Evaluating Water Quality to Prevent Future Disasters

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Del 11 i serien Separation Science and Technology

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Beskrivning

Evaluating Water Quality to Prevent Future Disasters, volume 11 in the Separation Science and Technology series, covers various separation methods that can be used to avoid water catastrophes arising from climate change, arsenic, lead, algal bloom, fracking, microplastics, flooding, glyphosphates, triazines, GenX, and oil contamination. This book provides a valuable resource that will help the reader solve their potential water contamination problems and help them develop their own new approaches to monitor water contamination.

Highlights reasons for potential water catastrophes
Provides separation methods for monitoring water contamination
Encourages development of new methods for monitoring water contamination

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-05-24
Mått:191 x 235 x 29 mm
Vikt:930 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Separation Science and Technology
Antal sidor:456
Förlag:Elsevier Science
Medarbetare:Satinder Ahuja
ISBN:9780128157305

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Satinder Ahuja is a leading expert on water quality improvement. He earned his PhD in analytical chemistry from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. He worked for Novartis Corp. in various leadership positions for over 25 years and taught as an adjunct professor at Pace University for over 10 years. As president of Ahuja Consulting, he advises on water quality issues relating to chemicals and pharmaceuticals. A member of the executive committee of the Rivers of the World Foundation (ROW), Dr. Ahuja has organized numerous global symposia on improving water quality, including presentations for the American Chemical Society and UNESCO. Dr. Ahuja has published numerous papers and more than 25 books. His latest books are Contaminants in Our Water (ACS, 2020); Evaluating Water Quality to Prevent Future Disasters (Elsevier, 2019); Advances in Water Purification Techniques (Elsevier, 2019); and Chemistry and Water (Elsevier, 2017).

Innehållsförteckning

1. Overview: Evaluating Water Quality to Prevent Future Disasters2. The Heat Is On: Complexities of Aquatic Endocrine Disruption in a Changing Global Climate3. Impact of Persistent Droughts on the Quality of the Middle East Water Resources4. Present and Potential Water Quality Challenges in India5. Arsenic Contamination in South Asian Regions: the Difficulties, Challenges and Vision for the Future6. Cyanobacteria and Their Toxins7. Educational Partnerships Combined with Research on Emerging Pollutants for Long-Term Water-Quality Monitoring8. Evaluation of the Toxicity of the Deepwater Horizon Oil and Associated Dispersant on Early Life Stages of the Eastern Oyster9. Analytical Methods for the Comprehensive Characterization of Produced Water10. Innovations in Monitoring with Water-Quality Sensors with Case Studies on Floods, Hurricanes, and Harmful Algal Blooms11. Biosensors for Monitoring Water Pollutants: a Case Study with Arsenic in Groundwater12. Investigating the Missing Link: Effects of Noncompliance and Aging Private Infrastructure on Water-Quality Monitoring13. GenX Contamination of the Cape Fear River, North Carolina: Analytical Environmental Chemistry Uncovers Multiple System Failures14. Analysis of GenX and Other Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Environmental Water Samples15. Sustainable Magnetically Retrievable Nanoadsorbents for Selective Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Different Charged Wastewaters16. Lessons Learned from Water Disasters of the World