Description
Book SynopsisPresents recent challenges related to new forms of pollution from industries and discusses adequate state-of-the-art technologies capable to remediate such forms of pollution.
Over the past few decades the boom in the industrial sector has contributed to the release in the environment of pollutants that have no regulatory status and which may have significant impact on the health of humans and animals. These pollutants also referred to as emerging pollutants, are mostly aromatic compounds which derive from excretion of pharmaceutical, industrial effluents and municipal discharge. It is recurrent these days to find water treatment plants which no longer produce water that fits the purpose of domestic consumption based on newly established guidelines. This situation has prompted water authorities and researchers to develop tools for proper prediction and control of the dispersion of pollutants in the environment to ensure that appropriate measures are taken to prevent th
Table of Contents
Preface xv
Part 1: Occurrence of Emerging Pollutants in Water and Possible Risks 1
1 Geochemical Prediction of Metal Dispersion in Surface and Groundwater Systems 3
Martin Mkandawire
2 From Priority Contaminants to Emerged Threat: Risk and Occurrence-Based Analysis for Better Water Management Strategies in Present and Future 41
Hussein N. Nassar and Sherif A. Younis
3 Advances in Chromatographic Determination of Selected Anti-Retrovirals in Wastewater 105
Gbolahan Olabode and Vernon Somerset
4 Liquid Extraction and Determination of Selected Organophosphorous Pesticides in Wastewater and Sediment Samples 129
Vernon Somerset and Luleka Luzi-Thafeni
Part 2: Nano and Bio-Based Technologies for Wastewater Treatment 147
5 Coal Power Plant Wastewater Treatment by Thermal and Membrane Technologies 149
J.G. Redelinghuys, E. Fosso-Kankeu, G. Gericke and F. Waanders
6 PAHs Released From Coal Tars and Potential Removal Using Nanocatalysts 169
N. Mukwevho, E. Fosso-Kankeu and F. Waanders
7 Green Synthesis of Nanoparticles for Water Treatment 205
Nour Sh. El-Gendy and Basma A. Omran
8 Carbon Nanotubes in the 21st Century: An Advancement in Real Time Monitoring and Control of Environmental Water 265
Sadanand Pandey, Gopal Krishna Goswami, Hussein Kehinde Okoro and Elvis Fosso-Kankeu
9 Sediment Microbial Fuel Cell for Wastewater Treatment: A New Approach 303
Sajana T.K, Soumya Pandit, Dipak A. Jadhav, Md. Abdullah-Al-Mamun and Elvis Fosso-Kankeu
10 Design of a Down-Flow Expanded Granular Bed Reactor (DEGBR) for High Strength Wastewater Treatment 339
M. Njoya, Y. Williams, Z. Rinquest, M. Basitere and S.K.O. Ntwampe
11 Phycoremediation: A Solar Driven Wastewater Purification System 373
Namita Khanna, Akshayaa Sridhar, Ramachandran Subramanian, Soumya Pandit and Elvis Fosso-Kankeu
12 Technologies for Remediation of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Samples 429
Charlton van der Horst and Vernon Somerset
13 Removal of Heavy Metal Pollutants from Wastewater Using Immobilized Enzyme Techniques: A Review 459
Soumasree Chatterjee, Soumya Pandit and Elvis Fosso-Kankeu
Index 481
