makers about state-of-the-art technologies and present practices in water desalination and wastewater reuse. The study reviews issues in technology and economics and examines developments in the ESCWA region concerning the application of non-conventional water resources. Chapter I reviews various applied technologies of the desalination industry. Chapters II and VI provide succinct economic appraisals of desalination technology and wastewater treatment and reuse. Technologies for wastewater treatment and reuse are the subject of chapter V. The environmental impact of both desalination and wastewater industries is evaluated in chapters III and VII. Chapter IV presents an overview of the sources and uses of wastewater. A review of the applications of non-conventional water resources in selected ESCWA member States is presented in chapter VIII. |
| Notes | 22 ref. |
| Custom 1 | 351.0, 215.1 |
