Blue buildings: decentralized and integrated management of water from ‘Source-To-Source, At Source’

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Samuel ◽  
M. Lim ◽  
C. Hsien ◽  
A. Ho ◽  
U. Schraudolph ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Integrated Management ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Urban Water Management ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Water And Wastewater ◽  
Source Management

The high upfront investments, inadequate funding, technical challenges and major gaps in implementing centralized water systems necessitate the exploration of more viable, environment friendly and economically sustainable options. At the same time, the increasing scarcity of water requires an ‘end-to-end’ or ‘source-to-source’ management approach. This paper provides the framework for an alternative decentralized solution that can both complement the conventional centralized solution to water and wastewater management. It provides the vital building blocks for the development of SMART Cities by making homes, buildings and communities water sustainable through a new Blue Building Standard that uses economically and technically viable technologies. In such a framework, the end users become active partners and collaborators with service providers and utilities in the management of water from source to source, at source. Only with the development and adoption of new standards can decentralized solution realize its potential of becoming a mainstream solution in urban water management.

A brief history of water supply and wastewater management in ancient Greece

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 618-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. N. Angelakis ◽  
D. S. Spyridakis
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Water Supply ◽  
Ancient Greece ◽  
Storm Water ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water Management ◽  
History Of ◽  
Water And Wastewater ◽  
Greek Civilization

The evolution of urban water management in ancient Greece begins in Crete during the Middle Bronze and the beginning of the Late Bronze Ages (ca. 2000–1500 B.C.) when many remarkable developments occurred in several stages as Minoan civilization flourished on the island. One of its salient characteristics was the architectural and hydraulic function of its water supply and sewerage systems in the Minoan Palaces and several other settlements. These technologies, though they do not give a complete picture of water supply and wastewater and storm water technologies in ancient Greece, indicate nevertheless that such technologies have been used in Greece since prehistoric times. Minoan water and wastewater technologies were diffused to the Greek mainland in the subsequent phases of Greek civilization, i.e. in the Mycenaean, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods. The scope of this article is the presentation of the most characteristic forms of ancient hydraulic works and related technologies and their uses in past Greek civilizations.

scholarly journals Urban water management challenges versus intitutional and economic capacities in African cities (2012)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chloé Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Capacity Building ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water Management ◽  
African Cities ◽  
Water And Wastewater ◽  
Economic Capacity ◽  
Untapped Resource

This layer shows limits pose by challenges and capacities to African cities. Although the main challenges in terms of magnitude exist in the larger cities, these are also relatively better-placed in terms of institutional and economic capacity to address the problems through economies of scale. Most smaller cities lack this advantage and clearly need to focus on capacity-building as a necessary step towards improving their water and wastewater management systems. For more information, acces the 2017 UN World Water Development Report: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/water/wwap/wwdr/2017-wastewater-the-untapped-resource/ Capacity-Building Human settlements Waste

scholarly journals Innovative process solutions in the field of water decarbonisation as an element of integrated management in environmental protection – A case study

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Kamiński ◽  
Michał Nadrowski
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Management ◽  
Cooling Water ◽  
Physical Parameters ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Water Stream ◽  
Management Area ◽  
Water And Wastewater ◽  
Reducing Costs ◽  
Softening Process ◽  
Process Solutions

Abstract Most waters in Poland are classified as medium or very hard. In case of industrial waters, their chemical composition and physical parameters play an essential role. The water ought to be soft and should not contain dissolved salts and gases. This water, which has not undergone a softening process, may cause damage to heating devices and boiler scale within a few years. Therefore, water softening is mainly used for heating and energy purposes. However, an important issue is technological processes in which water is used both as a product additive or as an agent in exchange of heat and mass [Reference Document…2001; Nawrocki, Biłozor 2000; Kiedryńska, Papciak, Granops 2006; Biłozor 2012]. The aim of the work was to determine the effect of changes in the proportion of decarbonised water in the process water stream on its parameters (oxidability, general hardness) and parameters of cooling water in water cycles. The possibility of limiting the consumption of raw water to the processes carried out on the premises of the plant and the possibilities of improving energy efficiency in the area of water and wastewater management with a variable stream of decarbonised water in the technological water was checked. It was found that the increase in the share of decarbonised water in the technological and cooling water stream is important in the implementation of process solutions in this area and has a positive effect on reducing costs related to the operational functioning of the water and wastewater management area.

Water and wastewater in developing countries: present reality and strategy for the future

2002 ◽  
Vol 46 (9) ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Ujang ◽  
C. Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Wastewater Management ◽  
Urban Water ◽  
Urban Water Management ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Future Scenario ◽  
Waste Minimisation ◽  
Water And Wastewater ◽  
Financial Arrangements

This paper summarises the paper presentation sessions at the Conference, as well giving insights on the issues related to developing countries. It also discusses the present status of practice and research on water and wastewater management, and projected future scenario based not only on the papers presented in the Conference, but also on other sources. The strategy is presented to overcome many problems in developing countries such as rapid urbanization, industrialization, population growth, financial and institutional problems and, depleting water resources. The strategy consists of Integrated Urban Water Management (IUWM), cleaner industrial production, waste minimisation and financial arrangements.

ILSSPP: Intelligent location sharing system with privacy preserving features for smart cities

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Gokay Saldamli ◽  
Richard Chow ◽  
Hongxia Jin
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
User Interaction ◽  
Privacy Preserving ◽  
Location Based Services ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Fine Grained ◽  
Location Sharing ◽  
Social Network Structure

Social networking services are increasingly accessed through mobile devices. This trend has prompted services such as Facebook and Google+to incorporate location as a de facto feature of user interaction. At the same time, services based on location such as Foursquare and Shopkick are also growing as smartphone market penetration increases. In fact, this growth is happening despite concerns (growing at a similar pace) about security and third-party use of private location information (e.g., for advertising). Nevertheless, service providers have been unwilling to build truly private systems in which they do not have access to location information. In this paper, we describe an architecture and a trial implementation of a privacy-preserving location sharing system called ILSSPP. The system protects location information from the service provider and yet enables fine grained location-sharing. One main feature of the system is to protect an individual’s social network structure. The pattern of location sharing preferences towards contacts can reveal this structure without any knowledge of the locations themselves. ILSSPP protects locations sharing preferences through protocol unification and masking. ILSSPP has been implemented as a standalone solution, but the technology can also be integrated into location-based services to enhance privacy.

Can an integrated management approach provide a basis for long-term prevention of weed dominance in Australian pasture systems?

Weed Research ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
R K HUWER ◽  
D T BRIESE ◽  
P M DOWLING ◽  
D R KEMP ◽  
W M LONSDALE ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Management ◽  
Management Approach

scholarly journals An Introduction to 5G Network Slicing Technology

Telecom IT ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
B. Goldstein ◽  
V. Elagin ◽  
K. Kobzev ◽  
A. Grebenshchikova
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Network Slicing ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
5G Network ◽  
High Bandwidth ◽  
Shared Infrastructure ◽  
Levels Of Service

Communications Service Providers are looking to 5G technology as an enabler for new revenues, with network slicing providing a cost-effective means of supporting multiple services on shared infrastructure. Different radio access technologies, network architectures, and core functions can be brought together under software control to deliver appropriate Quality of Service “slices,” enabling new levels of service innovation, such as high bandwidth for video applications, low latency for automation, and mass connectivity for Smart Cities.

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