水４．０：饮用水的过去、现在与未来

［美］戴维·塞德拉克　著

徐向荣　等译    虞左俊　校

上海科学技术出版社

出版时间：2015.08

ISBN：978-7-5478-2729-1

定价：38元

Water 4.0: The Past, Present, and Future of the World's Most Vital Resource

Paperback：March 31, 2015

by David Sedlak (Author)

Turn on the faucet, and water pours out. Pull out the drain plug, and the dirty water disappears. Most of us give little thought to the hidden systems that bring us water and take it away when we’re done with it. But these underappreciated marvels of engineering face an array of challenges that cannot be solved without a fundamental change to our relationship withwater, David Sedlak explains in this enlightening book. To make informed decisions about the future, we need to understand the three revolutions inurban water systems that have occurred over the past 2,500 years and the technologies that will remake the system.

打开水龙头，水就流出来。拔出下水道活塞，脏水就流走了。城市水系统为我们带来干净的水并将用过的脏水带走，我们大多数人不会考虑对这套系统的内幕。但是，如果不从根本上改变我们与水之间的关系，这些远被低估了的工程上的奇迹将面临着一系列无法解决的挑战。戴维▪塞德拉克在这本富有启发性的书里对此进行了解释。为了能对未来城市水系统改造做出明智的决定，我们需要了解城市水系统在过去2500年里发生过的三次革命和各种技术。

The author starts by describing Water 1.0, the early Roma naqueducts, fountains, and sewers that made dense urban living feasible. He thendetails the development of drinking water and sewage treatment systems—the second and third revolutions in urban water. He offers an insider’s look atcurrent systems that rely on reservoirs, underground pipe networks, treatment plants, and storm sewers to provide water that is safe to drink, before addressing how these water systems will have to be reinvented. For everyone who cares about reliable, clean, abundant water, this book is essential reading.

作者首先描述了“（城市）水（系统）革命第一时代(Water1.0)”，即早期的古罗马沟渠、喷泉和下水道使得人们可以在人口稠密的城市里生存。接下来，作者详细地描述了在第二次和第三次城市水革命中饮用水和污水处理系统的发展历程。现代水系统依赖于水库、地下管网、污水处理厂和雨水下水道，为我们提供可安全饮用的水。在致力于解决这些水系统如何得到进一步改造之前，他提供了一种业内人士如何看待现行水系统的独到眼光。对于每一个关心水，想得到可靠、清洁、充足的水的人来说，这本书是必不可少的读物。

第一章　世界上第一个大都市罗马城的供水

第二章　桶的时代

第三章　欧洲的污水危机

第四章　延年益寿得力于水处理

第五章　燃烧的河流、褪色的油漆和清洁水运动

第六章　氯化处理水的困境

第七章　流入海湾的下水道

第八章　“痕量”的麻烦： 激素、药物和有毒化学品

第九章　为第四次水变革做准备

第十章　从厕所到水龙头的解决方案

第十一章　向海洋索取饮用水

第十二章　不一样的明天

第十三章　反思