Monitoring Water Quality: Pollution Assessment, Analysis, and Remediation

ISBN-13: 9780444593955 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 400 str.

Satinder Ahuja

Opis

Monitoring Water Quality is a practical assessment of one of the most pressing growth and sustainability issues in the developed and developing worlds: water quality. Over the last 10 years, improved laboratory techniques have led to the discovery of microbial and viral contaminants, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors in our fresh water supplies that were not monitored previously. This book offers in-depth coverage of water quality issues (natural and human-related), monitoring of contaminants, and remediation of water contamination. In particular, readers will learn about arsenic removal techniques, real-time monitoring, and risk assessment. Monitoring Water Quality is a vital text for students and professionals in environmental science, civil engineering, chemistry -- anyone concerned with issues of water analysis and sustainability assessment.

• Covers in depth the scope of sustainable water problems on a worldwide scale
• Provides a rich source of sophisticated methods for analyzing water to assure its safety
• Describes the monitoring of contaminants, including pharmaceutical and endocrine disruptors
• Helps to quickly identify the sources and fates of contaminants and sources of pollutants and their loading

Recenzje

"This title offers in-depth coverage of water quality issues, monitoring of contaminants and remediation of water contamination.a vital text for students and professionals in environmental science, civil engineering, chemistry; for anyone concerned with issues of water analysis and sustainability assessment." --Water Conditioning and Purification, September 2013

"This book presents 15 contributions (including an overview by the editor) for an audience of scientists, regulators, and, perhaps, students." --Reference and Research Book News, October 2013

Spis treści

1 Overview of Sustainability of Water Quality 2 Water Quality and Trends in US 3 Rivers in Africa Are in Jeopardy 4 Multiple Water Quality Problems with Septic Systems in Coastal Environment 5 Monitoring Water Contaminants Including Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disruptors 6 Risk Assessment and Remediation 7 Analytical measurements to improve nonpoint pollution assessments in Indiana's Lake Michigan Watershed 8 Real-time and Near Real-time Monitoring Options for Water Quality 9 Removing Chemical  Contaminants Including Pharmaceuticals  from Water Using Radical Reactions 10 Horseradish Peroxidase Mediated Stabilization of 2,4-Diclorophenol in a Model SOM-free Soil 11 Mechanistic Studies on the Interaction  of Cactus Mucilages with Arsenic 12 Arsenic Sorption Dynamics on Composite Iron Matrix for Efficient Arsenic Water Filter Design 13 First Community-based Sustainable Arsenical Removal System in Cambodia 14 Arsenic Removal from Drinking Water and Ion-Exchange Brine Using Polysaccharide-Bridged Iron-based Nanoparticles 15 Transforming Arsenic Crises into an Economic Enterprise 16 Monitoring Water from Source to Tap: The New Paradigm for Insuring Water Security and Quality Evaluation 17 Evaluation of Environmentally Sustainable Strategies to Address Challenges Associated with Water Quality and Shortage

O autorze

Satinder Ahuja is a leading expert on water quality improvement. He earned his PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He worked for Novartis Corp. in various leadership positions for over 25 years and taught as an adjunct professor at Pace University for over 10 years. As president of Ahuja Consulting, he advises on water quality issues relating to chemicals and pharmaceuticals. A member of the executive committee of the Rivers of the World Foundation (ROW), Dr. Ahuja has organized numerous global symposia on improving water quality, including presentations for the American Chemical Society and UNESCO. Dr. Ahuja has published numerous papers and more than 25 books. His latest books are Contaminants in Our Water (ACS, 2020); Evaluating Water Quality to Prevent Future Disasters (Elsevier, 2019); Advances in Water Purification Techniques (Elsevier, 2019); and Chemistry and Water (Elsevier, 2017).