Description
Advances in Water Purification Techniques: Meeting the Needs of Developed and Developing Countries provides a variety of approaches to water purification that can help assist readers with their research and applications. Water contamination problems occur frequently worldwide, hence the most updated knowledge on water purification systems can be helpful in employing the right type of filter or other mechanism of decontamination. The problems with arsenic contamination of water in Bangladesh and the lead problem in Flint, Michigan remind us of the need to monitor water pollution rigorously, from both point and non-point sources.- Provides a valuable resource on how to solve water contamination problems or develop new approaches to water purification- Presents advanced methods for monitoring water contamination- Describes various approaches to water purification- Encourages new developments in water purification techniques- Includes methods for assessing and monitoring environmental contaminants- Covers recent advancement in molecular techniques
Table of Contents
1. Overview of Advances in Water Purification Techniques 2. Global Water Challenges and Solutions 3. Water Supply and Water Quality Challenges in Panama 4. Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Occurrence, Fate, and Remediation 5. Monitoring Water Contaminants With Ion Chromatography 6. Advanced Oxidation and Reduction Processes 7. Capacitive Deionization (CDI): An Alternative Cost-Efficient Desalination Technique 8. Remediation of Selenium in Water: A Review 9. Status of Arsenic Remediation in India 10. Addressing the Arsenic Issue in the Lower Mekong Region—The Challenges and Systematic Approaches 11. Development of Synthetic Hydroxyapatite-Based Household Defluoridation Unit 12. Addressing Groundwater Fluoride Contamination Using Inexpensively Processed Bauxite 13. Transforming the Global Arsenic and Fluoride Crisis Into an Economic Enterprise: Role of Hybrid Anion Exchange Nanotechnology (HAIX-Nano) in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh and Nalhati, West Bengal 14. Green and Sustainable Pathways for Wastewater Purification 15. Water Purification: Treatment of Microbial Contamination 16. Taking Good Ideas to Great Products: Building Bridges Across the Technology Readiness Valley for Water Purification Technologies in Singapore
