 | Urban Wastewater Projects - A Layperson's Guide (EEA, 1998, 124 p.) |
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1.3 The Use of the Guide
The Guide has been structured to meet the needs of different levels of understanding of the subject. It is essential to recognise that it is a Guide for the use of laypersons and that, even though it is as technically accurate as is possible given that context, it is not a textbook on wastewater projects and as such is unlikely to satisfy technical “purists” in every respect.
As far as has proved practical, each of the chapters has been written to be self-contained. If time does not permit a complete reading of the Guide, it is therefore possible to “dip into” chapters of particular current interest to the reader. Further, in order to speed reference to the Guide, technical and institutional details have been removed to the annexes.
In order to minimise the material to be read, and where appropriate, options, issues and the ramifications of choice have been reported in a summarised tabular form. Use has been made of charts, diagrams and photographs, to convey the main points in each chapter.
The main chapter headings are as follows:
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Chapter 2 |
An Introduction to Urban and Rural Wastewater Management |
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Chapter 3 |
Environmental and Legislative Context |
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Chapter 4 |
Planning Issues |
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Chapter 5 |
Wastewater Networks |
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Chapter 6 |
Wastewater and Sludge Treatment and Disposal - General |
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Chapter 7 |
Wastewater and Sludge Treatment and Disposal - Details |
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Chapter 8 |
Revenue and User Charges |
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Chapter 9 |
Project Implementation |
It is recommended that Chapter 2 be read by all persons using the Guide as this deals with a number of key concepts.
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