Water Quality Management: Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives

Biswas, A. K., Tortajada, C. and Izquierdo, R. (Eds.) (2011) Water Quality Management: Present Situations, Challenges and Future Perspectives. Series: Routledge special issues on water policy and governance. Routledge: London. ISBN 9780415688857

Abstract

The global attention in recent years has focused primarily on water quantity and allocation issues. Water quality has received significantly less attention than water quantity. Commendable progress has been made by the developed world to control point sources of pollution, but commensurate progress in reducing non-point sources has not been made. In the third world countries both point and non-point sources of pollution are becoming increasingly a serious concern. Already, nearly all water bodies in such countries near and around urban centres have been severely polluted, with very high health and environmental costs. The book assesses the current status of water quality management in both developed and developing worlds, as well as analysing the effectiveness of economic instruments and legal and institutional frameworks to control water contamination. It outlines the importance of building up social and political awareness to reverse the trend of continuing water quality deterioration, which is likely to be a most challenging task in the coming years.

• Item Type: Edited Books
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Tortajada, Professor Cecilia and Biswas, Professor Asit K
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering; College of Social Sciences > School of Social & Environmental Sustainability
• Publisher: Routledge
• ISBN: 9780415688857
• Published Online: 03 June 2014