Urban Water Security: Managing Risks

Urban Water Security: Managing Risks

Author: Blanca Jimenez Cisneros

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2009-03-24

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 0203881621

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Understanding the impacts of urbanization on the urban water cycle and managing the associated health risks demand adequate strategies and measures. Health risks associated with urban water systems and services include the microbiological and chemical contamination of urban waters and outbreak of water-borne diseases, mainly due to poor water and s