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A novel heat exchanger including hydrogen and water for heat capturing and combating water scarcity
In today's world, people have been facing different unpleasant phenomena like global warming, water shortage and thermal pollution. Power plants for...
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Water Resources Management in a Regenerative Design Approach
Increasingly scarce and less affordable, water is taking on the characteristics of a precious resource able to increase marked inequalities. The...
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Drinking Water: Strategies for Sustainable Management and Water for Everyone
Drinking water for human consumption is one of the most important natural resources that humanity must preserve. In different countries water...
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Strategic Plan for Water Losses Management in Water Supply Systems
Water is at the core of sustainable development and is critical for human survival itself. However, due to failures in public supply networks, a...
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Review on Water Automatic Teller Machine (Water ATM) Technologies
The emergence of water ATM technology and its socioeconomic advantages are discussed in this chapter. Water ATMs are automatic dispensers that...
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Water Quality
In this chapter, the basic quality and requirement of water available on the planet Earth have been briefly discussed. Further, classification of...
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Climate Change and Water Insecurity: Who Bears the Brunt? (A Case of Yelenahalli Village, Bengaluru)
Rapid urbanisation and neglect towards traditional water bodies have aggravated water security issues in isolated pockets. In the recent past, they...
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Catalysts for Electrocatalytic Water Splitting
Water electrolysis or electrochemical water splitting is considered a promising technology for delivering a portable and sustainable energy source...
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Sustainable Water for Smart Villages – A Case Study
A seawater desalination system utilizing solar and agro-waste biomass for producing high-quality drinking water has been developed by Empereal KGDS...
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The Water-Energy-Food-Ecosystems (WEFE) Nexus
This chapter is the forerunner of the cross-sectoral nexus approach of agrivoltaics that the present book introduces, presenting the current...
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Water Governance in Portugal and Brazil: A Comparative Analysis
Faced with the globally installed water crisis, Portugal and Brazil have problems related to extreme hydrological events. The paper presents a first...
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A Comparative Study for Water Reuse in an Urban WWTP with a Novel Non-thermal Plasma Technology
Currently, the scarcity of potable water is a worldwide problem that makes it necessary to explore alternative sources for non-potable uses, such as...
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Projection of Water Demand in India in a Macroeconomic Consistency Framework Incorporating the Food, Water and Energy Nexus
Higher economic growth would require higher agricultural growth and higher energy production coupled with urbanization. There are four major sources...
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Solar Distillation and Water Heating Systems Integration with Photovoltaic Technology
Solar energy is a renewable source with three major applications: photovoltaics (PV), thermal, and daylight. A photovoltaic cell has a conversion...
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The Effects of Climate Change on Water Resources in Turkey
According to studies conducted in recent years, it is predicted that there will be an increase of 1.4–5.8 °C in average surface temperatures...
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Water Is Life: Recognising First Nations in Sustainable Water Management and Use
Taking its cue from the COP special theme of nature, this chapter highlights the importance of sustainable water management and use, and the vital...
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An Impact of Nanotechnology for Water Treatment Process
Water resource conservation and management require innovative ideas and improved materials in the today's era. Nanotechnology has the potential to...
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Water Use
Water use can be considered from the regional level to the molecular level. Water used by a facility can affect an adjacent ecosystem or the social...
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Study on Correlation Among Roof Area, Reservoir Volume and Domestic Water Availability from Rainwater Harvesting in East Part of Surabaya
This research investigates the application of rainwater harvesting system as clean water source alternative in East Surabaya. The rainwater...
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Sustainable Water-Energy Management in Microgrid-Driven BWRO Desalination Prototype Considering Technological Constraints
This article delves into the exploration of a Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis (BWRO) desalination system, powered by a renewable microgrid that...
