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

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Logical and illogical exegeses of hydrometeorological phenomena in ancient Greece

D. Koutsoyiannis, N. Mamassi and A. Tegos.......... 13–22

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The hydrologic cycle: a complex history with continuing pedagogical implications

S.M. Karterakis, B.W. Karney, B. Singh and A. Guergachi.......... 23–31

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Water purification: from ancient civilization to the XXI Century

A.F. Danil de Namor.......... 33–39

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A toast to our health: our journey toward safe water

J.B. Rose and Y. Masago.......... 41–48

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History of water and health from ancient civilizations to modern times

H.S. Vuorinen, P.S. Juuti and T.S. Katko.......... 49–57

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Historical development of soil-water physics and solute transport in porous media

D.E. Rolston.......... 59–66

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Soil as a wastewater treatment system: historical development

V.E. Tzanakakis, N.V. Paranychianaki and A.N. Angelakis.......... 67–75

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Water management in the Bronze Age: Greece and Anatolia

T. Showleh.......... 77–84

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Rainwater harvesting in ancient civilizations in Jordan

R.A. AbdelKhaleq and I. Alhaj Ahmed.......... 85–93

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Aqueducts during the Minoan Era

A.N. Angelakis, Y.M. Savvakis and G. Charalampakis.......... 95–101

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Water management in Minoan Crete, Greece: the two cisterns of one Middle Bronze Age settlement

G. Cadogan.......... 103–111

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A review of Ancient Roman water supply exploring techniques of pressure reduction

M.C. Monteleone, H. Yeung and R. Smith.......... 113–120

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Roman aqueduct and hydraulic engineering: case of Nîmes aqueduct and its Pont du Gard bridge

N. Fonder and S. Xanthoulis.......... 121–129

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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

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Aqueducts in the Hellenic area during the Roman period

E. Mavromati and L. Chryssaidis.......... 139–145

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Potable water and sanitation in Tenochtitlan: Aztec culture

J.E. Becerril and B. Jiménez.......... 147–154

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Lavatories in Ancient Greece

G.P. Antoniou.......... 155–164

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Water supply of ancient Greek cities

T.P. Tassios.......... 165–172

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Water supply of the cities in ancient China

P. Du and H. Chen.......... 173–181

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Analysis of a large-scale water supply system of the Byzantine period using modern fluid mechanics

B. Haut and D. Viviers.......... 183–190

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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

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Overview of the history of water resources and irrigation management in the Near East region

M. Bazza.......... 201–209

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Irrigation in the Indus basin: A history of unsustainability?

U. Alam, P. Sahota and P. Jeffrey.......... 211–218

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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

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Water sustainability of ancient civilizations in mesoamerica and the American Southwest

L.W. Mays.......... 229–236

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Ancient water catchment techniques for proper management of Mediterranean ecosystems

P. Laureano.......... 237–244

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Pymatuning earthquake in Pennsylvania and Late Minoan Crisis on Crete

Y. Gorokhovich and G. Fleeger.......... 245–251

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A voyage to Ancient Greek Harbours on board Limenoscope

T. Theodoulou and C. Memos.......... 253–260

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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

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The ancient Lake Albano tunnel: origins and considerations regarding the hydraulic regulation achieved

R. Drusiani, P. Bersani and P. Penta.......... 269–276

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