Water Remediation

Description

This book presents the state-of-the-art in the area of water remediation. It covers topics such as decentralized ecological wastewater treatment, applications of remote sensing and geographic information systems (GIS) in water quality monitoring and remediation, water remediation through nanotechnology, and processes used in water purification. The contents of this volume will prove useful to researchers, students, and policy makers alike. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction to Water Remediation: Importance and Methods (Shantanu Bhattacharya, Akhilendra Bhushan Gupta, Ankur Gupta, Ashok Pandey)....Pages 3-8 Front Matter ....Pages 9-9 Water Pollution, Human Health and Remediation (Komal Jayaswal, Veerendra Sahu, B. R. Gurjar)....Pages 11-27 Remediation of Contaminated Urban Streams: A Decentralized Ecological Wastewater Treatment Approach (Priyanka Jamwal)....Pages 29-41 Front Matter ....Pages 43-43 Recent Advances in Carbon–Semiconductor Nanocomposites for Water Remediation (Kunal Mondal, Ankur Gupta)....Pages 45-74 Dye Wastewater Treatment Using Carbonaceous Materials by Microwave-Assisted Methods (Remya Neelancherry)....Pages 75-87 Front Matter ....Pages 89-89 Treatment Technologies for Emerging Organic Contaminants Removal from Wastewater (Sunita J. Varjani, M. Chaithanya Sudha)....Pages 91-115 Role of Photo-catalysis in Water Remediation (Ankur Gupta, Kunal Mondal, Satyam Kumar)....Pages 117-134 Water Splitting by Using Electrochemical Properties of Material (Deepak Kumar Tiwari, Apurba Ray, Atanu Roy, Sachindranath Das)....Pages 135-153 New Age of Wastewater Treatment Employing Bio-electrochemical Systems (M. M. Ghangrekar, Pritha Chatterjee)....Pages 155-170 Remediation of Industrial Effluents (Ashutosh Rai, Pankaj Singh Chauhan, Shantanu Bhattacharya)....Pages 171-187 Recent Advancement on Bioaugmentation Strategies for Process Industry Wastewater (PIWW) Treatment (Vivek Kumar, Madan Sonkar, Pooja, Sudheer Kumar Shukla)....Pages 189-209 Fluoride Remediation from Drinking Water (Neelam Rawat, Vinay Kumar Patel)....Pages 211-224 Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in Water Quality Monitoring and Remediation: A State-of-the-Art Review (Meenu Ramadas, Alok Kumar Samantaray)....Pages 225-246