Elsevier Resource Recovery in Industrial Waste Waters

Resource Recovery in Industrial Waste Waters provides a holistic approach for discovering and harnessing valuable resources from industrial wastewaters, the cutting-edge technologies required, and a discussion on the new findings. In three volumes, the books stress the importance of contaminated waters' remediation, including surface waters, municipal or industrial wastewaters and treating these waters as a new source of nutrients, minerals and energy. It introduces polluted waters as new and sustainable sources, rather than seeing wastewaters as only a source of hazardous organic and inorganic matters. Sections discuss wastewater treatment and recovery and contribute to generate a sustainable approach of wastewater by providing the main advantages and disadvantages of both wastewater/polluted water treatment and recovery. Reviews the current status of industrial wastewater treatment methods Discusses the growing need of resource recovery from industrial wastewater, along with the challenges Describes the importance of water reuse for combating water scarcity by describing current techniques and challenges Evaluates the potential of the current market and status towards industrial wastewater resource recovery Considers cutting-edge technologies for resource recovery Contains comprehensive discussions on possibility of almost all recoverable resources from industrial wastewater