water contaminant Books and Publications

Soil and Water Contamination

Soil and Water Contamination, 2nd Edition is the first textbook that treats soil and water pollution issues from a geographical/spatial perspective at point, local, regional, and catchment scales. It links up very well to recent environmental policy and legislation in the field of soil and water pollution, ...

By IWA Publishing

Tap Water as a Hydraulic Pressure Medium

'Showcases the benefits and potential advantages of water hydraulics over oil-based media. Interweaves examples and exercises throughout the text to illustrate critical concepts, with helpful appendices on abbreviations, symbols, conversion factors, and water contaminants, and glossary sections.' ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Wastewater Treatment: Occurrence and Fate of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)

This book describes the sources of water contamination by PAHs and their transportation and fate in natural aquatic systems. It then discusses, from the analytical chemist’s view, how to determine the presence of PAHs in water and wastewater, and the changes in PAH concentration during treatment processes. The ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Soil and Water Contamination: From Molecular to Catchment Scale

Providing a structured overview of transport and fate processes of environmental contaminants, this is the first textbook to approach the environmental issues of soil and water contamination from a spatial and earth science point of view. The book deals with all topics essential to understanding and ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Ground-Water Contamination: Field Methods

Reviews and evaluates field methods used to study ground-water contamination. 30 peer-reviewed papers examine: • ground-water sampling and sampling in unsaturated soils• well-drilling (construction and monitoring)• geophysical exploration• quality assurance• soil ...

By ASTM International

Water Contamination Emergencies - Enhancing Our Response

Contamination of water supplies and the immediate availability of appropriate emergency responses to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) events which result in contaminated water are becoming increasingly relevant and significant issues in the water industry and in the wider world. Consequently, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Mathematical Modeling in Economics, Ecology and the Environment

The book covers a wide range of known models, from classical (Cobb-Douglass production function, Leontief input-output analysis, Verhulst-Pearl and Lotka-Volterra models of population dynamics, etc.) to the models of world dynamics and the models of water contamination propagation after the Chernobyl ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Mapping: Practices and Standards

Maps, remote sensing imagery, and geographic information systems (GIS) have become increasingly important in providing essential data for solving problems related to ground water contamination, water resources management, construction, land use, waste management, minerals exploration, transportation ...

By ASTM International

Sediment and Contaminant Transport in Surface Waters

Contaminated bottom sediments and their negative impacts on water quality are a major problem in surface waters. Sediment and Contaminant Transport in Surface Waters provides a quantitative understanding of the transport of sediments and hydrophobic contaminants. With an emphasis on fine-grained, ...

By Taylor & Francis Group (USA)

Improving Water Quality Through Contaminant Source Trackdown Studies - An Environmental Approach

Improving Water Quality Through Contaminant Source Trackdown Studiesdiscusses the trackdown approaches that help to avoid costly mistakes that miss key contaminant sources or inaccurately assess their relative contributions to problems. This book brings together information that is currently dispersed in the ...

By IWA Publishing

Ensuring Safe Drinking Water: Learning from Frontline Experience with Contamination

Safe drinking water is essential to human life. Ensuring Safe Drinking Water: Learning From Frontline Experience with Contamination provides those who carry responsibility for ensuring safe drinking water an opportunity to learn from the experiences of others. This book presents 21 case studies—10 waterborne ...

By American Water Works Association (AWWA)

Technologies for Environmental Cleanup: Soil and Groundwater

Industrialized nations are facing a broad range of environmental restoration problems associated with contamination of surface-subsurface soils. Remedial action is assigned a high priority because of possibly dangerous drinking water contamination and non-compliance situations. Numerous technologies, ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Perchlorate in the Environment

Based on a symposium sponsored by the Environmental Division of the American Chemical Society, Perchlorate in the Environment is the first comprehensive book to address perchlorate as a potable water contaminant. The two main topics are: analytical chemistry (focusing on ion chromatography and ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy

Sustainable chemistry technology, EcoBioClean®, degrades crude oil, catalyzing conversion into energy source used by microorganisms and other ...

By Jacor, LLC

Practical Handbook of Soil, Vadose Zone, and Ground-Water Contamination: Assessment, Prevention, and Remediation, Second Edition

A synthesis of years of interdisciplinary research and practice, the second edition of this bestseller continues to serve as a primary resource for information on the assessment, remediation, and control of contamination on and below the ground ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Advanced Science and Technology for Biological Decontamination of Sites Affected by Chemical and Radiological Nuclear Agents

This book presents a comprehensive and integrated approach toward solving the ever growing problem of soil and water contamination by radioactive and chemical wastes from military facilities, weapons industries, and weapons storage. Plant and microbial biotechnology have been proven viable low-cost ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Advanced Science and Technology for Biological Decontamination of Sites Affected by Chemical and Radiological Nuclear Agents

This book presents a comprehensive and integrated approach toward solving the ever growing problem of soil and water contamination by radioactive and chemical wastes from military facilities, weapons industries, and weapons storage. Plant and microbial biotechnology have been proven viable low-cost ...

By Springer-Verlag GmbH

Stochastic Modelling of Drinking Water Treatment in Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment

Special Offer: KWR Drinking Water Treatment Set - Buy all five books together and save a total £119! Safe drinking water is a basic need for all human beings. Preventing microbial contamination of drinking water is of primary concern since endemic illness and outbreaks of infectious diseases can have ...

By IWA Publishing

Urban Groundwater, Meeting the Challenge: IAH Selected Papers on Hydrogeology 8

Broadly divided into five sections, this book covers recharge mechanisms and the urban water balance, urban recharge management, sewer exfiltraion, assessment of contaminant impacts, and urban aquifer management. It explores the scientific and technical progress made in areas such as the urban water ...

By CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group

Hazardous and Industrial Solid Waste Testing and Disposal

Divided into 7 sections: Contaminate and Leaching Assessments; Ground Water and Contaminant Migration Assessment; Incineration of Hazardous Waste; Liner Assessments; Site Monitoring and Assessment; Waste Treatment Alternatives; and ASTM Test Method ...

By ASTM International

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