Environmental Challenges

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Status of the Drinking Water Standards Program in the United States....Pages 1-9
Recent Developments in Microbiotesting and Early Millennium Prospects....Pages 11-23
Biological Stability: A Multidimensional Quality Aspect of Treated Water....Pages 25-34
From Media to Molecules: New Approaches to the Detection of Micro-Organisms in Water....Pages 35-41
Enzymatic Detection of Coliforms and Escherichia coli within 4 Hours....Pages 43-52
Detection of Infectious Cryptosporidium Parvum Oocysts in Environmental Water Samples using an Integrated Cell Culture-PCR (CC-PCR) system....Pages 53-65
Genotoxicity in German Surface Waters — Results of a Collaborative Study....Pages 67-79
Blazing towards the Next Millennium: Luciferase Fusions to Identify Genes Responsive to Environmental Stress....Pages 81-94
Identification of New Drinking Water Disinfection by-Products from Ozone, Chlorine Dioxide, Chloramine, and Chlorine....Pages 95-102
Ecotoxicological Indicators of Water Quality: Using Multi-Response Indicators to Assess the Health of Aquatic Ecosystems....Pages 103-115
Ecological Engineering of Bioreactors for Wastewater Treatment....Pages 117-132
Biodegradation of Recalictrant Components of Organic Mixtures....Pages 133-146
Application of Biofilms and Biofilm Support Materials as a Temporary Sink and Source....Pages 147-158
Effective Management and Operation of Coagulation and Filtration....Pages 159-166
Wastewater Reclamation for Agricultural Reuse in Israel: Trends and Experimental Results....Pages 167-182
Biological Denitrification of Groundwater....Pages 183-193
Towards a Science-Based Integrated Ozone-Fine Particle Control Strategy....Pages 195-201
An Assessment of the Mobile Source Contribution to PM 10 and PM 2.5 in the United States....Pages 203-214
Characterisation of Individual Aerosol Particles for Atmospheric and Cultural Heritage Studies....Pages 215-228
Reactive Halogen Species in the Mid-Latitude Troposphere — Recent Discoveries....Pages 229-244
Hydrogen Sulfide and Odor Control in İzmir Bay....Pages 245-257
Inventory of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in Israel....Pages 259-271
Analysis of Uncertainty and Variability in Exposure to Characterize Risk: Case Study Involving Trichloroethylene Ground Water Contamination at Beale Air Force Base in California....Pages 273-298
Biological Diversity — An Overview....Pages 299-310
Restoration of the Rivers in Israel’s Coastal Plain....Pages 311-321
Lake Kinneret (Israel) Ecosystem: Long-Term Instability or Resiliency?....Pages 323-335
Effect of the Environment on the Bacterial Bleaching of Corals....Pages 337-352
Better Laws = Better Environment the Role of the Environmental Lawyer in the Reconstruction and Modernisation of the Water Sector in Private Sector Participation....Pages 353-360
European Environmental Tax Law and Policy: Greenspeak !....Pages 361-377
The use of Economic Instruments and Green Taxes to Complement an Environmental Regulatory Regime....Pages 379-393
The Land and Environment Court of New South Wales a Model for Environmental Protection....Pages 395-407
Practice, Policy, and Pedagogy in a Mandatory Environmental Law Course....Pages 409-418
The Great Sydney Water Crisis of 1998....Pages 419-436
Catchment Basin Management of Water....Pages 437-446
Sustainability Law for the New Millennium and the Role of Environmental Legal Education....Pages 447-465
A Future for Sustainability?....Pages 467-476
Transdisciplinarity in Groundwater Management — Towards Mutual Learning of Science and Society....Pages 477-487
Sustainable Environmental Education for a Sustainable Environment: Lessons from Thailand for other Nations....Pages 489-503
Pollution Prevention: A New Paradigm for Engineering Education....Pages 505-515
Towards Excellence in Environmental Education a View from the United States....Pages 517-524
Environmental and Agricultural Literacy Education....Pages 525-532
The Upcoming Challenge: Transboundary Management of the Hydraulic Cycle....Pages 533-549
The Quest for Water Efficiency — Restructuring of Water use in the Middle East....Pages 551-564
Turkish Waters: Source of Regional Conflict or Catalyst for Peace?....Pages 565-579
Interactions among Scientists, Managers and the Public in Defining Research Priorities and Management Strategies for Marine and Coastal Resources: Is the Red Sea Marine Peace Park a New Paradigm?....Pages 581-594
The Production of Microbiologically Safe Effluents for Wastewater Reuse in the Middle East and North Africa....Pages 595-603
Are the Conflicts Between Israel and Her Neighbors Over the Waters of the Jordan River Basin an Obstacle to Peace? Israel-Syria as a Case Study....Pages 605-630