Water Conservation in the Era of Global Climate Change

1st Edition - February 25, 2021
Editors: Binota Thokchom, Pengpeng Qiu, Pardeep Singh, Parameswar K. Iyer
Language: English
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Water Conservation in the Era of Global Climate Change reviews key issues surrounding climate change and water resources. The book brings together experts from a variety of fields and perspectives, providing a comprehensive view on how climate change impacts water resources, how water pollution impacts climate change, and how to assess potential hazards and success stories on managing and addressing current issues in the field. Topics also include assessing policy impacts, innovative water reuse strategies, and information on impacts on fisheries and agriculture including food scarcity.

This book is an excellent tool for researchers and professionals in Climate Change, Climate Services and Water Resources, and those trying to combat the impacts and issues related to Global and Planetary Change.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
Biographies
Preface
Chapter 1. Impact of climate change and water quality degradation on food security and agriculture
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Climate change
1.3 Water quality degradation
1.4 Global food security
1.5 Impact of climate change and degrading water quality on agriculture
1.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2. Groundwater extractions and climate change
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Groundwater sources: global distribution, quality, and uses
2.3 Impact of urbanization and industrialization on ground water sources
2.4 Groundwater extractions and climate change
2.5 Management of groundwater sources
2.6 Concluding remarks: major challenges and future prospects
References
Chapter 3. Urban water-supply management: indirect issues of climate change leading to water scarcity scenarios in developing and underdeveloped nations
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Impacts of climate change on water resource
3.3 Urban water-supply management
3.4 Impacts of climate change on urban water-supply management
3.5 Mitigating the impacts of climate change on urban water-supply management
3.6 Climate change adaptations in case of urban water supply in developing countries
3.7 Conclusions
References
Chapter 4. Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystem
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Influence of climate change on water resource
4.3 Case studies of climate change impact on river water/river basin
4.4 Physicochemical influence of changing climate on freshwater resource
4.5 Climate change trends and future impacts on freshwater
4.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 5. An overview of the potential impacts of global climate change on water resources
Abstract
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Global climate change
5.3 Components of climate change
5.4 Major effects of climate change
5.5 Effect of climate change on different water bodies
5.6 Climate change mitigation
5.7 Conclusion
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter 6. Climatic controls on water resources and its management: challenges and prospects of sustainable development in Indian perspective
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Hydrological cycle and climate change
6.3 Water resources of India
6.4 Water consumption and its management
6.5 Climate change impacts on water availability
6.6 Challenges and prospects of sustainable development
6.7 Conclusion-looking ahead
Acknowledgments
Conflict of Interests
References
Chapter 7. Recent advances in nanotechnology for accomplishing sustainable agriculture
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Agricultural problems
7.3 Nanotechnology-based management of plant diseases
7.4 Retention of soil moisture
7.5 Conclusions and future directions
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter 8. Water, arsenic, and climate change
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Sources and occurrences
8.3 Toxicity
8.4 Speciation and mobility
8.5 Groundwater arsenic contamination
8.6 Climate change, groundwater, and arsenic contamination
8.7 Conclusion
References
Chapter 9. An overview of nanotechnology in water treatment applications and combating climate change
Abstract
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Role of nanotechnology in water treatment
9.3 Role of nanotechnology to combat climate change
9.4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 10. Climate change: impact on waterborne infectious diseases
Abstract
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The economic impacts of climate change
10.3 Water resources
10.4 Intensive water-related climatic conditions
10.5 Climate change and vector-borne infectious diseases
10.6 Climate change and some significant waterborne infectious microbes
10.7 Alleviating the impacts of climate change
10.8 Promoting population health during intense climatic events
10.9 Conclusions
References
Chapter 11. Impacts of global climate change on water quality and its assessment
Abstract
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Overview of global climate change on water resources
11.3 Factors of global climate change affecting water quality
11.4 Modeling techniques for assessing the impacts of global climate change on water quality
11.5 Conclusion
Abbreviations
References
Chapter 12. Nanomaterials for climate change and water pollution mitigation
Abstract
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Climate change, global warming, and water pollution
12.3 Nanomaterials
12.4 Nanomaterials in climate change
12.5 Nanomaterials in water pollution
12.6 Conclusion
Reference
Chapter 13. Biotechnological intervention in global warming: climate change and water crisis
Abstract
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Effects of human intervention in environment
13.3 Effects of global warming
13.4 Biotechnological intervention in combating climate change and water crisis
13.5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 14. Climate change and its impact on natural resources
Abstract
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Water resources
14.3 Ocean resources and climate change effect
14.4 Forest resources and vegetation
14.5 Fish and wildlife
14.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 15. The Influence of global climate change on freshwater ecosystem
Abstract
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Worldwide environmental variations impacting freshwater ecosystems
15.3 Climate, environmental drivers, and aquatic ecosystems
15.4 Direct impacts of climate change on freshwater ecosystems
15.5 Monitoring the responses of freshwater ecosystems to climate change
15.6 Interaction of climate change and eutrophication and acid deposition
15.7 Distribution of persistent organic pollutants and mercury in freshwater ecosystems under changing climatic conditions
15.8 Tools for better decision-making: linking science to policy
15.9 Conclusion
References
Chapter 16. The impact of wastewater treatment plants on global climate change
Abstract
16.1 The role of the wastewater treatment on environmental preservation
16.2 Wastewater treatment plants: how do they work and what are the principles behind their operation?
16.3 Wastewater treatment and climate change
16.4 Strategies to control the adverse effect of wastewater treatment plants on climate change
16.5 Effect of climate change on wastewater treatment plants
16.6 Concluding remarks
Abbreviations
References
Chapter 17. Changing climate and depleting water resources in the mountains with a case study from the Himalayas
Abstract
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Some of the glaciers in the Himalayan region
17.3 Discussion in reference with case study
17.4 Bhaderwah: a case study from the Himalayas
17.5 Topography and climate
17.6 Geology and soils features of the area
17.7 Sources of water in the area
17.8 Photographs showing the collection from the Neeru stream followed by filtration plant
17.9 Photographs of filtration plant and different reservoirs from the study area
17.10 Conservation strategies
17.11 Adaptation: a buzzword
17.12 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Index

Binota Thokchom

Dr Binota Thokchom is a faculty member at the Centre of Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Her research interests reach across a number of environmental issues including water related crises tied to nanomaterials, water treatment using AOPs, nanomaterial synthesis, electrode synthesis, environmental monitoring and assessment as well as simulation and prediction of environmental impacts across models. Prior to earning her PhD, she worked at the Analytical Instrumentation Division, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute. She has participated in numerous national and international conferences, workshops and seminars. She has won several awards and honors for her work, including being named a BRICS Scientist bu the Department of Science and Technology of India, working with scientists across the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) on environmental issues which impact all of these nations.

Affiliations and expertise

Faculty Member, Centre of Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India

Pengpeng Qiu

Dr. Pengpeng Qiu is a researcher in the Department of Chemistry in Fudan University. His research interests include the degradation of emerging organic pollutants using various catalyzed advanced oxidation processes, alternative methods of pollutant degradation and treating pharmaceuticals and other chemical pollutants, like bisephenol-A in water systems. He has more than 20 publications to date.

Affiliations and expertise

State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, P.R. China

Pardeep Singh

Dr. Pardeep Singh is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environmental Science, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, in New Delhi, India. He obtained his PhD at the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi. Dr. Singh has published more than 65 papers in international journals in the fields of waste management, environmental pollution, and agricultural nanotechnology, and has co-edited 30 books.

Affiliations and expertise

Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

Parameswar K. Iyer

Parameswar Krishnan Iyer received the Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the CSIR-CSMCRI-Bhavnagar, India, in 1999. He was a Post-Doctoral Researcher with Technion, Haifa, Israel, from 1999 to 2001, University of California Santa Barbara, CA, USA, from 2001 to 2003, and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA, from 2003 to 2004. In 2004, he joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, India, as an Assistant Professor, and has been promoted to a full-time Professor in 2013. His current research interests include the design and development of novel semiconducting polymers, oligomers and hybrid materials for optoelectronic devices, sensors, imaging and therapeutics.

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Department of Chemistry and Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

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