UID:
almafu_9959329174802883
Format:
1 online resource (xv, 352 pages) :
,
illustrations
ISBN:
9781119198765
,
1119198763
,
9780470473726
,
047047372X
,
9780470473603
,
0470473606
,
0470277408
,
9780470277409
Content:
Solving the world's water problems is proving to be one of the greatest investment opportunities of our time. Already, world water supplies are inadequate to meet demand, and the problem is going to get much worse in the years ahead. The World Bank estimates that 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and about 50 percent of the world's hospital beds are populated by people who have contracted water-borne diseases. If present consumption rates continue, in 25 years the world will be using 90 percent of all available freshwater. To address the problem, trillions of dollars will n.
Note:
Water, prerequisite for life and living -- The global water condition -- Public good, commodity, or resource? -- The cost of clean water -- The business of water -- Water utilities -- Centralized water and wastewater treatment -- Decentralized water and wastewater treatment -- Water infrastructure -- Water analytics -- Water resource management -- Desalination -- Emerging issues -- Water as an asset class -- Climate change and the hydrologic (re)cycle -- Forward-looking thoughts for water investors.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Hoffmann, Stephen J., 1955- Planet water. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2009 ISBN 9780470277409
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0470277408
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119198765
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119198765
URL:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119198765
