Advances in Drinking Water Purification

Dr. Sibdas Bandyopadhyay served as Chief Scientist, CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, India and CSIR Emeritus Scientist, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India. He is Ex-Member of the Board of Research Studies and Ex-Adjunct Professor, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India. Currently he is associated with the Water for People India Trust as Senior Consultant. He developed, demonstrated and installed community model systems for safe drinking water supply in arsenic and iron affected areas of Eastern and North-Eastern States of India.

Section 1: Introduction 1. Drinking water contamination – An update on the technological status Section 2: Arsenic Remediation 2. Arsenic removal from drinking water using treated laterite based adsorbent 3. Arsenic Removal Technology using iron and manganese based natural adsorbents: An overview 4. Arsenic and Iron Removal by Zero-Valent Iron and Electrocoagulation 5. Simultaneous arsenic and iron removal by adsorbent assisted hybrid microfiltration technology for point-of-use application 6. Latest development in arsenic removal by membrane technology Section 3: Treatment of priority chemical contaminants 7. Fluoride removal from drinking water by electrocoagulation process: Recent studies, modelling, and simulation through CFD approach 8. Ion Exchange Polymers: Versatile sorbents for water remediation 9. Hybrid Ion Exchange Processes: From Decontamination to Desalination Section 4: Disinfection techniques 10. Metallic iron for decentralized safe drinking water supply: Self-reliance is possible 11. Point-of-Use Ceramic Water Filter from nano to macro: materials selection, manufacturing and field performance advances and research needs 12. Recent Advances on the Technologies for the Disinfection of Drinking Water Section 5: Emerging Issues 13. Nanostructured materials for removal of geogenic contaminants from water 14. Separation of microbial and organic pollutants from water using low pressure tailor made membranes 15. Deep removal of toxic oxysalts with titanium xerogels Section 6: Socio-technical and Sustainability Aspects 16. Socio-technical safe drinking water regime in Bangladesh: A post arsenic crisis analysis 17. Building Resilience: Mobile Emergency Water Treatment Systems 18. Advances in the development of adequate, affordable, and sustainable treatment alternatives to drinking water contamination by arsenic, heavy metals, and nitrates in Mexico.