Water21 - magazine of the International Water Association
December 2009
Issue 11.6
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COVER STORY
Driving down water loss: validating water audits for accurate NRW management
The first step in developing a water loss reduction strategy should be to carry out a water audit, but what steps are needed to ensure the audit is accurate? In the latest article from the IWA Water Loss Task force, Paul Fanner outlines how to validate a water audit.
NEWS / ANALYSIS
Including...UNICEF and WHO report aims to improve diarrhoea prevention and treatment Despite the existence of inexpensive and efficient means of treatment, diarrhoea kills more children than AIDS, malaria and measles combined, a report issued by UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) warns.
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GLOBAL FOCUS
- 12. Water and climate change: sustaining rivers
- By Jamie Pittock
NORTH AMERICA
- 16. Hypoxic hopes: signs of progress for the Gulf of Mexico
- By Jim Force
- 19. Treating wastewater in the 'world's worst weather'
- By Mary Ellen Parkman
- 20. Montreal's plans for a potable overhaul
- By Lis Stedman
SLUDGE TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT
23. Energy optimisation: improving sludge management sustainability
By Ludovico Spinosa and Santino Eugenio di Berardino
24. Opportunities to improve energy recovery from sewage sludge
By Wim Rulkens
25. Intensification of anaerobic digestion towards the energy self-sufficiency of municipal wastewater treatment
By Jana Zabranska, Michal Dohanyos, Josef Kutil and Pavel Jenicek
26. The advantages of thermal hydrolysis in sludge treatment
By John T Novak
29. An energy consumption comparison of sewage treatment systems
By Dr Kazuyuki Oshita and Dr Masaki Takaoka
30. Increasing sludge capacity by balancing wastewater asset performance
By Catherine Fitzpatrick
32. Wastewater sludge management under Austria's federal framework
By Horst Muller
PUMPS/ VALVES
35. Exploiting the energy saving potential of efficient pumping
By Lis Stedman
DESALINATION
40. Desal delivers a supply boost to Barcelona
By Keith Hayward
PROCESS/ ULTRAPURE WATER
43. Treatment technology and parts-per-trillion limits
By Lis Stedman
49. AquaFit4Use: sustainable water use in industry
By Willy van Tongeren and Lis Stedman
WATER SUPPLY NETWORKS AND PIPELINES
- 53. Driving down water loss: validating water audits for accurate NRW management
- By Paul Fanner
- 55. Austria's new guideline for water losses
- By Joerg Koelbl and Robert Gschleiner
WATER ENVIRONMENT 21
- 62. Drought, dams and reuse: political concerns in Queensland
- By Bill McCann
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
66. Including... EU-backed MBR research highlights energy challenge for wider use
By Bill McCann
68. Water21NTERNET
69. IWA NEWS
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71. IWA EVENTS
72. DIARY
CAREERS
74. Valorization of the European educational offer in environmental and water resources engineering
By Andrea G Capodaglio
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