Advanced Technologies for Water Quality Treatment and Management

This new volume explores important recent approaches and advanced techniques for the effective management and treatment of wastewater. The book provides a range of diverse techniques for achieving optimum water quality management, for restoration of water bodies, for the improvement of a circular water economy, and for effective water reuse.

Many of the new methods and technologies included in the book focus on sustainable phytoremediation techniques, such as the use of earthworms, ecological floating beds, and anaerobic biovalorization. The book also comprehensively discusses the scope of nanomaterials for wastewater treatment. Some of the least explored aspects of water quality improvement, such as use of eco-roofs, the role of remote sensing in water quality management, and biosand filters for household wastewater treatment, are discussed as well.

Mehraj U. Din Dar holds a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering from Punjab Agricultural University, India, with specialization in climate change studies, crop modeling, groundwater management studies, watershed conservation, wastewater treatment, hydrological modeling, and agricultural drainage. He has published research articles, book chapters, and review articles in national and international journals, and he has presented and participated at national and international seminars, conferences, and symposia.

Aamir Ishaq Shah holds a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India. He worked on evaluating the performance of bioretention cells in relation to hydrology and water quality. He has published several research articles and book chapters in the field of water quality. He has qualified several national competitive exams including GATE, ASRBNET, and ICAR-SRF.

Shakeel Ahmad Bhat holds a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering from the College of Agricultural Engineering at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST-K), India. He has worked on hydroponics technology during his PhD program. He is an author of more than 15 scientific articles and five book chapters. He has presented and participated at numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, and workshops. He is also a reviewer for various international journals and holds lifetime memberships in various international organizations.

Syed Rouhullah Ali holds a PhD in Soil and Water Engineering from Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India. Dr. Ali has published several research/review articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals as well as book chapters on surface/groundwater hydrology, climate change, and water quality. He has participated, presented, and organized several national and international conferences, seminars, consortiums, workshops, and training sessions.