eprintid: 4240 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/42/40 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:05:03 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:15:01 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:05:03 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 3 creators_name: Somlyody, L. creators_id: 1437 title: Water quality management: Can we improve integration to face future problems? ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_wat internal_subjects: iis_env internal_subjects: iis_ecn divisions: RWP keywords: Central and Eastern Europe; Control types; Developing world; EIA; Global trends; Institutions; Integration; International water resources; Legislation; Modeling; Monitoring; Planning; River basins; Science and engineering; Sustainable development; Wastewater treatment; Water quality management abstract: Water (and its deteriorating quality) may be the most severe stress on the exponentially growing human population in the next century. Problems are becoming increasingly complex and diverse and require more and more specific knowledge, and efficient integration across various disciplines, sectors, countries, and societies. The major challenge addressed is whether we are prepared to realize the desired integration and to resolve the large amount of existing gaps and barriers. The paper analyzes major past and desired future trends in water quality management. A number of issues are selected such as the identification, occurrence, and perception of various problems (e.g. eutrophication, acidification, global warming), pollution control types, wastewater treatment, modeling and monitoring, planning and environmental impact assessment, legislation and institutions, the notion of sustainable development, and the role of science and engineering. The past two decades showed tremendous developments in water quality management. In spite of these, the focus of the present discussion lies mostly on pitfalls to disseminate lessons and questions which are crucial to likely future problems and desired improvements. date: 1995 date_type: published publisher: IWA Publishing id_number: 10.1016/0273-1223(95)00378-Z iiasapubid: XJ-95-097 iiasa_bibref: Water Science and Technology; 31(8):249-259 (1995) iiasa_bibnotes: [doi:10.1016/0273-1223(95)00378-Z]. Also available as IIASA Reprint RP-96-013 creators_browse_id: 1584 full_text_status: none publication: Water Science & Technology volume: 31 number: 8 pagerange: 249-259 refereed: TRUE issn: 1996-9732 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article citation: Somlyody, L. (1995). Water quality management: Can we improve integration to face future problems? Water Science & Technology 31 (8) 249-259. 10.1016/0273-1223(95)00378-Z .