Decentralised Water and Wastewater SystemsAuthor(s): Kuruvilla Mathew, Stewart Dallas, Goen Ho\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: IWA Publishing, United Kingdom\nImprint: IWA Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781843395157, 978-1843395157\nSynopsis\nThe World Health Organization estimates that globally one billion people are without access to safe water and two billion people without adequate sanitation. The health consequence of such a situation is very serious and demands urgent appropriate action. The centralised system, which is still promoted all over the world, will not help in providing water and sanitation for all as it depends on huge financial and technological resources that are often not available.\nThe International Conference on Decentralised Water and Wastewater Systems held in Fremantle, Western Australia in July [tel]organised by the Environmental Technology Centre at Murdoch University) promoted decentralised systems as a means of solving this problem. All the papers submitted at th.