Sustainable sewage water management

The process of sporadic and unequal growth of population, particularly in cities, has not accompanied the growth in infrastructure and resources. This has serious socio-economic impact on the community life of people in general and on the health of people in particular. The treatment and the disposal management of wastewater in this context has become a matter of great concern among the public administrators, planners and the stakeholders in towns, cities and the state as a whole.

This book provides the necessary information, knowledge and insights into various experiences of treatment and management of wastewater in the urban and semi-urban areas through the introduction of natural and low-cost methods. It covers comparative cost analyses of the various conventional sewage treatment methods, the biochemical processes involved in the duckweed fish based treatment method and the engineering aspects of the treatment through the example of Project WATER. Successful community involvement and issues of sustainability in general, which are the other important aspects of the wastewater recycling and building the environment through institutions, have been amply described in the book. The contents of the book can be of immense help and interest to various civil societies, students, scholars, and public administration experts to improve their work in civil and urban governance.