Living with Water Targeting Quality in a Dynamic World /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Pechan, Paul (Editor), de Vries, Gert E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Food > Biotechnology.; Environmental health.; Food Science.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Environmental Health.

The factors affecting water quality are many: the increasing buying power and health concerns of the world population  contribute to the creation of new products, whose production and disposal lead to the release of chemicals harmful to the environment;  the ever-growing world population requires a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Living with Water
• 2. Mountain Waters as Witnesses of Global Pollution
• 3. Wastewaters are not Wastes
• 4. Pollutants in Water: The Case of Pharmaceuticals
• 5. The Oceans and Their Challenge to Conserve Marine Biodiversity.