Water Purification and Management

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Coca-Prados, José (Editor), Gutiérrez-Cervelló, Gemma (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security,
• Subjects: Environment.; Water-supply.; Physical chemistry.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Water pollution.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Water Industry/Water Technologies.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Physical Chemistry.

One of the major challenges for many Mediterranean and other countries is finding viable solutions to tackle water shortage. Some of the major water quality constraints derive from the high salinity of groundwater and from pollution sources such as: untreated domestic sewage, fertilizers and pestici...

Table of Contents:

• Treatment of Oily Wastewater
• Physico-chemical Treatment Methods: Fundamentals and Design Guidelines
• Metals Removal from Industrial Effluents
• The Ion-Exchange Membrane Bioreactor: Developments and Perspectives in Drinking Water Treatment
• Treatment of Complex Systems - Advanced Oxidation Processes
• Water Saving in Industry by Cleaner Production
• Solid Disposal from Effluents Treatment.