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Increasing demand on industrial capacity has, as an unintended consequence, produced an accompanying increase in harmful and hazardous wastes. Derived from the second edition of the popular Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment, Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment outlines the fundamentals and latest developments in hazardous waste treatment in various process industries, such as metal finishing, photographic processing, wood treatment, and explosives. Comprehensive in scope, the book provides information that is directly applicable to daily waste management problems throughout the industry.The book contains in-depth discussions of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends for the process industry. It includes extensive bibliographies for each type of industrial process waste treatment or practice, invaluable information to anyone who needs to trace, follow, duplicate, or improve on a specific process waste treatment practice.A quick scan of the chapters and contributors reveals the depth and breadth of the book's coverage. Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment provides technical and economical information on how to develop the most feasible total environmental control program that can benefit both industry and local municipalities.

Many standard industrial waste treatment texts sufficiently address a few major technologies for conventional in-plant environmental control strategies in the food industry. But none explore the complete range of technologies with a focus on new developments in innovative and alternative technology, design criteria, effluent standards, managerial decision methodology, and regional and global environmental conservation specific to the food industry. Until now. Waste Treatment in the Food Processing Industry provides in-depth coverage of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends. It delineates methodologies, technologies, and the regional and global effects of important pollution control practices.The book highlights major food processing plants or installations that have significant effects on the environment. Since the areas of food industry waste treatment are broad, no one can claim to be an expert in all of them. Reflecting this, the editors recruited collective contributions from specialists in their respective topics, rather than relying on a single author's expertise. The topics covered include dairies, seafood processing plants, olive oil manufacturing factories, potato processing plants, soft drink production plants, bakeries, and various other food processing facilities.Professors, students, and researchers in the environmental, civil, chemical, sanitary, mechanical, and public health engineering and science fields will find valuable educational materials in this book. The extensive bibliographies for each type of food waste treatment or practice will be invaluable to environmental managers, or researchers who need to trace, follow, duplicate, or improve on a specific food waste treatment practice. Comprehensive in scope, the book provides solutions that are directly applicable

Presenting effective, practicable strategies modeled from ultramodern technologies and framed by the critical insights of 78 field experts, this vastly expanded Second Edition offers 32 chapters of industry- and waste-specific analyses and treatment methods for industrial and hazardous waste materials-from explosive wastes to landfill leachate to wastes produced by the pharmaceutical and food industries.Key additional chapters cover means of monitoring waste on site, pollution prevention, and site remediation.Including a timely evaluation of the role of biotechnology in contemporary industrial waste management, the Handbook reveals sound approaches and sophisticated technologies for treatingtextile, rubber, and timber wastes dairy, meat, and seafood industry wastes bakery and soft drink wastes palm and olive oil wastes pesticide and livestock wastes pulp and paper wastes phosphate wastes detergent wastes photographic wastes refinery and metal plating wastes power industry wastesThis state-of-the-art Second Edition is required reading for pollution control, environmental, chemical, civil, sanitary, and industrial engineers; environmental scientists; regulatory health officials; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

Increasing demand on industrial capacity has, as an unintended consequence, produced an accompanying increase in harmful and hazardous wastes. Derived from the second edition of the popular Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment, Waste Treatment in the Process Industries outlines the fundamentals and latest developments in waste treatment in various process industries, such as pharmaceuticals, textiles, petroleum, soap, detergent, phosphate, paper, pulp, pesticides, rubber, and power. Comprehensive in scope, it provides information that is directly applicable to daily waste management problems throughout the industry.The book contains in-depth discussions of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends for the process industry. It includes extensive bibliographies for each type of industrial process waste treatment or practice, invaluable information to anyone who needs to trace, follow, duplicate, or improve on a specific process waste treatment practice.A quick scan of the chapters and contributors reveals the depth and breadth of the book's coverage. It provides technical and economical information on how to develop the most feasible total environmental control program that can benefit both process industry and local municipalities.

Many standard industrial waste treatment texts sufficiently address a few major technologies for conventional in-plant environmental control strategies in the food industry. But none explore the complete range of technologies with a focus on new developments in innovative and alternative technology, design criteria, effluent standards, managerial decision methodology, and regional and global environmental conservation specific to the food industry. Until now. Waste Treatment in the Food Processing Industry provides in-depth coverage of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends. It delineates methodologies, technologies, and the regional and global effects of important pollution control practices.The book highlights major food processing plants or installations that have significant effects on the environment. Since the areas of food industry waste treatment are broad, no one can claim to be an expert in all of them. Reflecting this, the editors recruited collective contributions from specialists in their respective topics, rather than relying on a single author's expertise. The topics covered include dairies, seafood processing plants, olive oil manufacturing factories, potato processing plants, soft drink production plants, bakeries, and various other food processing facilities.Professors, students, and researchers in the environmental, civil, chemical, sanitary, mechanical, and public health engineering and science fields will find valuable educational materials in this book. The extensive bibliographies for each type of food waste treatment or practice will be invaluable to environmental managers, or researchers who need to trace, follow, duplicate, or improve on a specific food waste treatment practice. Comprehensive in scope, the book provides solutions that are directly applicable

Increasing demand on industrial capacity has, as an unintended consequence, produced an accompanying increase in harmful and hazardous wastes. Derived from the second edition of the popular Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment, Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment outlines the fundamentals and latest developments in hazardous waste treatment in various process industries, such as metal finishing, photographic processing, wood treatment, and explosives. Comprehensive in scope, the book provides information that is directly applicable to daily waste management problems throughout the industry.The book contains in-depth discussions of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends for the process industry. It includes extensive bibliographies for each type of industrial process waste treatment or practice, invaluable information to anyone who needs to trace, follow, duplicate, or improve on a specific process waste treatment practice.A quick scan of the chapters and contributors reveals the depth and breadth of the book's coverage. Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment provides technical and economical information on how to develop the most feasible total environmental control program that can benefit both industry and local municipalities.

Offering broad coverage of both basic and advanced principles and applications, Control of Heavy Metals in the Environment series provides environmental and chemical engineers with the most complete resources available on the remediation of heavy metal contaminants with an emphasis on innovative approaches. It investigates a variety of environmental pollution sources and waste characteristics that require a multitude of remediation methods. It also details the latest in clean tech advances including flotation and filtration technologies and discusses the treatment of wastewater, surface water, groundwater, and more. It includes several case histories to illustrate the regional and global effects of key pollution control practices.Features:• Provides technical information for industrial and hazardous waste treatment.• Explores the newest methods of clean production and waste minimization.• Includes numerous figures, tables, examples, and case histories.

Offering broad coverage of advanced principals and applications, Control of Heavy Metals in the Environment mini series provides chemical and environmental engineers with the most complete resource available on the remediation of heavy metal contaminants with an emphasis on advanced and alternative approaches. It investigates a variety of environmental pollution sources and waste characteristics that require a multitude of remediation methods. It then details the latest in clean-tech advances including fungal bioprocesses, and addresses recycling and disposal techniques, as well as metals pollution from the transportation industry. The authors delve into costs and effluent standards and offer several illustrative case histories to illustrate the regional and global effects of key pollution control practices.Features:Provides technical information for industrial and hazardous waste treatment.Discusses the control, treatment, and management of metal emissions from motor vehicles.Explores the newest methods of clean production and waste minimization.Includes numerous figures, tables, examples, and case histories.

Offering broad coverage of both basic and advanced principals and applications, this volume provides chemical and environmental engineers with the most complete resource available on remediation of heavy metal contaminants with an emphasis on innovative and alternative approaches. It investigates a variety of environmental pollution sources and waste characteristics that require a multitude of remediation methods. It then details the latest in clean tech advances covering both management strategies and process alternatives. The authors delve into costs, effluent standards, and offer up several illustrative case histories to illustrate the regional and global effects of key pollution control practices.Provides technical information for industrial and hazardous waste treatmentOffers broad coverage of basic and advanced principles and applicationsExplores the newest methods of clean production and waste minimizationIncludes numerous figures, tables, examples, and case histories

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment is an eight volume set in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, that provides a comprehensive and authoritative exploration of the fundamental principles and advanced methodologies in industrial wastewater treatment. It serves as a critical resource for engineers, scientists, and environmental professionals engaged in water quality management and sustainable industrial practices. The book systematically examines biological and physicochemical treatment processes, the control of key contaminants, and the latest innovations in waste remediation, including microbial electrochemical technologies, nanomaterials, and thermochemical processes for plastic waste treatment. Through its rigorous analysis and integration of contemporary research, this volume not only advances the theoretical and practical understanding of industrial wastewater treatment but also underscores the imperative of sustainable resource management in the face of growing environmental challenges.Provides a thorough examination of biological and physicochemical treatment processes for industrial wastewater.Explores emerging waste remediation technologies, including microbial electrochemical systems, nanomaterials, and thermochemical processes.Emphasizes sustainable resource management and environmental responsibility in industrial water treatment.

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Fundamentals, the first volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, provides a comprehensive and authoritative exploration of the fundamental principles and advanced methodologies in industrial wastewater treatment. It serves as a critical resource for engineers, scientists, and environmental professionals engaged in water quality management and sustainable industrial practices. This book systematically examines biological and physicochemical treatment processes, the control of key contaminants, and the latest innovations in waste remediation, including microbial electrochemical technologies, nanomaterials, and thermochemical processes for plastic waste treatment. Through its rigorous analysis and integration of contemporary research, this volume not only advances the theoretical and practical understanding of industrial wastewater treatment but also underscores the imperative of sustainable resource management in the face of growing environmental challenges.Provides a thorough examination of biological and physicochemical treatment processes for industrial wastewaterExplores emerging waste remediation technologies, including microbial electrochemical systems, nanomaterials, and thermochemical processesEmphasizes sustainable resource management and environmental responsibility in industrial water treatment

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Research Developments presents a rigorous examination of contemporary advancements in industrial wastewater management and treatment technologies. As the second volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, this book offers an in-depth analysis of pioneering research, from laboratory-scale innovations to full-scale industrial applications. It explores encapsulated microorganisms for hazardous wastewater treatment, neural network-driven soft sensors, bio-inspired polymers, and sustainable alternatives for waste utilization in construction and industrial processes. Addressing emerging analytical methodologies and novel treatment strategies, including computational fluid dynamics modeling and advanced electrochemical and biological treatment techniques, this book serves as an essential resource for researchers, engineers, and environmental professionals striving to advance sustainable industrial practices.This book• investigates cutting‑edge research on wastewater treatment, from lab‑scale innovations to industrial applications.• highlights novel methodologies such as encapsulated microorganisms, bio‑inspired polymers, and neural network‑driven soft sensors.• examines advanced analytical and modeling techniques, including computational fluid dynamics and electrochemical treatments.

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Technology Developments, the third volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, presents a comprehensive exploration of cutting-edge technological advancements and their practical applications in industrial wastewater management. This book provides an in-depth review of new technology developments that have the transformative impact of engineering improvements on industrial water and waste treatment processes. Through a meticulous examination of emerging treatment methodologies, resource recovery strategies, and process optimizations, this work serves as a critical reference for engineers, researchers, and environmental professionals. By bridging fundamental principles with contemporary technological progress, this volume highlights the role of advanced treatment solutions in promoting sustainability and operational efficiency across diverse industrial sectors.Showcases technology developments having significant improvement in wastewater treatmentDiscusses emerging technologies for resource recovery, process optimization, and sustainability improvementsBridges fundamental treatment principles with modern technological advancements for industrial applications

Offering broad coverage of advanced principals and applications, Control of Heavy Metals in the Environment series provides chemical and environmental engineers with the most complete resource available on the treatment of heavy metal contaminants with an emphasis on advanced and alternative approaches. It investigates a variety of environmental pollution sources and waste characteristics that require a multitude of remediation methods. It covers metal oxide nanoparticle pollution and nanotechnology applications for remediation. The authors delve into costs and effluent standards and offer several illustrative case histories to illustrate the regional and global effects of key pollution control practices.Features: Provides technical information for industrial and hazardous waste treatment.Explores the newest methods of clean production and waste minimization.Covers topics related to environmental geochemistry.Includes numerous figures, tables, examples, and case histories.

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Process Developments, the fourth volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, presents a comprehensive exploration of innovative processes for the treatment and recycling of industrial water and waste. This book provides a critical examination of advanced treatment methodologies designed to enhance sustainability and operational efficiency across industrial sectors. With a focus on both theoretical advancements and practical applications, this book serves as an essential resource for environmental engineers, industry professionals, researchers, policymakers, and consultants. Through its interdisciplinary approach, this book equips professionals with the tools necessary to drive innovation and regulatory compliance in industrial water and waste treatment.• Explores advanced treatment processes designed to enhance sustainability and operational efficiency.• Focuses on both theoretical advancements and their practical implementation across industrial sectors.• Serves as a vital resource for engineers, policymakers, and researchers in wastewater treatment and recycling.

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Pollution Control, the fifth volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, provides an in-depth exploration of cutting-edge pollution control technologies and their real-world applications. The book presents a meticulously curated collection of topics that illustrate the implementation of advanced treatment methodologies across various industries. By bridging theory with practice, the book serves as a critical resource for environmental engineers, researchers, and industry professionals seeking sustainable solutions for industrial water and waste management. Through its comprehensive analysis of pollution control strategies, this volume not only enhances understanding of regulatory compliance and environmental stewardship but also fosters innovation in the development of more efficient and effective treatment technologies.Provides an in‑depth look at pollution control technologies and their industrial applications.Analyzes regulatory compliance, environmental stewardship, and strategies for minimizing industrial water pollution.Encourages innovation in treatment methodologies to develop more effective and sustainable solutions.

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Resources Conservation provides an authoritative exploration of cutting-edge technologies and innovative approaches for waste remediation, resource recovery, and pollution prevention. As the sixth volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, this volume presents a diverse range of case studies and methodologies, from synergistic waste heat utilization and microbial remediation of pollutants to closed water recycling systems and dissolved air flotation technologies. Designed as an essential resource for environmental engineers, industry professionals, researchers, policymakers, and consultants, this book bridges theory with real-world applications, equipping readers with the knowledge needed to drive sustainable solutions in industrial water and waste management.Features:Explores innovative approaches such as waste heat utilization, microbial remediation, advanced filtration, and closed-loop water recycling systems across various industries.Includes industry-specific examples, including cement, paper, mining, and chemical manufacturing sectors, highlighting successful implementations of sustainable waste treatment strategies.Provides valuable knowledge for engineers, researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals, bridging scientific advancements with regulatory frameworks and best practices in environmental conservation.

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Case Studies offers a crucial exploration of real-world solutions for wastewater treatment, resource recovery, and environmental conservation. This volume presents a diverse range of case studies from leading experts, showcasing innovative approaches across multiple industries. Topics include wastewater reuse and resource recovery, biogas production from agricultural waste, heavy metal adsorption using agricultural residues, and advanced treatment strategies for dye wastewater and industrial iron-based wastes. Additionally, the book delves into enhanced fluid mixing for membrane fouling control, livestock waste management, and the valorization of natural polymers and bioplastics for improving sustainability in industrial processes. Through in-depth analysis and practical applications, this book serves as an essential reference for environmental professionals, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders striving to implement effective and sustainable water and waste treatment solutions.Features:Presents real-world applications and success stories in wastewater treatment, resource recovery, and pollution control across various industrial sectors.Covers advanced methodologies, including biogas production, heavy metal adsorption, membrane fouling control, and the valorization of natural polymers and bioplastics.Bridges environmental science, engineering, and regulatory perspectives, offering valuable knowledge for researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers committed to sustainable water and waste management.

Industrial Water and Waste Treatment: Innovative Solutions, the eighth volume in the Industrial Water and Waste Treatment series, presents cutting‑edge approaches to tackle complex pollutants and enhance sustainability. This volume explores advanced nanotechnologies, metal‑organic frameworks (MOFs), heterogeneous photocatalysis, adsorptive bubble separation, flotation, and dissolved air flotation thickening, among other emerging techniques. With contributions from leading experts, this book provides a comprehensive blend of theoretical insights and practical applications, addressing topics such as nanoparticle immobilization, metalworking fluid treatment, textile wastewater remediation, algae control, and heavy metal sludge management. Designed for researchers, engineers, and policymakers, this essential resource delivers innovative strategies to improve industrial wastewater treatment efficiency and environmental sustainability.Features:Explores advanced methodologies such as nanotechnology, MOFs, heterogeneous photocatalysis, and adsorptive bubble separation for industrial water and wastewater treatment.Provides a balanced approach with in‑depth discussions on fundamental principles, process design, and real‑world applications in managing pollutants like heavy metals, metalworking fluids, and algae.Features research from leading experts, offering valuable knowledge for environmental engineers, researchers, and policymakers seeking innovative and sustainable wastewater management solutions.

A successful modern heavy metal control program for any industry will include not only traditional water pollution control, but also air pollution control, soil conservation, site remediation, groundwater protection, public health management, solid waste disposal, and combined industrial-municipal heavy metal waste management. In fact, it should be a total environmental control program. Comprehensive in scope, Heavy Metals in the Environment provides technical and economical information on the development of a feasible total heavy metal control program that can benefit industry and local municipalities.The book discusses the importance and contamination of metals such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, nickel, iron, and mercury. It covers important research of metals in the environment, the processes and mechanisms for metals control and removal, the environmental behavior and effects of engineered metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, environmental geochemistry of high arsenic aquifer systems, nano-technology applications in metal ion adsorption, biosorption of metals, and heavy metal removal by expopolysaccharide-producing cyanobacteria. The authors delineate technologies for metals treatment and management, metal bearing effluents, metal-contaminated solid wastes, metal finishing industry wastes and brownfield sites, and arsenic-contaminated groundwater streams. They also discuss control, treatment, and management of metal emissions from motor vehicles.The authors reflect the breadth of the field and draw on personal experiences to provide an in-depth presentation of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends for each industrial or commercial operation. The methodologies and technologies discussed are directly applicable to the waste management problems that must be met in all industries.

Most industrial and hazardous waste management resources cover the major industries and provide conventional in-plant pollution control strategies. Until now however, no book or series of books has provided coverage that includes the latest developments in innovative and alternative environmental technology, design criteria, managerial decision methodologies, and regional and global environmental conservation. The new Handbook of Advanced Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment—together with its predecessor, the Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment—forms a complete and up-to-date resource that contains all the necessary technical information on hazardous industrial waste treatment. Providing in-depth coverage of treatment and management technologies in wide-ranging industries that readers simply won’t find anywhere else, this cutting-edge text addresses wastes in areas including metal finishing, food processing, milk production, foundries, and chemical manufacturing. It covers basic and advanced principles and applications in contemporary hazardous and industrial waste treatment and explores new methods of clean production, waste minimization, and the treatment of landfills and underground storage tanks. Coverage includes the latest developments in legislation, regulations, soil remediation, brownfield site restoration, bioremediation, enzymatic processes, and much more. Complete with numerous figures, tables, examples, and case histories, this book provides technical and economical information on how to develop a total environmental control program that can benefit both industry and local municipalities. This book combined with the Handbook of Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment forms a resource that is comprehensive in scope and directly applicable to waste management problems in a broad range of industries.

Comprehensive in its scope and directly applicable to daily waste management problems of specific industries, Waste Treatment in the Metal Manufacturing, Forming, Coating, and Finishing Industries covers hazardous industrial waste treatment, renovation, and reuse in the metal manufacturing, forming, coating, enameling, and finishing industries. It details specific hazardous and industrial wastes from metal industries, basic and advanced principals and applications, augmented by figures, tables, examples, and case histories.This book elucidates new industries and new waste management topics and provides all of the necessary technical information on industrial and hazardous waste treatment. Focusing on new developments in innovative and alternative technologies, it offers in-depth coverage of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, facility innovations, design criteria, control technologies, management strategies, process alternatives, costs, and effluent standards. It also addresses the regional and global effects of important pollution control practices specific to the process industries.Since the field of industrial hazardous waste treatment is very broad and no one can claim to be an expert in all industries, the editors have collected contributions from a wide range of experts, making the information in this handbook authoritative, inclusive, and cutting-edge. It seamlessly interweaves the traditional with the novel, covering all sectors of pollution control and delineating the need for a total environmental control program and how to achieve it.

As the global nature of pollution becomes increasingly obvious, successful hazardous waste treatment programs must take a total environmental control approach that encompasses all areas of pollution control. With its focus on new developments in innovative and alternative environmental technology, design criteria, effluent standards, managerial decision methodology, and regional and global environmental conservation, Advance in Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment provides the widest possible coverage drawn from the full spectrum of experts in the fieldThe volume covers environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, and effluent standards in industry. It delineates methods, technologies, and the regional and global effects of important pollution control practices. Chapters highlight innovative and alternative technologies, design criteria, managerial decision making, and regional and global environmental conservation specific to industrial hazardous wastes. They feature examples of major industrial hazardous pollutants that have significant effects on the environment, as well as extensive bibliographies for each industrial waste treatment practice that point to sources of further information.Since the field of industrial hazardous waste treatment is very broad, no one can claim to be an expert in all industries. Therefore, editors Wang, Shammas, and Hung draw on collective contributions that reflect the depth and breadth of the field, making the resulting handbook the best available reference on chemical and environmental engineering for industrial hazardous waste treatment. They provide technical and economical information on the development of the most feasible total environmental control programs that can benefit industries and local municipalities.

This volume provides in-depth coverage of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends in the process industries. It delineates methodologies, technologies, and the regional and global effects of important pollution control practices. The authors focus on new developments in innovative and alternative technologies, design criteria, effluent standards, managerial decision methodology, and regional and global environmental conservation specific to process industries.

A successful modern heavy metal control program for any industry will include not only traditional water pollution control, but also air pollution control, soil conservation, site remediation, groundwater protection, public health management, solid waste disposal, and combined industrial-municipal heavy metal waste management. In fact, it should be a total environmental control program. Comprehensive in scope, Heavy Metals in the Environment provides technical and economical information on the development of a feasible total heavy metal control program that can benefit industry and local municipalities.The book discusses the importance and contamination of metals such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, nickel, iron, and mercury. It covers important research of metals in the environment, the processes and mechanisms for metals control and removal, the environmental behavior and effects of engineered metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, environmental geochemistry of high arsenic aquifer systems, nano-technology applications in metal ion adsorption, biosorption of metals, and heavy metal removal by expopolysaccharide-producing cyanobacteria. The authors delineate technologies for metals treatment and management, metal bearing effluents, metal-contaminated solid wastes, metal finishing industry wastes and brownfield sites, and arsenic-contaminated groundwater streams. They also discuss control, treatment, and management of metal emissions from motor vehicles.The authors reflect the breadth of the field and draw on personal experiences to provide an in-depth presentation of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends for each industrial or commercial operation. The methodologies and technologies discussed are directly applicable to the waste management problems that must be met in all industries.

Heavy metals, such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, and nickel, are important constituents of most living organisms, as well as many nonliving substances. Some heavy metals are essential for growth of biological and microbiological lives, yet their presence in excessive quantities is harmful to humans and interferes with many environmental processes. Heavy metals are also nonbiodegradable, making them more difficult to remediate. Decontamination of Heavy Metals: Processes, Mechanisms, and Applications tackles the subject of heavy metals in the environment, with special emphasis on their treatment, removal, recovery, disposal, management, and modeling. Concepts, Cutting-Edge Technologies, and ApplicationsThe book provides in-depth coverage of the major hazardous heavy metals that are found in water, land, and facilities and that have significant effects on public health and the environment. After an overview of heavy metal contamination, the text reviews the concepts and technologies of pollution prevention. It then examines technologies for metal decontamination, ranging from precipitation—which is the most commonly used—to cutting-edge technologies such as precipitation-crystallization, ion exchange, membrane filtration, and electrolysis. Mathematical models for metal removal and recovery are also included. Develop a Feasible Total Heavy Metal Control ProgramComplementing other books in the Advances in Industrial and Hazardous Wastes Treatment series, this volume presents important research related to the remediation of heavy metals. Extensive references are included for readers who want to trace, duplicate, or improve on a specific industrial hazardous waste treatment practice. A comprehensive handbook for environmental professionals, researchers, and students, it provides technical information to help readers develop a feasible total metal control program that can benefit both industry and local municipalities.

This book provides in-depth coverage of environmental pollution sources, waste characteristics, control technologies, management strategies, facility innovations, process alternatives, costs, case histories, effluent standards, and future trends in waste treatment processes. It delineates methodologies, technologies, and the regional and global effects of important pollution control practices. It focuses on toxic heavy metals in the environment, various heavy metal decontamination technologies, brownfield restoration, and industrial, agricultural, and radioactive waste management. It discusses the importance of metals such as lead, chromium, cadmium, zinc, copper, nickel, iron, and mercury.