Emerging Issues in the Water Environment during Anthropocene: A South East Asian Perspective

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This book intends to bring together and integrate the subject matter of water quality. The book covers aspects of water related to climate change, emerging aspects of engineering sciences, bio-geochemical sciences, hydro geochemistry, river management and morphology, social sciences, and public policy. The book covers the role of disruptive innovations in water management, policy formation and impact mitigation strategies. The book includes lab results as well as case studies. It provides recommendations and solutions for policy making and sustainable water management. The chapters in this book deal cohesively with many aspects of the water environment during the Anthropocene era. The contents cover myriad issues, such as land degradation, water scarcity, urbanization, climate change, and disruptive innovation. The book also discusses issues highly pertinent to society and sustainability, such as the prevalence of enteric viruses and pharmaceutical residues as a possible anthropogenic markers in the aquatic environment. The book will prove useful for students, professionals, and researchers working on various aspects of water related concerns. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii A Review on Antibiotic Resistance Gene (ARG) Occurrence and Detection in WWTP in Ishikawa, Japan and Colombo, Sri Lanka ( Sulfikar, Sorn Sovannlaksmy, Ryo Honda, Tushara Chaminda, Manish Kumar)....Pages 1-14 Two Sides of a Coin: Targets and By-Products of Water and Wastewater Treatment (Bhagwana Ram, Divya Sharma, Manish Kumar)....Pages 15-29 Water Quality Under the Changing Climatic Condition: A Review of the Indian Scenario (Nilotpal Das, Chandan Mahanta, Manish Kumar)....Pages 31-61 Review on Occurrence and Toxicity of Pharmaceutical Contamination in Southeast Asia (N. Gayathri Menon, Sanjeeb Mohapatra, Lokesh P. Padhye, Sankara Sarma V. Tatiparti, Suparna Mukherji)....Pages 63-91 Geochemical Modelling of Groundwater Using Multivariate Normal Distribution (MND) Theory (B. K. Sahu)....Pages 93-106 Nutrient Exchange at Water and Sediment Interface of the Largest Brackish Water Lagoon (Chilika), South Asia (Saroja Kumar Barik, Prasanta Rath, Tapan Kumar Bastia, Dibakar Behera)....Pages 107-125 Determination of Anthropogenic Sources in the Groundwater Chemistry Along KT Boundary of South India (N. Devaraj, S. Chidambaram, Banajarani Panda, C. Thivya, K. Tirumalesh, R. Thilagavathi)....Pages 127-142 Hydrogeochemical Investigation and Health Perspective of Arsenic in the Mid-Brahmaputra Floodplain of Assam, India (Latu Khanikar, Rashmi Rekha Gogoi, Kali Prasad Sarma)....Pages 143-158 Assessment of the Land-Use Pattern Changes and Its Impact on Groundwater Quality in Parts of the National Capital Region (NCR) Delhi, India (Aditya Sarkar, Simran Arora, Suman Kumar, Shashank Shekhar, Suvrat Kaushik)....Pages 159-178 Assessment of Water Quality Using Multivariate Analysis—A Case Study on the Brahmaputra River, Assam, India (Pallavi Das, Manish Kumar)....Pages 179-194 Performance Appraisal of Filter-Based Sanitation System for Onsite Treatment of Domestic Wastewater (M. K. Sharma, V. K. Tyagi, A. A. Kazmi)....Pages 195-209 Lake Eutrophication: Causes, Concerns and Remedial Measures (Biswajit Bhagowati, Bishal Talukdar, Kamal Uddin Ahamad)....Pages 211-222 Role of Phytoremediation Strategies in Removal of Heavy Metals (Leela Kaur)....Pages 223-259 Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals/Metalloids by Native Herbaceous Macrophytes of Wetlands: Current Research and Perspectives (Monashree Sarma Bora, Kali Prasad Sarma)....Pages 261-284 Mitigating the Risk of Arsenic and Fluoride Contamination of Groundwater Through a Multi-model Framework of Statistical Assessment and Natural Remediation Techniques (Ashwin Singh, Arbind Kumar Patel, Manish Kumar)....Pages 285-300 Water Management: Effects on Human Health and Nutrition (G. Jacks, D. S. C. Thambi)....Pages 301-315 Water Scarcity and Land Degradation Nexus in the Anthropocene: Reformations for Advanced Water Management as Per the Sustainable Development Goals (Santanu Mukherjee, Arbind Kumar Patel, Manish Kumar)....Pages 317-336 Groundwater Contamination Issues in the Shallow Aquifer, Ramganga Sub-basin, India (N. Rajmohan)....Pages 337-354 Water Governance: A Pragmatic Debate of 21st Century; An Indian Perspective (Omi Kumari, Manish Kumar)....Pages 355-365