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Water Science & Technology: Water Supply

Volume 7 Number 1

Insights into Water Management: Lessons from Water and Wastewater Technologies in Ancient Civilizations

Contents

A brief history of urban water supply in antiquity
L.W. Mays, D. Koutsoyiannis and A.N. Angelakis.......... 1–12
Logical and illogical exegeses of hydrometeorological phenomena in ancient Greece
D. Koutsoyiannis, N. Mamassi and A. Tegos.......... 13–22
The hydrologic cycle: a complex history with continuing pedagogical implications
S.M. Karterakis, B.W. Karney, B. Singh and A. Guergachi.......... 23–31
Water purification: from ancient civilization to the XXI Century
A.F. Danil de Namor.......... 33–39
A toast to our health: our journey toward safe water
J.B. Rose and Y. Masago.......... 41–48
History of water and health from ancient civilizations to modern times
H.S. Vuorinen, P.S. Juuti and T.S. Katko.......... 49–57
Historical development of soil-water physics and solute transport in porous media
D.E. Rolston.......... 59–66
Soil as a wastewater treatment system: historical development
V.E. Tzanakakis, N.V. Paranychianaki and A.N. Angelakis.......... 67–75
Water management in the Bronze Age: Greece and Anatolia
T. Showleh.......... 77–84
Rainwater harvesting in ancient civilizations in Jordan
R.A. AbdelKhaleq and I. Alhaj Ahmed.......... 85–93
Aqueducts during the Minoan Era
A.N. Angelakis, Y.M. Savvakis and G. Charalampakis.......... 95–101
Water management in Minoan Crete, Greece: the two cisterns of one Middle Bronze Age settlement
G. Cadogan.......... 103–111
A review of Ancient Roman water supply exploring techniques of pressure reduction
M.C. Monteleone, H. Yeung and R. Smith.......... 113–120
Roman aqueduct and hydraulic engineering: case of Nîmes aqueduct and its Pont du Gard bridge
N. Fonder and S. Xanthoulis.......... 121–129
Historical development of the Augustan Aqueduct in Southern Italy: twenty centuries of works from Serino to Naples
G. De Feo and R.M.A Napoli.......... 131–138
Aqueducts in the Hellenic area during the Roman period
E. Mavromati and L. Chryssaidis.......... 139–145
Potable water and sanitation in Tenochtitlan: Aztec culture
J.E. Becerril and B. Jiménez.......... 147–154
Lavatories in Ancient Greece
G.P. Antoniou.......... 155–164
Water supply of ancient Greek cities
T.P. Tassios.......... 165–172
Water supply of the cities in ancient China
P. Du and H. Chen.......... 173–181
Analysis of a large-scale water supply system of the Byzantine period using modern fluid mechanics
B. Haut and D. Viviers.......... 183–190
Irrigation, groundwater exploitation and cult of water in the rural settlements of Sabina, Central Italy, in Roman times
A. Di Leo and M. Tallini.......... 191–199
Overview of the history of water resources and irrigation management in the Near East region
M. Bazza.......... 201–209
Irrigation in the Indus basin: A history of unsustainability?
U. Alam, P. Sahota and P. Jeffrey.......... 211–218
The road not taken: how traditional excreta and greywater management may point the way to a sustainable future
P. Bracken, A. Wachtler, A.R. Panesar and J. Lange.......... 219–227
Water sustainability of ancient civilizations in mesoamerica and the American Southwest
L.W. Mays.......... 229–236
Ancient water catchment techniques for proper management of Mediterranean ecosystems
P. Laureano.......... 237–244
Pymatuning earthquake in Pennsylvania and Late Minoan Crisis on Crete
Y. Gorokhovich and G. Fleeger.......... 245–251
A voyage to Ancient Greek Harbours on board Limenoscope
T. Theodoulou and C. Memos.......... 253–260
The Water in the Royal Monastery of Santa Maria De Poblet, Tarragona, Spain
J.L. De la Peña, M. De la Peña, M. Salgot and Ll. Torcal.......... 261–267
The ancient Lake Albano tunnel: origins and considerations regarding the hydraulic regulation achieved
R. Drusiani, P. Bersani and P. Penta.......... 269–276