List of Contributors viiPart I Water Pollution and Its Security 11 Water Security and Human Health in Relation to Climate Change: An Indian Perspective 3Ravishankar Kumar, Prafulla Kumar Sahoo, and Sunil Mittal2 Assessment of Anthropogenic Pressure and Population Attitude for the Conservation of Kanwar Wetland, Begusarai, India: A Case Study 22Ajeet Kumar Singh, M. Sathya, Satyam Verma, Agam Kumar, and S. Jayakumar3 Grossly Polluting Industries and Their Effect on Water Resources in India 47Zeenat Arif, Naresh Kumar Sethy, Swati, Pradeep Kumar Mishra, and Bhawna VermaPart II Phytoremediation of Water Pollution 674 Phytoremediation: Status and Outlook 69Kajal Patel, Indu Tripathi, Meenakshi Chaurasia, and K.S. Rao5 Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals from the Biosphere Perspective and Solutions 95Indica Mohan, Kajol Goria, Sunil Dhar, Richa Kothari, B.S. Bhau, and Deepak Pathania6 Phytoremediation for Heavy Metal Removal: Technological Advancements 128Monika Yadav, Gurudatta Singh, and R.N. JadejaPart III Microbial Remediation of Water Pollution 1517 Advances in Biological Techniques for Remediation of Heavy Metals Leached from a Fly Ash Contaminated Ecosphere 153Krishna Rawat and Amit Kumar Yadav8 Microbial Degradation of Organic Contaminants in Water Bodies: Technological Advancements 172Deepak Yadav, Sukhendra Singh, and Rupika Sinha9 The Fate of Organic Pollutants and Their Microbial Degradation in Water Bodies 210Gurudatta Singh, Anubhuti Singh, Priyanka Singh, Reetika Shukla, Shashank Tripathi, and Virendra Kumar MishraPart IV Removal of Water Pollutants by Nanotechnology 24110 Detection and Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater Using Nanomaterials 243Swati Chaudhary, Mohan Kumar, Saami Ahmed, and Mahima Kaushik11 Spinel Ferrite Magnetic Nanoparticles: An Alternative for Wastewater Treatment 273Sanjeet Kumar Paswan, Pawan Kumar, Ram Kishore Singh, Sushil Kumar Shukla, and Lawrence Kumar12 Biocompatible Cellulose-Based Sorbents for Potential Application in Heavy Metal Ion Removal from Wastewater 306Shashikant Shivaji Vhatkar, Kavita Kumari, and Ramesh OraonPart V Advances in Remediation of Water Pollution 32713 Advances in Membrane Technology Used in the Wastewater Treatment Process 329Naresh K. Sethy, Zeenat Arif, K.S. Sista, P.K. Mishra, Pradeep Kumar, and Avinash K. Kushwaha14 Occurrence, Fate, and Remediation of Arsenic 349Gurudatta Singh, Anubhuti Singh, Reetika Shukla, Jayant Karwadiya, Ankita Gupta, Anam Naheed, and Virendra Kumar Mishra15 Physical and Chemical Methods for Heavy Metal Removal 377Monika Yadav, Gurudatta Singh, and R.N. JadejaPart VI Policy Dimensions on Water Security 39916 The Role of Government and the Public in Water Resource Management in India 401Jitesh Narottam Vyas and Supriya NathIndex 416
Pardeep Singh, PhD is Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College at the University of Delhi in New Delhi, India. He obtained his doctorate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India.Rishikesh Singh, PhD received his doctorate from Banaras Hindu University. His research focus is on the management and conservation of polluted sites.Vipin Kumar Singh, PhD is CSIR Research Associate in the Department of Botany, Centre of Advanced Study at the Banaras Hindu University. He received his PhD in Botany from the Banaras Hindu University.Rahul Bhadouria, PhD is a Post-Doctoral fellow at Department of Botany, University of Delhi. He received his doctorate in Environmental Science from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.