Series Editor Foreword viiPreface and Acknowledgments ixList of Abbreviations xi1 Global Perspective of Wastewater Treatment 11.1 Global Wastewater Treatment Scenario 11.2 The UN Sustainable Development Agenda for Wastewater 21.3 Global Market Size 41.4 Global Best Practices 41.5 Embedding Sustainability into Wastewater Treatment 71.6 Sustainable Sources for Industrial Water 111.7 Deep Sea Discharge as an Alternative to Minimize Human and Environmental Health Risks 131.8 Environmental Rule of Law 161.9 Trends in Wastewater Treatment Technology 172 Wastewater Characteristics 192.1 Wastewater Characteristics of Various Industries 192.2 Wastewater Characteristics and Measuring Methodology 383 Wastewater Treatment Technologies 673.1 Overview of Wastewater Treatment Technologies 673.2 Primary Treatment 683.3 Secondary Treatment 733.4 Tertiary Treatment 893.5 Sludge Dewatering 933.6 Zero Liquid Discharge 1004 Design Considerations 1034.1 Screening 1044.2 Equalization Unit 1054.3 Dissolved Air Flotation 1064.4 Clariflocculator 1084.5 Conventional Activated Sludge 1104.6 Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor 1204.7 Membrane Bioreactor 1244.8 Chlorination Unit 1304.9 Pressure Sand Filter 1314.10 Activated Carbon Filter 1334.11 Ultrafiltration 1354.12 Reverse Osmosis 1404.13 Evaporator with Crystallizer 1464.14 Filter Press 1494.15 Belt Press 1524.16 Centrifuge 1534.17 Gravity Thickener 1555 Advance Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Technologies 1585.1 Scaleban 1595.2 Forward Osmosis 1625.3 Activated Glass Media Filter 1655.4 Vacuum Distillation 1685.5 Volute 1735.6 Solar Detoxification 1745.7 Sustainable Wastewater Treatment 1816 Zero Liquid Discharge 1846.1 ZLD Technologies 1856.2 ZLD Technologies: Techno-Economic Evaluation 1926.3 Feasibility Study of ZLD 1947 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operational Excellence and Troubleshooting 2047.1 Wastewater Treatment Issues 2047.2 Wastewater Stream Identification, Characterization, and Segregation 2057.3 Operation and Troubleshooting for Preliminary Treatment System 2057.4 Operation and Troubleshooting for Primary Treatment System 2067.5 Operation and Troubleshooting for Secondary Biological Treatment System 2067.6 Operation and Troubleshooting for Tertiary Treatment System 2137.7 Wastewater Sampling 2197.8 Operation Records and Daily Log Sheet 2207.9 Microbiology Fundamentals 2207.10 Biological Wastewater Treatment Factors 2237.11 Lab Testing Activity and Support 2247.12 Best Practices for Pipe Line Sizing 2267.13 Best Practices for Instrument Operation 2267.14 Wastewater Online Monitoring Process 2277.15 Wastewater Characteristics Monitoring Parameters 2287.16 Effluent Treatment Plant Operating Procedure 229Glossary 231Index 234
Dr Mritunjay Chaubey is a wastewater treatment, environmental and sustainability expert of international repute. He has a PhD in environmental engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Dr Chaubey is also an Editorial Board member of the renowned international journals Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, Arab Water World, and Environmental Science Journal, and has authored or co-authored more than 50 technical papers. He is currently working Global Vice President - Environment, Sustainability and Green Cell with UPL.