Monitoring Water Quality: Pollution Assessment, Analysis, and Remediation - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0444593950 ISBN 13: 9780444593955

Publisher: Elsevier, 2013

Synopsis

Monitoring Water Quality is a practical assessment of one of the most pressing growth and sustainability issues in the developed and developing worlds: water quality. Over the last 10 years, improved laboratory techniques have led to the discovery of microbial and viral contaminants, pharmaceuticals, and endocrine disruptors in our fresh water supplies that were not monitored previously.

This book offers in-depth coverage of water quality issues (natural and human-related), monitoring of contaminants,  and remediation of water contamination. In particular, readers will learn about arsenic removal techniques, real-time monitoring, and risk assessment. Monitoring Water Quality is a vital text for students and professionals in environmental science, civil engineering, chemistry ― anyone concerned with issues of water analysis and sustainability assessment.

• Covers in depth the scope of sustainable water problems on a worldwide scale
• Provides a rich source of sophisticated methods for analyzing water to assure its safety
• Describes the monitoring of contaminants, including pharmaceutical and endocrine disruptors
• Helps to quickly identify the sources and fates of contaminants and sources of pollutants and their loading

About this title

About the Author

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 20 books.

Review

"This title offers in-depth coverage of water quality issues, monitoring of contaminants and remediation of water contamination...a vital text for students and professionals in environmental science, civil engineering, chemistry; for anyone concerned with issues of water analysis and sustainability assessment."--Water Conditioning & Purification, September 2013 "This book presents 15 contributions (including an overview by the editor) for an audience of scientists, regulators, and, perhaps, students."--Reference & Research Book News, October 2013

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0444593950
• ISBN 13: 9780444593955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: Ahuja Satinder