This book is based on a public-health approach to the provision of water and sanitation in emergencies: an approach that is information-based and people-based.

Each year more than 200 million people are affected by floods, tropical storms, droughts, earthquakes, and also operational failures, wars, terrorism, vandalism

This book is the proceedings of the fifth conference on this topic and addresses these issues relating to drinking water and drinking water systems.

This book reflects the outcome of a three day NATO Advanced Workshop entitled "Supply of Water to Cities in Emergency Situations." Some 35 experts from 14 count