Description
Handbook of Water Purity and Quality, Second Edition provides those involved in water purification research and administration with a comprehensive resource of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from contaminants, both natural and human caused. The book includes an overview of the subject and discusses major water-related issues in developing and developed countries. Issues covered include sampling for water analysis, regulatory considerations, and forensics in water quality and purity investigations. Microbial as well as chemical contaminations from inorganic compounds, radionuclides, disinfectants, pesticides, and pharmaceuticals, including endocrine disruptors, are discussed at length.In addition, the luxury of municipal water purified for human consumption is unavailable for a very large number of people. To help solve this problem, some economical water purification techniques, including a million-dollar Grainger prizewinner that can save millions of lives have been included. This fully updated second edition includes four new chapters on topics such as the GenX Water Contamination Problem, the impact of climate change on water, and green chemistry solutions to water pollution.- Covers the scope of water contamination problems on a worldwide scale with an overview of major water-related issues in developing and developed countries, including monitoring techniques for potential terrorist-related activities- Provides a rich source of methods for analyzing water to ensure its safety from natural and deliberate contaminants- Includes a review of water quality forensics with the objective of tracking new potential water contaminants
Table of Contents
1. Overview2. Delineation of a Major Problem of Arsenic-contaminated Groundwater3. Water Quality Issues in Eastern Africa4. Effect of Human Development on Water Quality5. Sampling and Analysis of Arsenic in Groundwater in West Bengal-India and Bangladesh6. Forensic Water Quality Investigations: Identifying Pollution Sources and Polluters7. Regulatory Considerations to Ensure Clean and Safe Drinking Water8. Microbiological Threats to Water Quality9. Monitoring Inorganic Compounds10. Radionuclides in Surface Water and Groundwater11. Volatile and Semivolatile Contaminants12. Monitoring Disinfectants, Marhaba Taha13. Review of Reconnaissance Studies of Selected Herbicides and Their Degradation Products in Water14. Monitoring of Pharmaceutical Residues in Sewage Effluents15. Monitoring Terrorist-related Contamination16. Groundwater Arsenic Removal Technologies Based on Sorbents: Field Applications and Sustainability
