Publications 2006-2007

Duncan Mara

D. D. Mara and M. L. Johnson (2006).  Aerated rock filters for enhanced ammonia and fecal coliform removal from facultative pond effluents. Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers 132 (4), 574−577.

Cooperating towards MDG success.  The Water Wheel, South Africa,  5 (2), 42 (2006).

K. L. Abis and D. D. Mara (2006).  Temperature measurement and stratification in facultative waste stabilisation ponds in the UK climate.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 114 (3), 35−47.

D. D. Mara (2006).  Constructed wetlands and waste stabilization ponds for small rural communities in the United Kingdom: a comparison of land area requirements, performance and costs.  Environmental Technology 27 (7), 753−757.

D. D. Mara (2006).  Modern engineering interventions to reduce the transmission of diseases caused by inadequate domestic water supplies and sanitation in developing countries. Building Services Engineering Research & Technology 27 (2), 75−83.

D. D. Mara  (2006).  Questioning the clarity of DALYs.  Water21, June, p. 11.

D. D. Mara (2006).  Pond process design: a practical guide.  In Pond Treatment Technology (ed. A. N. Shilton), pp. 168−187.  London: IWA Publishing. 

D. D. Mara (2006).  Wastewater treatment for wastewater reuse: required effluent qualities and how to achieve them at reasonable cost.  Paper presented at the Regional EMWater Project Conference, Amman, 30 October − 1 November.

D. D. Mara (2006). Low-cost water supply and sanitation technologies: too low-cost for adoption?  Paper presented at the BCID Seminar on Water Governance for Africa, Bradford Centre for International Development, University of Bradford, 30 November.

D. D. Mara (2006).  Comment on "Minimizing land requirement and evaporation in small wastewater treatment systems".  Ecological Engineering 28, 181.

D. D. Mara (2006). Septic tanks, baffled facultative ponds and aerated rock filters: a high-efficiency low-cost wastewater treatment system for small communities up to ~500 p.e.  E-WAter, paper 2006/19 (www.ewaonline.de/journal/online.htm).

C. G. Banda, P. A. Sleigh and D. D. Mara (2006).  3D-CFD modelling of E. coli removal in baffled primary facultative ponds: classical design optimization.  Paper presented at the Seventh IWA International Conference on Waste Stabilization Ponds, Bangkok, 25−27 September.

C. G. Banda, P. A. Sleigh and D. D. Mara (2006).  3D-CFD-based design of waste stabilization ponds: significance of wind velocity.  Paper presented at the Seventh IWA International Conference on Waste Stabilization Ponds, Bangkok, 25−27 September. 

D. D. Mara (2006). Constructed wetlands are not a viable alternative or addition to waste stabilization ponds.  Paper presented at the Seventh IWA International Conference on Waste Stabilization Ponds, Bangkok, 25−27 September.

D. D. Mara (2006). Use of treated wastewaters in agriculture. In Aqua 2003: Multiple Uses of Water for Life and Sustainable Development (ed. M. R. Peña, I. Restrepo, D. D. Mara and H. Gijzen), pp. 45−46. London: IWA Publishing.

D. D. Mara (2006). Waste stabilization ponds: time for aggressive marketing. In Aqua 2003: Multiple Uses of Water for Life and Sustainable Development (ed. M. R. Peña, I. Restrepo, D. D. Mara and H. Gijzen), pp. 129−130. London: IWA Publishing.

M. R. Peña and D. D. Mara (2006). High-rate anaerobic pond concept for domestic wastewater treatment: results from pilot-scale experience. In Aqua 2003: Multiple Uses of Water for Life and Sustainable Development (ed. M. R. Peña, I. Restrepo, D. D. Mara and H. Gijzen), pp. 137−142. London: IWA Publishing.

D. D. Mara (2006).  Urine diversion: sometimes good, but not always.  Water21, December, p. 11.

D. D. Mara, P. A. Sleigh, U. J. Blumenthal and R. M Carr (2007).  Health risks in wastewater irrigation: comparing estimates from quantitative microbial risk analyses and epidemiological studies. Journal of Water and Health 5 (1), 39−50.

M. L. Johnson and D. D. Mara (2007). Ammonia removal from facultative pond effluents in a constructed wetland and an aerated rock filter: performance comparison in winter and summer. Water Environment Research 79 (5), 567−570. 

C. Paterson, D. D. Mara and T. P. Curtis (2007).  Pro-poor sanitation technologies. Geoforum 38 (5) 901−907.

Duncan Mara, Jan-Olof Drangert, Nguyen Viet Anh, Andrzej Tonderski, Holger Gulyas and Karin Tonderski (2007).  Selection of sustainable sanitation arrangements.  Water Policy 9 (3), 305−318.

Nguyen Thi Phong Lan, Anders Dalsgaard, Phung Dac Cam and Duncan Mara (2007). Microbiological quality of fish grown in wastewater-fed and non-wastewater-fed fishponds in Hanoi, Vietnam: influence of hygiene practices in local retail markets.  Journal of Water and Health 5 (2), 209−218.

D. D. Mara (2007). Sanitation 21: an incomplete approach. Water21, February, p. 11.

D. D. Mara and M. L. Johnson (2007).  Waste stabilization ponds and rock filters: solutions for small communities.  Water Science and Technology 55 (7) 103−107.

M. A. Camargo Valero and D. D. Mara (2007). Nitrogen removal in maturation ponds: tracer experiments with ¹⁵N-labelled ammonia.  Water Science and Technology 55 (11), 81−85.

M. A. Camargo Valero and D. D. Mara (2007). Nitrogen removal via ammonia volatilization in maturation ponds. Water Science and Technology 55 (11), 87−92.

M. L. Johnson, M. A. Camargo Valero and D. D. Mara (2007).  Maturation ponds, rock filters and reedbeds in the UK: statistical analysis of winter performance. Water Science and Technology 55 (11), 135−142.

D. D. Mara (2007). Decentralized wastewater management.  Paper presented at the GTZ Conference on Sustainable Wastewater Management, Cairo, 10−11 September.  Arabic version.

J. H. J. Ensink, W. van der Hoek, D. D. Mara and S. Cairncross (2007).  Waste stabilization pond performance in Pakistan and its implications for wastewater use in agriculture.  Urban Water Journal 4 (4), 261−267.

D. D. Mara (2007). Reuse of wastewater for agriculture. Sustainable Water Management (2), 20−22 (www.zer0-m.org).

D. D. Mara (2007).  How to transpose the 2006 WHO guidelines into national standards. Paper presented at the Sixth IWA International Specialist Conference on Wastewater Recyling and Reuse for Sustainablity, Antwerp, 9−12 October.

D. D. Mara (2007). Wastewater treatment requirements for wastewater use in agriculture: implications of the 2006 WHO Guidelines. Paper presented at the Sixth IWA International Specialist Conference on Wastewater Recyling and Reuse for Sustainablity, Antwerp, 9−12 October.  

M. A. Camargo Valero and D. D. Mara (2007). Nitrogen transformation and removal in maturation ponds: tracer experiments with ¹⁵N stable isotopes in the UK in summer. Paper presented at  the Second International  Congress 'SmallWat07'  Wastewater  Treatment in Small Communities, Seville, 11−15 November.

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