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The Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater
Innovative Technologies and the Adaptation of Treatment Systems
- 1st Edition - January 25, 2023
- Editors: Afzal Husain Khan, Nadeem A Khan, Mu. Naushad, Hamidi Abdul Aziz
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 1 6 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 8 7 0 - 7
The Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater: Innovative Technologies and the Adaptation of Treatment Systems covers the various aspects of pharmaceutical sources, treatment techno… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater: Innovative Technologies and the Adaptation of Treatment Systems covers the various aspects of pharmaceutical sources, treatment technologies, their harmful effects on the natural environment, and new technological developments and upgrading of existing treatment systems. This book highlights the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) applied to treatment and resource recovery systems for pharmaceutical treatment. Case studies are included to enable fuller understanding of the practical aspects of treatment and modeling. This helpful guide is for civil and environmental engineers and researchers who want to understand the complex nature and treatment schemes for pharmaceutical wastewaters.
- Offers updates on the level of contamination associated with pharmaceutical wastewater to the environment
- Explains the current methods of treatment and future approaches to develop new and innovative treatment technologies
- Shows the effect of mass scale use of antibiotics in the environment and how their presence will affect the biosystem
Civil and environmental engineers and researchers working in the wastewater treatment; students of environmental engineering and pharmaceutical sciences
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- About the Editors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction: Occurrences, sources, and methods of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 1: General introduction
- 2: Occurrences and sources
- 3: Sources of pharmaceuticals
- 4: Analytical techniques used to determine pharmaceutical compounds
- 5: Toxicological effect of pharmaceuticals
- 6: Classical methods of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
- 7: Conclusions
- References
- 2: Current situation of pharmaceutical wastewater around the globe
- Abstract
- Conflict of interest
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Characteristics of pharmaceutical wastewater
- 3: Source and occurrence of pharmaceuticals in water
- 4: Source, occurrence, and fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment
- 5: Health hazards of discharged pharmaceuticals
- 6: Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment options
- 7: Hospital wastewater management in developed countries
- 8: Hospital wastewater management in developing countries
- 9: Conclusions
- References
- Further reading
- 3: Recent trends in graphene-based materials for pharmaceuticals wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Graphene-based materials
- 3: Removal of pharmaceuticals using graphene-based materials
- 4: Knowledge gaps
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- 4: Fate of common pharmaceuticals in the environment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Common PhACs in the environment and their physiochemical properties
- 3: Metabolism and transformation processes
- 4: Occurrence of common pharmaceuticals in the environment
- 5: Fate of common pharmaceuticals in the environment
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- 5: Analytical techniques for the detection of pharmaceuticals in the environment
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Preanalysis protocols
- 3: Analytical techniques
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- 6: Treatment innovation using solar/UV
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Solar radiation
- 3: Advanced oxidation processes
- 4: Summary
- References
- 7: Treatment innovation using biological methods in combination with physical treatment methods
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Pharmaceutical wastewater: Existing contaminants, toxicity, and effects
- 3: Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
- 4: Hybrid technologies
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- 8: Application of hybrid advanced oxidation and adsorption processes for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Purification of pharmaceutical wastewaters by advanced oxidation processes
- 3: Adsorption as a method of pharmaceutical substances removing
- 4: Hybrid oxidation and adsorption processes
- 5: Conclusions
- References
- 9: Microalgae-based bioremediation of pharmaceuticals wastewater
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Removal mechanisms of pharmaceutical contaminants (PCs) by microalgae
- 3: Factors influencing the removal of PCs
- 4: Different approaches for the removal of PCs by microalgae phytoremediation
- 5: Integrated processes for removal of PCs
- 6: Concluding remarks and future perspectives
- References
- 10: An overview of recent progress in membrane-based treatment for pharmaceutical wastewaters
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Adverse effects on human health
- 3: Membrane-based separation processes (MBSPs)
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- 11: Sustainable and eco-friendly treatment of pharmaceuticals wastewater
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Pharmaceutical wastewater characteristics
- 3: Conventional pharmaceutical wastewater treatments
- 4: Advanced pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
- 5: Conclusions and future perspectives
- References
- 12: Natural polymer-based sustainable adsorbents for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Biopolymers at a glance: Classification and mechanisms of PhCs adsorption
- 3: Cross-linked biopolymers: Especially cross-linked chitosan
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- 13: Innovative and eco-friendly technologies for the upgradation of pharmaceutical wastewater treatment processes
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Strategies for removal of pharmaceutical products from wastewater
- 3: Bioremediation
- 4: Membranes separation
- 5: Removal of pharmaceuticals in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs)
- 6: Constructed wetlands (CWs)
- 7: Treatment of pharmaceutical residues in wastewater
- 8: Conclusions
- References
- 14: Biohazardous effect associated with various pharma-effluent discharge in a biotic system
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Types of effluent exposures, their sources, and impact
- 3: Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 454
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 25, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323991605
- eBook ISBN: 9780323958707
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Afzal Husain Khan
Dr. Afzal Husain Khan works in the Civil and Architectural Engineering Department at Jazan University, Saudi Arabia. He received his PhD from Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia, and B.E. and M. Tech degrees from the Aligarh Muslim University, India. He is an academic editor of PLOS ONE, Advances in Civil Engineering (Wiley), Associate Editor in TEIEE, and Guest Editor in Elsevier/Springer/Frontiers journals. He has been involved in many funded projects under the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) in Saudi Arabia. He has 90+ peer-reviewed publications (h-index >30; >3000+ citations), 4 books (edited), 6 patents, and 5 book chapters to his credit.
Affiliations and expertise
Civil and Architectural Engineering Department, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi ArabiaNK
Nadeem A Khan
Dr. Nadeem A Khan is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Mewat Engineering College, in India. Previously he was Head of Department from 2014 to 2017. He completed his Ph.D. from Jamia Millia Islamia University in 2022. He received his M.Tech. (Civil Engineering) with honours in Environmental Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University, India in 2011. He has acted as an editorial board member for Nature on Scientific Reports and worked with Springer on a special issue in the Discover Water Journal. He was awarded the Best Young Scientist Award (Male) by LWT India and GECL for his Scientific contribution to Environmental Engineering. He has published four books with international publishers, 64 papers in SCI journals, and has also published more than 10 PATENTS in civil Engineering and water treatment.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Mewat Engineering College, Nuh, Haryana, IndiaMN
Mu. Naushad
Dr. Mu. Naushad is working as a full professor in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science at King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include wastewater treatment, adsorption, ion exchange, bioremediation, and photodegradation. Dr. Naushad is the author and coauthor of more than 500 refereed journal publications and several books, book chapters, and US patents.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi ArabiaHA
Hamidi Abdul Aziz
Hamidi Abdul Aziz is a Professor in Environmental Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering of Universiti Sains Malaysia. Professor Aziz received his PhD degree in civil engineering (Environmental Engineering) from the University of Strathclyde in Scotland in 1992. He is a guest editor of the special issue on landfill leachate management and control of the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management (IJEWM). Professor Aziz currently serves as the Editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Scientific Research in Environmental Sciences (IJSRES). He also serves as the Managing Editor of the International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, IJEWM and the International of Journal of Environmental Engineering, IJEE. Professor Aziz's research focuses on alleviating problems associated with water pollution issues from industrial wastewater discharges and from solid waste management via landfilling, such as landfill leachate. Advanced oxidation processes is also one of his research focuses. In addition, he has strong interest in biodegradation and bioremediation of oil spills
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, MalaysiaRead The Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater on ScienceDirect