Small Community Water Supplies: Technology, people and partnership

Edited by Jo Smet and Christine van Wijk (2001)

In 1981 IRC first published Small Community Water Supplies and the book has been a regular bestseller. A large part of its appeal has been that it is one of the few textbooks to link water supply science and technology with the specific needs of small communities in developing countries.

This completely revised edition with contributions from 29 authors from different countries provides a general introduction to a wide range of technologies. Among the topics covered are: planning and management of small water supplies, community water supplies in Central and Eastern European countries, water quality and quantity, integrated water resources management, artificial recharge, rainwater harvesting, spring water tapping, groundwater withdrawal, water lifting, surface water intake, water treatment, aeration, coagulation and flocculation, sedimentation, multi-stage filtration, desalination technology, disinfection, household level water treatment, technologies for arsenic and iron removal from ground water, and emergency and disaster water supply.

Target audience: Engineers and other staff involved in water supply programmes and projects, and students

Published with financial support from the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Netherlands.

- Series:

Technical Paper no 40, 585 pages, 270 technical illustrations, references

- Price:

€ 34.00

- Order code:

TP40-E