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Monitoring water quality : pollution assessment, analysis, and remediation /

Water is the second most important essential material for human survival. Even though Earth is compsed largely of water, fresh water comprises only 3% of the total water available to us. Of that, only 0.06% is easily accessible. To ensure sustainability of water that is safe for drinking, fish, wild...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ahuja, Satinder, 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, �2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Monitoring water quality, pollution assessment, and remediation to assure sustainability / Satinder (Sut) Ahuja
  • 2. Water quality status and trends in the United States / Matthew C. Larsen, Pixie A. Hamilton, William H. Werkheiser
  • 3. Rivers in Africa are in jeopardy / Shem O. Wandiga
  • 4. Septic systems in the coastal environment : multiple water quality problems in many areas / Michael A. Mallin
  • 5. Thinking outside the box : assessing endocrine disruption in aquatic life / Susanne M. Brander
  • 6. Water quality monitoring and environmental risk assessment in a developing coastal region, southeastern North Carolina / Lawrence B. Cahoon, Michael A. Mallin
  • 7. Analytical measurements to improve nonpoint pollution assessments in Indiana's Lake Michigan watershed / Julie R. Peller [and three others]
  • 8. Real-time and near real-time monitoring options for water quality / Natalie Linklater, Banu Ormeci
  • 9. Advanced oxidation and reduction process radical generation in the laboratory and on a large scale : an overview / Stephen P. Mezyk [and five others]
  • 10. Cactus mucilage as an emergency response biomaterial to provide clean drinking water / Daniela Stebbins [and four others]
  • 11. Potable water : nature and purification / Abul Hussam
  • 12. Removal and immobilization of arsenic in water and soil using polysaccharide-modified magnetite nanoparticles / Qiqi Liang, Byungryul An, Dongye Zhao
  • 13. Transforming the arsenic crisis into an economic enterprise : example from Indian villages / Sudipta Sarkar, Anirban Gupta, Arup K. SenGupta
  • 14. Monitoring from source to tap : the new paradigm for ensuring water security and quality / Dan Kroll
  • 15. Evaluation of sustainability strategies / Taha Marhaba, Ashish Borgaonkar.