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Water21 - magazine of the International Water Association

June 2012

Issue 14.3

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COVER STORY

Water management in the pulp and paper industry
The pulp and paper industry is facing ongoing pressures to both reduce its water use and to achieve higher standards of pollution control. Jim Force looks at current water use and technologies in the pulp and paper industry and at the potential options for improvement.

NEWS / ANALYSIS

Including... Africa study investigates link between poor sanitation and economic loss. A series of World Bank Water and Sanitation Program (WSP) reports warns that 18 African countries lose around $5.5 billion each year because of poor sanitation, generating annual economic losses of between 1% and 2.5% of gross domestic product (GDP).
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GLOBAL FOCUS

12. Global scenarios of the future of water
By Keith Hayward

IWA WORLD WATER CONGRESS & EXHIBITION

19. Busan on the horizon: looking forward to the 2012 IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition

METERING AND LOSS MANAGEMENT

24. Learning from the past: utilising practical knowledge to minimise water losses
By Edgar H Johnson
27. Strengths and weaknesses of water loss reporting: unravelling NRW levels in Australia
By Stuart Stapely

INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION CONTROL

32. Water management in the pulp and paper industry
By Jim Force

DESALINATION

36. The dawn of a new desalination era: Japan plans for a megaton per day
By Lis Stedman

CHINA

39. A megacity held hostage: Beijing’s conflict between water and economy
By Xiaodi Hao

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

43. Plant collaboration for efficient sewage treatment: exploring the potential for integrated wastewater management
By Karl-Ulrich Rudolph, Daniel Gregarek and Uwe Buhning
45. Small is beautiful but is large more economical? Fresh views on decentralised versus centralised wastewater management
By Markus Starkl, Jonathan Parkinson, Dorai Narayana and Pierre Flamand

48. PROJECTS, PRODUCTS & SERVICES

WATER UTILITY 21

52. Building the infrastructure asset management ‘house’

53. READING AND RESOURCES

WATER ENVIRONMENT 21

54. Water on a planet under pressure
By Jamie Pittock

57. RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT

59. IWA NEWS

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60. IWA EVENTS

63. DIARY