Handbook of Water Purity and Quality

Satinder Ahuja

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2021
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323851381
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Environmental Science

Handbook of Water Purity and Quality, Second Edition provides those involved in water purification research and administration with a comprehensive resource of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from contaminants, both natural and human caused. The book includes an overview of the subject and discusses major water-related issues in developing and developed countries. Issues covered include sampling for water analysis, regulatory considerations, and forensics in water quality and purity investigations. Microbial as well as chemical contaminations from inorganic compounds, radionuclides, disinfectants, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals, including endocrine disruptors, are discussed at length. In addition, the luxury of municipal water purified for human consumption is unavailable for a very large number of people. To help solve this problem, some economical water purification techniques, including a million-dollar Grainger prizewinner that can save millions of lives have been included. This fully updated second edition includes four new chapters on topics such as the GenX Water Contamination Problem, the impact of climate change on water, and green chemistry solutions to water pollution. - Covers the scope of water contamination problems on a worldwide scale with an overview of major water-related issues in developing and developed countries, including monitoring techniques for potential terrorist-related activities - Provides a rich source of methods for analyzing water to ensure its safety from natural and deliberate contaminants - Includes a review of water quality forensics with the objective of tracking new potential water contaminants

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of contributors
• Preface
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Chapter 1 : Overview: modern water purity and quality
• Chapter 2 : Water quality worldwide
• Chapter 3 : Challenges and solutions to water problems in Africa
• Chapter 4 : Impact of climate change on water quality and public policy approach to reduce uncertainty and risk
• Chapter 5 : Investigating water pollution: the forensic approach
• Chapter 6 : Regulatory considerations to ensure clean and safe drinking water
• Chapter 7 : Monitoring for contamination caused by malevolent acts and unforeseen events
• Chapter 8 : Microbiological threats to water quality
• Chapter 9 : Radionuclides in surface water and groundwater
• Chapter 10 : Pesticides in water
• Chapter 11 : Current status of pharmaceutical contamination in water
• Chapter 12 : Arsenic removal technologies: field applications and sustainability
• Chapter 13 : Wastewater: novel treatment technologies and source for epidemiological studies
• Chapter 14 : Select applications of nanomaterials for water purification
• Chapter 15 : Green chemistry: key to reducing waste and improving water quality
• Chapter 16 : Evaluation of sustainability strategies—a water quantity and quality perspective
• Index
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