Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification

 Content: E9780123821829v1; Front Cover; COMPREHENSIVE WATER QUALITY AND PURIFICATION; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; DEDICATION; PREFACE: COMPREHENSIVE WATER QUALITY AND PURIFICATION; EDITOR IN CHIEF; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE TO VOLUME1: STATUS AND TRENDS OF WATER QUALITY WORLDWIDE; 1.1 Overview of Sustainability of Water Quality Worldwide; 1.1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1.1 Worldwide Water Pollution; 1.1.1.1.1 Developing countries; 1.1.1.1.2 Developed countries; 1.1.1.2 Potable Water; 1.1.1.3 Monitoring Ultratrace Contaminants; 1.1.2 Global Change and Water Availability and Quality 1.1.3 Water Quality Issues and Solutions in India1.1.4 Water Scarcity, Water Quality, and Regional Cooperation in the Middle East; 1.1.5 Water Quality Issues in Africa: Chemical Sciences Can Offer Some Solutions; 1.1.6 Global Ocean Contamination Generated from Plastics; 1.1.7 A Water Purification Method for Communities in Latin America; 1.1.8 Status of Remediation of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Bangladesh; 1.1.9 Aquatic Ecosystems as Indicators of Water Quality; 1.1.10 Measuring Suspended Sediment; 1.1.11 Dissolved Organic Matter in Aquatic Systems 1.1.12 Spatially Explicit Modeling to Evaluate Regional Stream Water Quality1.1.13 Emerging Contaminants in the Aquatic Environment; 1.1.14 Chemical Mixtures in Potable Water in the US; 1.1.15 Sustainable Water Resource Management: Challenges and Opportunities; 1.1.16 Conclusions; References; 1.2 Global Change and Water Availability and Quality: Challenges Ahead; 1.2.1 Introduction; 1.2.2 Population and Land-Use Change; 1.2.3 Anthropogenic Substances and Water Supply; 1.2.4 Environmental Flows and Aquatic Ecosystem Needs 1.2.5 Effects of Changes in Streamflow Timing and Precipitation Type1.2.6 Sea-Level Rise and Water Supply; 1.2.7 What Are We Likely to See in the Twenty-First Century?; 1.2.8 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 1.3 Water Quality Issues and Solutions in India; 1.3.1 Introduction; 1.3.2 Water Resources in India; 1.3.2.1 Surface Water; 1.3.2.2 Rainfall; 1.3.2.3 Groundwater; 1.3.2.4 Water Utilization in India; 1.3.3 Water Quality Criteria; 1.3.4 Institutional Setup for Water Quality Assessment and Management in India 1.3.5 Major Factors Responsible for Water Quality Degradation1.3.6 Water Quality Issues in India; 1.3.7 Challenges and Solutions; 1.3.7.1 Traditional Methods of Water Purification; 1.3.8 Conclusions; References; List of Relevant Websites; Relevant Websites; Relevant Websites; Relevant Websites; 1.4 Adaptation to Water Scarcity and Regional Cooperation in the Middle East; 1.4.1 Introduction; 1.4.1.1 The Present Study; 1.4.1.2 Methodology; 1.4.1.3 Work Organization; 1.4.2 The Project Area and Physical Background; 1.4.2.1 Regional Administration; 1.4.2.2 Landscape; 1.4.2.3 Climate
 Abstract:             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, disinfec