Proposed modification of Solar Still Using PCM for Purification of Ground Water -- An Approach for Reclamation of Salinity Affected Lands for Bio-energy Production -- Optimal Design of Water Distribution Network by Reliability Considerations -- Potable Water Production by Single Slope Active Solar Distillation Unit-A Review -- Heavy Metal Assessment in Urban Particulate matter in industrial areas of Vadodara City -- An Improved Approach for Accurate Weather Forecasting -- Planning Approach with 'Better Than Before' Concept: A Case Study of Library Building at SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, India -- Wastewater allocation and pricing model for the efficient functioning of CETP serving a textile industrial cluster -- A low-cost Decentralized Grey water recycling system for toilet flushing -- Water Demand as Fuzzy Random Variable in the Analysis of Water Distribution Networks.

This book comprises select papers presented at the International Conference on Trends and Recent Advances in Civil Engineering (TRACE 2020). This book covers papers on contemporary renewable energy and environmental technologies which include water purification, water distribution network, use of solar energy for electricity production, waste management, greening of buildings and air quality analysis. In all, twenty-three papers have been selected for publication. It is believed that this book will be useful to a fairly wide spectrum of audience like researchers, application engineers and industry managers.