A new model for water management is emerging worldwide in response
to water shortages, polluted waterways, climate change, and loss of
biodiversity. Cities and towns are questioning the ecological and
financial sustainability of big-pipe water, stormwater, and sewer
systems and are searching for "lighter footprint" more sustainable
solutions. Pilot projects are being built that use, treat, store,
and reuse water locally and that build distributed designs into
restorative hydrology. This book has been developed from the
conference on Sustainable Water Infrastructure for Villages and
Cities of the Future (SWIF2009) held in November 2009 in Beijing
(China) that brought together an international gathering of experts
in urban water and drainage infrastructure, landscape architecture,
economics, environmental law, citizen participation, utility
management, green building, and science and technology development.
Water Infrastructure for Sustainable Communities China and the
World reveals how imaginative concepts are being developed and
implemented to ensure that cities, towns, and villages and their
water resources can become ecologically sustainable and provide
clean water. With both urban and rural waters as a focal point, the
links between water quality and hydrology, landscape, and the
broader concepts of green cities/villages and smart development are
explored. The book focuses on decentralized concepts of potable
water, stormwater, and wastewater management that would provide
clean water. It results in water management systems that would be
resilient to extreme events such as excessive flows due to extreme
meteorological events, severe droughts, and deteriorated water and
urban ecosystem quality. A particular emphasis is placed on
learning lessons from the many innovative projects being designed
in China and other initiatives around the world. The principal
audience for the book is university faculty and students,
scientists in research institutes, water professionals,
governmental organizations, NGOs, urban landscape architects and
planners. Visit the IWA WaterWiki to read and share material
related to this title:
http://www.iwawaterwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Articles/WaterInfrastructureforSustainableCommunities
Edited by Professor Xiaodi Hao, Beijing University of Civil
Engineering and Architecture, P. R. of China, Professor Vladimir
Novotny, Northeastern University, Boston, USA and Dr Valerie
Nelson, Coalition for Alternative Wastewater Treatment, MA, USA
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