General Agriculture / Environnemental Science/ Ingénierie
Vol 4: Eau Pollution et Waste Eau Treatment
Description
Eau pollution is a well recognised problem pour over a half century now as it is harming our freshwater sources, food supplies, animals, plants, environment et marine ecosystem. Un intentional or accidental discharge de toxic chemicals, materials, contaminants et harmful compounds en lakes, rivers or oceans causing alteration en physical, chemical et biological characteristics de water that may en turn produce harmful effects sur living organisms or make water unsuitable pour desired purposes is called water pollution. Le major sources de water pollution are domestic effluents, sewage disposal, plastics, garbage from construction sites, animal waste, chemical fertilizers et pesticides, industrial waste water, thermal pollution from factories et power plants, heavy metals such as lead, cadmium et mercury, leakage from landfills, mining activities, radioactive waste, oil slicks et marine dumping. Le water pollution may cause water-borne diseases such as diarrhoea, trachoma, intestinal worms, hepatitis, jaundice, etc. et even death. In addition to being harmful to humans, water pollution greatly affects plant life, land animals et aquatic creatures as well. Increased public awareness, stringent environment laws et polluter pays principle are le three fundamentals usually agreed upon by most environmental experts to help tackle this problem. Le present volume de le series discusses these et several other issues pertaining to water pollution et waste water treatment at length. This volume includes discussion sur le following topics: • Eau quality parameters • Eau quality et eutrophication: Fate de freshwater en Asia • Types et treatment de water pollution • Groundwater pollution: Human et natural sources et risks • Marine pollution • Innovative treatment technology pour municipal wastewater • Hybrid metal oxide semiconductors pour waste water treatment • Microorganisms pour wastewater purification et reuse de water et sludge • Microalgae utilization pour removal de emerging contaminants en wastewater • Ultrafiltration behaviour de organic mixtures simulating sweetwater solutions • Treatment de tequila vinasse en an inverse fluidized bed bioreactor • Transformation et removal de metals en metallurgical plants effluents • Sorption wastewater treatment from metal ions using modified phosphate dolomite • Modified textile fibers pour waste water treatment • Arsenic removal from industrial effluents through ferric arsenate precipitation • Développement de integrated methodology pour fouling control en membrane bioreactors • Membrane bioreactor et osmotic membrane bioreactor pour wastewater treatment • Levels, sources et trends de oil pollution en northern Caspian • Response de macrophytes et their role en constructed wetlands • Low-cost activated carbon biosorbents pour removal de toxic dyes from wastewater • Progrès en application de chitosan en biosorption de heavy metals from waste waters This volume contains 21 articles authored by 66 researchers and/or academicians from 14 nations, namely Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, China, Greece, Inde, Iran, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan et United Kingdom presenting a glimpse de le various research activities being carried out en different parts de le world en le field de Eau Pollution et Waste Eau Treatment.
Table des matières
Foreword to le Series, Editorial Board, À propos de le Editors, List de Contributors , À propos de le Series, Preface, Eau Quality: Parameters, Eau Quality et Eutrophication: Fate de le Freshwater en Asia, Eau Pollution: Types et Treatment, Groundwater Pollution: Human et Natural Sources et Risks, Marine Pollution , Innovative Treatment Technologie pour Municipal Wastewater, Hybrid Metal Oxide Semiconductors pour Waste Eau Treatment, Microorganisms en Wastewater Purification Processes et Reuse de Eau et Sludge, Microalgae Utilization en Wastewater Treatment pour le Removal de Emerging Contaminants, Ultrafiltration Behavior de Organic Mixtures Simulating Sweetwater Solution, Treatment de Tequila Vinasse en an Inverse Fluidized Bed Bioreactor, Processes de Transformation et Removal de Metals en Constructed Wetlands pour le Treatment de Effluents from Metallurgical Plantees, Sorption Wastewater Treatment from Metal Ions Using Modified Phosphate Dolomite, Modified Textile Fibers pour Waste Eau Treatment, Arsenic Removal from Industrial Effluents Through Ferric Arsenate Precipitation, Développement de an Integrated Methodology pour Fouling Contrôle en Membrane Bioreactors, Membrane Bioreactor et Osmotic Membrane Bioreactor pour Wastewater Treatment, Oil Pollution de le Northern Caspian: Levels, Sources et Trends, Response de Macrophytes et their Role en Constructed Wetlands, Low–cost Activated Carbon Biosorbents pour Removal de Toxic Dyes from Wastewater, Recent Progrès en Application de Chitosan en Biosorption de Heavy Metals from Waste Eaus, Appendix-I: Table de Contents de le Series Environnemental Science & Ingénierie (Vols. 1 to 12), Subject Index