A Multidisciplinary Introduction to Desalination
Although more than 70% of the globe is covered with water, only a small portion is suitable for direct human use, making the scarcity of freshwater one of our plant's most serious challenges. In...
Treatment Wetlands
The ebook edition of this title is freely available as an Open Access text under a CC BY licence.
Treatment Wetlands is the seventh volume in the...
Hazardous Pollutants in Biological Treatment Systems: Fundamentals and a Guide to Experimental Research
Hazardous pollutants are a growing concern in treatment engineering. In the past, biological treatment was mainly used for the removal of bulk organic matter and the nutrients nitrogen and...
Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Treatment: Fundamentals and Applications
Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) rely on the efficient generation of reactive radical species and are increasingly attractive options for water remediation from a wide variety of organic...
Dealing with the Complex Interrelation of Intermittent Supply and Water Losses
The book provides a scientific approach into appraising Intermittent Water Supply (IWS) on a global scale through the analysis of available information and data based on a structured methodology...
Recent Developments in Forward Osmosis Processes
Forward osmosis (FO) is an emerging membrane technology with a range of possible water treatment applications (desalination and wastewater treatment and recovery).
Recent Developments in...
Twort's Water Supply, 7th Edition
Twort's Water Supply, Seventh Edition, provides the latest tools and techniques to meet engineering challenges over dwindling natural resources. The book has expanded coverage of waste...
Identification of the ‘Active’ Fraction and Metabolic Pathways in Trace Organic Contaminants Removal Using Stable Isotope Probing
The widespread presence of trace organic contaminants (TOrC), such as the endocrine disrupting compound bisphenol-A (BPA), has been cause for growing concern due to persistence in the environment...
Nutrient Speciation and Refractory Compounds in Water Quality Models
Water quality modeling efforts are designed to provide an understanding of watershed conditions to support management efforts that include control of point and nonpoint sources (NPS). Nitrogen (N...