The sustainable provision of safe and reliable drinking water and sanitation remain as the major challenges facing both the developing and industrialized regions in the world. The issues of water supply and sanitation are dealt with in depth in the two sub-cores: Water Supply Engineering and Sa...
A major challenge in the water and sanitation sector is to improve the levels of service in low-income countries where many people spend considerable time and money collecting water from irregular and often contaminated supplies. These same communities often live in poorly drained areas, where...
