Description
Soil and Water Contamination, Second Edition gives a structured overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contaminants. Providing a structured overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contaminants, this textbook approaches the environmental issues of soil and water contamination from a spatial and earth science point of view. The new edition contains new material on pesticides and pharmaceutical contaminants and a greater number of exercises, case studies, and examples. It covers topics essential to understanding and predicting contaminant patterns in soil, groundwater, and surface water and contributes to the formation of a solid basis for adequate management and control of soil and water pollution and integrated catchment.
Table of Contents
PART 1 AN INTRODUCTION TO SOIL AND WATER CONTAMINATION, BASIC ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENTS , PART II SOURCES, ROLE, AND BEHAVIOUR OF SUBSTANCES IN SOIL AND WATER, PART III TRANSPORT PROCESSES SUBSTANCES IN SOIL AND WATER, PART IV PATTERNS OF SUBSTANCES IN SOIL AND WATER.
