Environmental Science and Technology in India

Contents Preface. 1. Contemporary trends in environmental science and technology/Arvind Kumar R.K. Somashekar and P. Ravikumar. 2. A perspective on zero waste in urban India/M. Selvam and V. Rajasheker. 3. An analysis on the elimination of heavy metals from industrial effluents/P. Raju S. John Alexis and M.K. Saseetharan. 4. Application of environmental biotechnology for the treatment of coke plant effluent/Mrinal K. Ghose and Surendar Roy. 5. Application of UASB reactor system for treatment of hydrogenated oil/Sunita Shastry Tapas Nandy and S.N. Kaul. 6. Assessment of growmore biofertilizer in relation to other bio and organic fertilizers available in the market/Sudha A. Sawant and Sumukh S. Ghatnekar. 7. Bioavailability of metal in fly ash and their bioaccumulation in naturally occurring vegetation/Subodh Kumar Maiti and S. Nandhini. 8. Bioaugmentation to enhance the performance of slurry phase bioreactor in degrading diethyl phthalate (DEP) in soil/S. Shailaja M. Rama Krishna S. Venkata Mohan and P.N. Sarma. 9. Chemical microbiological and geological aspects of acid mine drainage and its control aspects/Gurdeep Singh. 10. Use of waste plastic as modifier in Bituminous concrete mix/B.V. Kiran Kumar V. Anantha Rama and P. Prakash. 11. Composting of municipal solid waste a feasible approach with alkali treatment/V.P. Despande S. Babyrani Devi and R.V. Bhoyar. 12. Computer aided design of trickling filters/Shalin P. Shah and Zoher Z. Painter. 13. Conservation of water wastewater treatment recycling and reuse/N. Rammoorti. 14. Forest genetic resources of western ghats status and conservation/P. Naveen Kumar M. Bunty Raj D. Siddaramu B.C. Nagaraja and R.K. Somashekar. 15. Detoxification of tannery effluents using blue green algae with special reference to chromium/V. Shashirekha M. Pandi and Mahadeswara Swamy. 16. Distribution of heavy metals in the Bellandur lake Bangalore/H. Lokeshwari and G.T. Chandrappa. 17. Diversity assessment and community patterns in relation to disturbance gradient in Similipal Biosphere Reserve Orissa/R.K. Mishra R.C. Mohanty and V.P. Upadhyay. 18. Drinking water quality assessment of Basavanahole tank with reference to physico chemical characteristics/J. Narayana R. Purushothama and B.R. Kiran. 19. Effect of chemicals vis a vis natural ingredients in the culture media of Spirulina platensis/Bharati M. Tamhane and Sudhir D. Ghatnekar. 20. Effect of pulp and paper mill effluent on seed germination and seedling growth of pea (Pisum sativum) mustard (Brassica nigra) and rice seed (Oryza sativa)/U.J. Medhi A.K. Talukdar and S. Deka. 21. Effects of wastewater irrigation on heavy metal accumulation in soil and plants/Rajesh Kumar Sharma Madhoolika Agrawal and Fiona M. Marshall. 22. Effluent recycling through application of membrane separation processes for zero effluent discharge in textile industry a case study/Tapas Nandy C.V. Deshpande R.S. Dhodapkar S.N. Kaul and Lidia Szpyrkowicz. 23. Environment protection through municipal corporation/V.M. Sathye. 24. Designing regional soil liners using contaminant transport modeling/P.V.Sivapullaiah S.N. Mayanaik and G. Sankara. 25. Environmental impact assessment for integrating environmental concerns/Sandeep Bodkhe and R. Sarin. 26. Environmental management in a heavy water plant/P. George Thomas. 27. External gamma dose rate in and around Bangalore University a preliminary survey/N.G. Shiva Prasad N. Nagaiah and D.N. Avadhani. 28. Extractive spectrophotometric determination of Saccharin/Sunitha B. Mathew Ajai Kr. Pillai and V.K. Gupta. 29. Implication of afforestation and reforestation on biodiversity conservation a scenario of western ghats/B.C. Nagaraja and R.K. Somashekar. 30. Flue gas conditioning with ammonia in unit 7 of KTPS Koradi a case study/S.S. Bagchi and M.P. Dharmadhikari. 31. GAC biofilm configured periodic discontinuous reactor operation for the treatment of complex chemical wastewater/N. Chandrasekhara Rao S. Venkata Mohan and P.N. Sarma. 32. Geoe. …