CRC Press Urban and Industrial Water Conservation Methods

 Urban and Industrial Water Conservation Methods provides comprehensive and practical information regarding water use for various different sectors and describes the most suitable conservation devices and techniques to reduce water consumption in urban environments. It demonstrates how these conservation devices and best practices can greatly and quickly increase the efficiency of water use in both new and existing buildings. Features: Examines conservation devices and techniques across residential, commercial, and institutional sectors. Provides practical advice on implementing water conservation methods for users across various industries. Explains how to quickly improve water efficiency by using cost-effective water-saving devices and techniques. Includes relevant international case studies to reinforce the content. Written by practicing water conservation consultants for a wide audience, including municipality authorities and decision-makers, researchers, and students alike, Urban and Industrial Water Conservation Methods applies to residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial end users. About the Author Abbas Yari is a project manager and head of the engineering design team and the water supply department in Bandab Consulting Engineers. He has been involved in strategic national projects as the project manager and senior engineer. He is the co-editor of Iran national standards for "Analysis and design of concrete water storage reservoirs" and has written several technical papers in local journals. He has 30 years professional experiences in water Supply field of Urban/Rural, Industrial and Agricultural development, water conservation in Residential, Commercial, Institutional, and Industrial Sectors and rehabilitation projects including Transmission Pipelines, Distribution Networks, Pumping Stations, Instrumentation, Telemetry and Control Philosophy, Reservoirs, Tanks, Large Scale Pressurized Irrigation Networks, Intakes, Water Saving Devices, Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plants & Brine Transmission and Disposal, Dam Bottom Outlets, Leak Detection, Water Hammer Analysis, Equipment Selection and Commissioning, etc. Saeid Eslamian is a full professor of environmental hydrology and water resources engineering in the Department of Water Engineering at Isfahan University of Technology, where he has been since 1995. His research focuses mainly on statistical and environmental hydrology in a changing climate. In recent years, he has worked on modeling natural hazards, including floods, severe storms, wind, drought, pollution, water reuses, sustainable development and resiliency, etc. Formerly, he was a visiting professor at Princeton University, New Jersey, and the University of ETH Zurich, Switzerland. On the research side, he started a research partnership in 2014 with McGill University, Canada and 2019 with University Hawaii, USA. He has contributed to more than 600 publications in journals, books, and technical reports. He is the founder and chief editor of the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology (IJHST). Eslamian is now associate editor of three important publications: Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier), Eco-Hydrology and Hydrobiology (Elsevier), Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination (IWA) and Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences (Elsevier). Professor Eslamian is the author of more than 40 books and 200 chapter books. Dr. Eslamian’s professional experience includes membership on editorial boards, and he is a reviewer of more than 100 Web of Science (ISI) journals, including the ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Advances in Water Resources, Groundwater, Hydrological Processes, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Global Planetary Changes, Water Resources Management, Water Science and Technology, Eco-Hydrology, Journal of Ameri