As part of IWA's role to promote networking and career development opportunities for young researchers and professionals, IWA established the Young Researchers Conference (YRC) in 2002 as a biennial international forum for young water professionals to discuss current and future environmental concerns and network with peers from different research institutions, disciplines and countries. The selection of papers in this special issue of WEMS represents papers that were presented at the 3rd Young Researchers Conference (YRC06) held on the 24-26 May 2006 at Nanyang Technological University,...

Principles of Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes is the third book in the Water and Wastewater Process Technologies Series.
The book outlines the principle unit operations that are involved in the separation, degradation and utilisation of organic and inorganic matter during water and wastewater treatment. The module builds on the subjects of chemistry, biology and engineering covered in Process Science and Engineering for Water and Wastewater Treatment (Module 1) and provides a descriptive introduction to unit operations that are further described with design and operational...