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Wastewater Management Journey – From Indus Valley Civilisation to the Twenty-First Century

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A comprehensive review of the past and present urban wastewater management is presented in this chapter, including shortcomings of our conventional centralised management systems. A ‘soft path’ for wastewater management is presented as a sustainable alternative. Such an approach emphasises on small-scale management systems, incorporates fit-for-purpose water reuse and recommends the use of diverse, locally appropriate and commonly decentralised infrastructures.

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  1. State Water Corporation, Sydney, Australia

    Amit P. Chanan

  2. Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater, UTS, Sydney, Australia

    Saravanamuth Vigneswaran & Jaya Kandasamy

  3. University of Western Sydney, Richmond, Australia

    Bruce Simmons

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  1. Department of Chemistry, JECRC University, Shri Ram ki Nangal, via Sitapura RIICO, Tonk Road, Jaipur, 302 022, Rajasthan, India

    Sanjay K. Sharma

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Chanan, A.P., Vigneswaran, S., Kandasamy, J., Simmons, B. (2013). Wastewater Management Journey – From Indus Valley Civilisation to the Twenty-First Century. In: Sharma, S., Sanghi, R. (eds) Wastewater Reuse and Management. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4942-9_1

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