Microconstituents in the Environment (eBook)

Rao Y. Surampalli is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Global Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (GIEES) in Lenexa, USA and Distinghished Visiting Professor at several universities across the world. Tian C. Zhang is Professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL), USA. Chih-Ming Kao is Distinguished Chair Professor in the Institute of Environmental Engineering at the National Sun Yat-sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Makarand M. Ghangrekar is Institute Chair Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Puspendu Bhunia is Professor of Environmental Engineering in the School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India. Manaswini Behera is Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering in the School of Infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. Prangya R. Rout is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India.

1. Introduction to Microconstituents

2. Microconstitutent Occurrence

3. Sampling, Characterization and Monitoring of Microconstituents

4. Toxicity Assessment of Microconstituents in the Environment

5. Mathematical Transport System Models for Microconstituents

6. Groundwater Contamination by Microconstituents

7. Microconstituents in Surface Water

8. Fate and Transport of Microconstituents in Wastewater Treatment Plants

9. Atmospheric Microplastics: Perspectives on Occurrence, Sources, Measurement Techniques, Transport, and Insights Into Future Research

10. Modeling Microconstituents Based on Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques

11. Process Feasibility and Sustainability of Struvite Crystallization from Wastewater Through Electrocoagulation

12. Adsorption of Microconstituents

13. Ion Exchange Process for Removal of Microconstituents from Water and Wastewater

14. Membrane-based Separation Technologies for Removal of Microconstituents

15. Advanced Oxidation Processes for Microconstituents Removal in Aquatic Environments

16. Aerobic Biological Treatment of Microconstituents

17. Anaerobic Biological Treatment of Microconstituents

18. Bio-Electrochemical Systems for Micropollutant Removal

19. Hybrid Treatment Solutions for Removal of Micropollutant from Wastewaters

20. Regulatory Framework of Microconstituents

21. Laboratory to Field Application of Technologies for Effective Removal of the Micro-constituents from Wastewaters

22. Sustainability Outlook: Green Design, Consumption, and Innovative Business Models