Detection and Treatment of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhat, Sartaj.

Contributor:

Winīta Kumāra.

Li, Fusheng.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Water quality management.

Pollutants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : IWA Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

This book addresses the critical need for strategies to detect and treat emerging contaminants in wastewater, providing insights into mitigating associated risks. Edited by Sartaj Ahmad Bhat, Vineet Kumar, Fusheng Li, and Pradeep Verma, it compiles contributions from experts in wastewater management. Key topics include the behavior of microplastics in treatment plants, the accumulation of pollutants, and innovative removal methods. It explores environmental impacts and presents new trends in greener technologies for pollutant abatement. Aimed at researchers and policymakers, the book offers practical solutions and scientific knowledge essential for safeguarding water resources and ensuring environmental protection. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

The Editors

Preface

Chapter 1: Fate and behavior of microplastics in wastewater, accumulation in organisms and effects

1.1 INTRODUCTION

1.2 MICROPLASTICS IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS

1.2.1 Arrival of MPs at WWTPs: sources

1.2.2 Presence and removal of MPs in wastewater treatment units

1.2.3 Presence and accumulation of MPs in sewage sludge

1.3 CIRCULAR ECONOMY, REGENERATED WATER, AND SLUDGE AS SOIL AMENDMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

1.4 ACCUMULATION OF MICROPLASTICS IN ORGANISMS AND EFFECTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: Occurrence and detection of pharmaceuticals in wastewater and its subsequent treatment using constructed wetlands, bioelectrochemical systems and their combination

2.1 INTRODUCTION

2.2 TYPES OF PhACs DETECTED IN WASTEWATER AND THEIR PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES

2.3 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PRESENCE OF PhACs IN WASTEWATER

2.4 CHALLENGES IN DETECTING PhACs IN WASTEWATER AND STRATEGIES FOR THEIR EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS

2.5 CHALLENGES IN REMOVING PhACs FROM WASTEWATER

2.6 PERFORMANCE OF CW IN REMOVING PhACs

2.7 PERFORMANCE OF BES IN REMOVING PhACs

2.8 PERFORMANCE OF HYBRID CW–BES SYSTEM IN REMOVING PhACs

2.9 SUMMARY

Chapter 3: Emerging contaminants in municipal sewage/sludge: occurrence, risk assessment, and treatment technologies

3.1 INTRODUCTION

3.2 OCCURRENCE OF ECS IN MUNICIPAL SEWAGE/SLUDGE

3.3 RISK ASSESSMENT OF ECS IN MUNICIPAL SEWAGE/SLUDGE

3.3.1 Ecological risk assessment

3.3.2 Health risk assessment Generated by AI.

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ISBN:

9781789063769

1789063760

OCLC:

1432914055