Wastewater Treatment: Selected Proceedings of the 1st World Water Congress of the International Water Association, Held in Paris, France, 3-7 July 2000

Selected Proceedings of the 1st IWA World Water Congress, held in Paris, France, 3-7 July 2000. The World Water Congress held in Paris in July 2000 was the first under the banner of the International Water Association, formed by the merger of the International Association on Water Quality and the International Water Services Association. The success of the merger was reflected in the unprecedented degree of interest and participation in the Congress, with nearly two-and-a-half thousand delegates attending for 450 oral presentations, 750 poster presentations and 4 workshops and seminars. From the large number of oral presentations, 43 dealing with aspects of wastewater treatment have been selected for this issue. Topics include adsorption, volatile organic emissions, membrane technology, particle separation, large wastewater treatment plants (design, operation and costs), instrumentation and control, agro-industries waste management. With authors who rank among the world s leading experts in these fields, tackling some of the most prominent contemporary problems, these proceedings are an essential compilation of the latest advances relating to the management of impacts on the water environment.