Elsevier Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification

Product Description This major reference work provides a rich source of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from natural and deliberate contaminants, including those that are added because of carelessness of human endeavors. Human development has great impact on water quality, and new contaminants are emerging every day. The issues of sampling for water analysis, regulatory considerations, and forensics in water quality and purity investigations are covered in detail. Microbial as well as chemical contaminations from inorganic compounds, radionuclides, volatile and semivolatile compounds, disinfectants, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals, including endocrine disruptors, are treated extensively. Researchers must be aware of all sources of contamination and know how to prescribe techniques for removing them from our water supply. Unlike other works published to date that concentrate on issues of water supply, water resource management, hydrology, and water use by industry, this work is more tightly focused on the monitoring and improvement of the quality of existing water supplies and the recovery of wastewater via new and standard separation techniques. Using analytical chemistry methods, offers remediation advice on pollutants and contaminants in addition to providing the critical identification perspective. The players in the global boom of water purification are numerous and varied. Having worked extensively in academia and industry, the Editor-in-Chief has been careful about constructing a work for a shared audience and cause. Review Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification is a new work that focuses on four pillars of the chemical analysis of water: (1) Techniques for the Chemical Analysis of Drinking Water; (2) Monitoring and Control of Water Quality; (3) Remediation of Polluted and Contaminated Water; and (4) Treatment of Industrial Wastewater From the Back Cover This major reference work provides a rich source of methods for analyzing water to assure its safety from natural and deliberate contaminants including those that are added because of carelessness of human endeavors. Human development has great impact on water quality and new contaminants are emerging every day. The issues of sampling for water analysis, regulatory considerations, and forensics in water quality and purity investigations are covered in detail. Microbial as well as chemical contaminations from inorganic compounds, radionuclides, volatile and semivolatile compounds, disinfectants, herbicides, and pharmaceuticals including endocrine disruptors are treated extensively. Researchers must be aware of all sources of contamination and know how to prescribe techniques for removing them from our water supply. About the Author Satinder Ahuja obtained his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science. He serves as adjunct research professor at Pace University and is a consultant to pharmaceutical companies as president of Ahuja Consulting.