This book presents current information related to modern anaerobic treatment technologies and their use in tropical countries. Over the last decade, increases in energy prices have made anaerobic processes for wastewater treatment very attractive, beyond their utilization for sludge and solid waste stabilization. Emphasis has been given to the ...
The quality of urban storm water discharges and their impact on receiving waters are crucial factors in attempts to minimise water pollution. This book covers both long-term and immediate reactions with papers on bacteriology, oxygen, metals, hydrocarbons and biological processes. The papers are divided into two main categories: the study of ...
The chemical and petrochemical industries give rise to some of the most serious waste management problems. Delegates from 15 countries came to the conference to exchange experience of the available technologies and management strategies for the identification, assessment and control of toxics in the chemical and petrochemical industries. The ...
Significant transmission of infectious diseases by water may occur not only in developing regions and rural communities, but also in highly developed countries. These Proceedings illustrate the major public health importance of the microbiological quality of water in all parts of the world. An outstanding feature of this high-level Symposium was ...
As the concern over groundwater quality receives increasing attention worldwide, an international seminar on Pollution, Protection and Control of Groundwater was held in Brazil. Researchers from all over the world came together to exchange their experience and discuss methods of maintaining and improving groundwater quality. Their papers are ...
The problems of taste and odours in water and fish are of major concern, particularly for the drinking water and fisheries industries. Consumer concern can lead to economic and even political difficulty for both industry and regulators. The papers presented in this volume review recent advances in the understanding of the biochemistry of off ...
Membrane technology has its origins over four decades ago, primarily in the use of electrodialysis as a desalination process. Advances in recent years, however, have brought membrane technology back into focus as a very promising approach to wastewater treatment across a vastly expanded field of applications. These proceedings survey the state of ...
Knowledge about the phenomena that govern the biological processes in wastewater treatment plants and more strict effluent criteria lead to continued research and developments in the field. Nitrogen and phosphorous removal processes which were not so long ago found in only a few treatment plants, are now a common feature of modern treatment plants ...
Experts from all over the world attended this first international conference, and the 54 of those papers presented are published here in this volume. The topic which generated the most interest was nutrient removal, as engineers are working towards meeting new standards being developed in many countries. Due to the long range outlook of many of ...
Diffusion of suitably treated domestic and industrial wastewaters into marine receiving waters from properly designed and sited marine outfalls is one of the most environmentally safe options for populations near open coastal areas. Scientists and engineers study the oceanography, biology and ecology of receiving water areas to determine impacts ...
Outstanding features of these proceedings include details on astonishing progress in new molecular techniques for research on the incidence and behaviour of health-related micro-organisms in water and related environments. For instance, new techniques based on the polymerase chain reaction now open doors for the detection of a wide variety of ...
Many new chemicals have been introduced for the benefit of daily life, medicine, food production and industry. Unfortunately, many of these "xenobiotics" are ceating environmental problems all over the world. Although it is necessary to control them, our knowledge of xenobiotics control has hardly gone beyond identifying the importance of the ...
The Water Quality and Management for Recreation and Tourism conference brought together engineers, scientists and managers concerned with the management of water and wastewater in situations where recreation and tourism pose special challenges. The papers published in these proceedings discuss problems that develop in small water bodies - swimming ...
This publication covers a wide range of topics of interest to designers, operators and research workers in the field of wastewater treatment plants. The papers include numerous examples of practical applications of research work. The 33 papers are organized under the following themes: Sludge Bulking; Nitrification and Nutrient Removal; Activated ...
This book addresses new developments and recent research which can be used to assess or predict contaminant effects on ecological systems. It considers both laboratory and field oriented approaches, with particular emphasis being placed upon experimental applications of fundamental ecological principles. The papers focus on ecological issues of ...
This volume presents the proceedings of the IAWPRC International Conference on North Sea Pollution - Technical Strategies for Improvement. Economically important both for fisheries and minerals such as oil, gas, sand and gravel, the North Sea is also subject to receiving much of the pollutant load generated by the countries of Northern Europe. ...
The IAWPRC International Seminar on Industrial Residual Management was organized in response to the necessity to exchange information and stimulate dialogue on the issue of managing special wastes, particularly the treatment and disposal of hazardous solid wastes, incinerable liquid effluents and industrial sludges. 406 engineers, biologists, ...
The problems of water pollution and urban drainage have in the past been considered in a fragmentary manner, with the components of the urban stormwater and wastewater systems - sewerage, storage, treatment plants, receiving waters - treated as separate systems and by different groups of specialists. However, it has become increasingly clear that ...
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