Providing Safe Drinking Water in Small Systems

Abstract

Preface and Welcoming Remarks The Worldwide Drinking Water: Problems and Prospects The Water Challenge Safe Drinking Water The Continuing Threat of Waterborne Pathogens World of Water: Beyond the International Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade Ensuring the Sustainability of Small Systems Community Water Supply and Sanitation Conference Sustainable Design for Small Systems Community Participation and Management of Water Systems Linking Full-Cost Recovery and Sustainability Willingness to Pay for Improved Water Supply in Rural Communities in Venezuela Industrial Water Conservation: A Mechanism for Sustainable Resource Management Small Water Supplies in Urban Areas of Developing Countries Essential Elements for the Sustainability of Small Water Systems Water Treatment Technologies: Disinfection of Waterborne Pathogens Chlorination Systems Overview of Chlorine Dioxide, Ozone and UV Chlorine Dioxide and the Small Drinking Water System Ozone Treatment of Small Water Systems Inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts by Medium Pressure Ultra Violet Light Risk Management of Cryptosporidium: An Engineer's Perspective Low Cost UV Disinfection System for Developing Countries Disinfection by Mixed Oxidant Technology in a Portable Package Plant Stabilized Formulation of Hydrogen Peroxide with Silver: A Secondary Disinfectant Performance of a Small Portable Disinfection System Using Iodinated Resin Solar Water Pasteurizers Rural Disinfection Technologies in Latin America Water Treatment Technologies: Filtration and Other Treatment to Remove Microbial or Chemical Contaminants Multi-Stage Filtration: A Practical Low Cost Technology Experiences Introducing Technology: Slow Sand Filtration Membrane Separation Technologies - Practical Applications Application of Immersed Microfiltration Membranes for Drinking Water Treatment Photovoltaic Electrodialysis Reversal Technology New Developments in Desalination Bag Filtration for Small Systems Appropriate Technology for Removal of Arsenic From Drinking Water of Rural West Bengal Sulfur-Limestone Autotropic Denitrification for Treatment of Nitrate-Contaminated Water During Fixed Bed Column Experiments Pre-Engineered Water Treatment Systems: Point of Entry, Point of Use, Package Plants, and Bottled Water Point-of-Entry (POE) and Point-of-Use (POU) Water Treatment Overview Selecting Residential or Personal Water Treatment Systems Point-of-Entry Treatment for a Small Community Point-of-Use Demonstration Project in Suffolk, VA Military Field Drinking Water Supply Package Water Treatment Plants in China, Ecuador and Mexico Verification Testing of Packaged Drinking Water Treatment Systems Project: Results Is Bottled Water a Feasible Alternative for Small Community Drinking Water Supply? Analytical Monitoring Effective Monitoring of Small Drinking Water Supplies Overview of Microbial Methods Chemical and Physical Measurement Methods for Small Systems Monitoring Small Water Supply Systems in the UK and Controlling the Risk of Contamination by Cryptosporidium Water Quality Monitoring in Canadian Aboriginal Communities Selection and Management of Remote Telemetry Systems for Monitoring and Operation of Small Drinking Water Treatment Plants Toward Global Drinking Water Quality Monitoring Well Remediation, Energy Sources, and Delivery of Water: Emerging Technologies and Approaches Impact of Well Remediation Chemicals on Water Quality and Deterioration Handpump Developments Wind-Electric Pumping Systems for Communities Solar Power Technology for Supplying Safe Drinking Water Systems Solutions: Management, Operation and Maintenance Experiences in Improvement of Safe Water Delivery to Poor Rural Communities by Including the Private Sector Integrated Rural Utility Systems Pre-Payment Metering of Water Area-Wide Treatment Optimization Programs Achieve Broad Scale Improvements in Drinking Water Quality Implementation of Water Supply Projects in Indigenous Communities of Northern Canada and Africa - Linkage of Experiences Management of Small Rural Systems: A Case Study in South Africa Experience With Implementation in Honduras, CA., of a Voluntary Water Association Sponsored Training and Technical Assistance Program Developed in the United States Circuit Rider Training Program in First Nations Communities Upgrading Small Military Water Works in Korea Upgrading Water Quality in Health Care Facilities Small Water System Assistance and Training Programs The Current Situation and Needs of International Assistance for Rural Water Supply in South East Asian Countries Overview of Canadian International Development Agency's Assistance Program Private Finance for Water Projects in Developing Countries Capacity Building and Resource Center Development in Water Supply and Sanitation The World University Service of Canada (WUSC) A Review of Technical Assistance and Training Programs in the United States Considerations in the Development of External Training Programs Regulatory Structures For Small Systems How the Tapestry of Integrated Provisions in the New Safe Drinking Water Act can Benefit Small Systems Impact of Regulatory Programs on the Quality of Drinking Water in Small Systems Problems and Successes of Small Systems in the Unites States The Case of Latin America South African Oversight of Small Water Supplies: North West Water Board Case Study Epilogue Symposium Overview and Closing Remarks Indices Author Index Exhibitor Index Key Word Index