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1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Challenges in Water Management Ser |
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Challenges in Water Management Ser
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor Foreword â#x80;#x93; Challenges in Water Management; Introduction; References; Chapter 1 What do we Mean by â#x80;#x98;Smart Water?â#x80;#x99;; Introduction; 1.1 Defining â#x80;#x98;Smartâ#x80;#x99;; 1.1.1 â#x80;#x98;Smartâ#x80;#x99; and Utilities and Public Services; 1.1.2 Smart Consumer Goods; 1.2 â#x80;#x98;Smart Powerâ#x80;#x99; and â#x80;#x98;Smart Gridsâ#x80;#x99;; 1.2.1 Smart Grids; 1.3 Cleantech and Smart Cleantech; 1.3.1 Smart Cleantech; 1.4 Smart Water; 1.4.1 Smart Water and the Flow of Information; 1.4.2 Smart Water and Managing the Water Cycle |
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1.4.3 Smart Water and the â#x80;#x98;Food, Water, Energy, and the Environment Nexusâ#x80;#x99;1.5 Water, Smart Water and Cleantech; 1.6 Disruption and a Conservative Sector; 1.6.1 Why Water Utilities are Risk-Averse; 1.6.2 A Question of Standards; 1.6.3 Disruption in a Conservative Sector; 1.7 The Size of this Market; Estimates and Forecasts; 1.7.1 A Survey of Surveys; 1.8 Venture Capital Funding Flows; 1.8.1 Smart Water Cleantech Funding; 1.8.2 Funding Smart Water Companies; 1.8.3 The Evolution of Venture Capital Funding; 1.9 Two Perspectives on Venture Capital and New Technologies |
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1.9.1 The Global Cleantech 100 â#x80;#x93; Cleantech Companies to Watch1.9.2 The Gartner Hype Cycle â#x80;#x93; Investor and Customer Expectations and Realities; 1.10 Sales of Smart Systems; 1.11 Smart Water for Consumers; 1.12 Smart Water for Utilities and Industrial Customers; 1.13 Irrigation and Surface Water Monitoring; 1.14 Water and the â#x80;#x98;Internet of Thingsâ#x80;#x99;; 1.15 Some Initial Caveats; 1.15.1 A Caveat about a Swiftly Evolving Future; 1.15.2 A Caveat on Data and the Silo Mentality; Conclusions; References; Chapter 2 Why do we Need Smart Water?; Introduction; 2.1 The Water Supply Crunch |
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2.1.1 Water Scarcity and Stress2.1.2 Renewable Water Resources; 2.1.3 Population Growth and Urbanisation; 2.1.4 Water Shortage, Scarcity and Stress; 2.1.5 Population and Water Stress; 2.1.6 Industrial Water Usage; 2.1.7 The Supply Management Paradigm; 2.1.8 Funding Constraints; The Need to do More with Less Funding; 2.1.9 Affordability is a Concern, Especially in Less Equal Societies; 2.1.10 Paying for Water and Wastewater; 2.2 The Impact of Climate Change; 2.2.1 The Cost of Adapting to a Changing Climate; 2.3 Leakage and Water Losses; 2.4 Water Efficiency and Demand Management |
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2.4.1 Demand Management and Consumer Behaviour2.4.2 Balancing Water Use; Seasonal Demand and Availability; 2.4.3 Water Efficiency â#x80;#x93; The Demands of Demand Management; 2.4.4 Water Metering; 2.5 Lowering Energy Usage; 2.5.1 The Cost of Energy; 2.5.2 Where Energy is Consumed; 2.5.3 Energy Efficiency; 2.5.4 Turning Wastewater into a Resource; 2.6 Appreciating Asset Condition and its Effective Performance; 2.6.1 Improvements in Asset Efficiency and Operating Costs; 2.6.2 The Need to Understand Underground Assets; 2.6.3 Pumps and Potential Savings; 2.6.4 The Scope for Savings; Conclusions |
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Water-supply -- Technological innovations
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Water reuse.
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Water conservation.
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Sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
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Sustainable development
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Water conservation
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Water reuse
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119078654 |
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1119078652 |
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