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Water treatment in developed and developing nations : an international perspective /
UN studies show that high-income, developed nations treat about 70 percent of their wastewater. However, in low-income developing nations, only 8 percent of wastewater undergoes any kind of treatment. Inadequate water treatment has serious consequences for both human health and the environment. The...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oakville, ON, Canada ; Waretown, NJ, USA :
Apple Academic Press,
[2015]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; About the Editor; Contents; Acknowledgment and How to Cite; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Developing Countries; Chapter 1: Comparative Study of Three Two-Stage Hybrid Ecological Wastewater Treatment Systems for Producing High Nutrient, Reclaimed Water for Irrigation Reuse in Developing Countries; Chapter 2: Sustainability of Wastewater Treatment and Excess Sludge Handling Practices in the Federated States of Micronesia; Chapter 3: Occurrence and Removal Characteristics of Phthalate Esters from Typical Water Sources in Northeast China.
- Chapter 4: Assessment of Domestic Wastewater Disposal in Some Selected Wards of Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, NigeriaChapter 5: Detection of Free-Living Amoebae Using Amoebal Enrichment in a Wastewater Treatment Plant of Gauteng Province, South Africa; Chapter 6: Water and Wastewater Management and Biomass to Energy Conversion in a Meat Processing Plant in Brazil: A Case Study; Part II: Developed Nations; Chapter 7: Intra- and Inter-Pandemic Variations of Antiviral, Antibiotics and Decongestants in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Receiving Rivers.
- Chapter 8: Wastewater Recycling in Greece: The Case of ThessalonikiChapter 9: Do Contaminants Originating from State-of-the-Art Treated Wastewater Impact the Ecological Quality of Surface Waters?; Chapter 10: Performance of a Constructed Wetland in Grand Marais, Manitoba, Canada: Removal of Nutrients, Pharmaceuticals, and Antibiotic Resistance Genes from Municipal Wastewater; Chapter 11: Irrigation with Treated Wastewater: Quantification of Changes in Soil Physical and Chemical Properties.
- Chapter 12: Spatial Distribution of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Groundwater beneath Two Large On-Site Wastewater Treatment SystemsChapter 13: Detection of Retinoic Acid Receptor Agonistic Activity and Identification of Causative Compounds in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants in Japan; Author Notes.