HISTORY, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES - Table of Contents

THE HISTORY OF DESALINATION BEFORE LARGE-SCALE USE

Desalination in Antiquity

The Middle ages and the Spread of Islam

The Age of Discovery and Exploration

The Age of Science and Reason

The Influence of the Industrial Revolution

From 1900 until the Second World War

From 1940 until the Mid-1950s

The Beginnings of Large-scale Use of Desalination

Epilogue

THE DEVELOPMENT ON MULTISTAGE FLASH DISTILLATION

History of Distillation by Boiling

History of Flash Distillation

Multi-Stage Flash Distillation

The Importance of Desalination, and the Contribution of Multi-Stage Flash Distillation

MILESTONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-STAGE FLASH DESALINATION PLANTS WORLDWIDE

Milestones in Desalination Technology

Specification of Selected Desalination Plants

STEAM PLANT ASPECTS OF SEAWATER DISTILLATION

The Need for Desalination

Energy Requirements of Desalination

Distillation Flow Sheets

The Temperature Range of Distillation Processes

Types of MSF Construction

Summary of General MSF Advances

Research and Development

Vapor Compression

Developments in MEB Distillation

SUMMARY OF METHODS USED IN COMMON PRACTICE

Distillation

Electrodialysis

Reverse Osmosis

Other Methods

SEAWATER DESALINATION BY LARGE MULTISTAGE FLASH PLANTS

Large Scale Seawater Desalination in Abu Dhabi, UAE

Performance of the Plants

Measurement and Control

Modeling, Simulation Optimization and Advanced Automation

CASE STUDY ON PLANNING A LARGE SCALE MULTISTAGE FLASH DESALINATION PLANTS

Process Aspects

Design Aspects (including automation)

Material Aspects and Selection

Cost Aspects

Environmental Aspects

The Proposed Plant

Summary and Recommendations

DESALINATION AND WATER REUSE IN INDIA - AN OVERVIEW

Water Needs and Availability in India

Historical Developments of R&D on Desalination in India

Current Status

Thermal Desalination

Reverse Osmosis Desalination

Desalination/Water Reuse Strategies

Nuclear Desalination

DESALINATION PLANTS IN THE EMIRATE OF ABU DHABI

Large MSF Desalination Plants in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi

THE HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE AND HUMAN IMPACT ON IT

The Terrestrial Hydrological Cycle

The Global Hydrological Cycle

FRESH SURFACE WATER

Liquid Water on Planet Earth

Availability of Fresh Water

Water Use and the Environment

Topics in Fresh Surface Water

FUTURE CHALLENGES OF PROVIDING HIGH- QUALITY WATER

Global and Regional Freshwater Resources

Emerging Global Patterns in the Provision of High Quality Water

Global Awareness of the Challenges to Provide High Quality Water

The Role of Global Governance Agencies in the Provision of High Quality Water

Increased Private Sector Involvement in the Provision of High Quality Water

The Role of Selected Global Social Movements

The Development and Expansion of International Law

Global Water Values

Water and International Security

The Use of Internet and Technology

Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources

Demographics and Water Availability and Demand

WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : HISTORY AND FUTURE

The Ancient World

Medieval Europe

The High Renaissance

The Nineteenth Century

The Twentieth Century

The Future

GROUNDWATER IN ARID AND SEMIARID REGIONS

Groundwater Recharge

Hydrogeological Domains

Groundwater Resources Understanding

Current and Future Groundwater Supplies

POTABLE WATER

Potable Water Supply

Urban Water Use

Wastewater Impact

SOLAR DISTILLATION

Importance of Water

Water Pollution and its Effect

Principles of Solar Distillation: A State of the Art

Classification of Solar Distillation Systems

Heat and Mass Transfer in Solar Distillation

Performance of Solar Still

OVERVIEW OF THE DESALINATION AND WATER RESOURCES

Water and Life

Water on our Planet

Meeting the Challenges of Fresh Water Scarcity

Small Scale Desalination

Industrial Processes for Desalination

The Issue of Effluents from Desalination Systems

Energy and Water Critical Life Support Systems

Sustainable Development

Renewable Energy Base of the World- Solar Thermal Power and Solar Desalination

Industrial Ecology

Knowledge Resources for Capacity Building

Encyclopedia of Desalination and Water Resources (DESWARE)

Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS)

HUMAN INTERACTION WITH LAND AND WATER: A HYDROLOGIST'S CONCEPTION

Freshwater: Our Joint Lifeblood

Man and the Water Cycle

The Water Scarcity Syndrome

Overcoming the Sectorization Scourge

Challenge for the Future: Handling Complexity