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Water Pollution and Water Quality: Technologies and Processes
- 1st Edition - May 1, 2026
- Editors: Didem Saloglu, Angelo Basile, Alfredo Cassano
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 6 4 1 4 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 6 4 1 5 - 0
Water Pollution and Water Quality: Technologies and Processes offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of water pollution and water quality. It covers a wide range of topics,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteWater Pollution and Water Quality: Technologies and Processes offers a comprehensive and accessible overview of water pollution and water quality. It covers a wide range of topics, including the sources, effects, and impacts of water pollution, water chemistry, microorganisms in water, guidelines and standards for water quality and health, objectives and methods of wastewater treatment, and advanced wastewater treatment processes. The book also explores the impacts of water pollution on human health, natural ecosystems, and biodiversity, as well as policy-making to control water pollution, water footprint, and future scenarios for water pollution. It provides basic information on water pollution and water quality, making it suitable for graduate and post-graduate students, researchers, and professionals in in chemical engineering, environmental engineering, chemistry, industrial engineering, and disaster science and engineering. The book also highlights innovative approaches, new technologies, and solution strategies in addressing water pollution and water quality issues, and discusses the global problems and new developments in recent years.
• Covers a broad overview of water pollution, including water chemistry, and providing a foundational understanding of issues related to water pollution
• Includes information on water quality and wastewater treatment, covering objectives, methods, and implementation considerations, to gain knowledge about maintaining and improving water quality through effective treatment processes
• Highlights the importance of considering the environmental and sustainability aspects of water pollution and its future scenarios
• Includes information on water quality and wastewater treatment, covering objectives, methods, and implementation considerations, to gain knowledge about maintaining and improving water quality through effective treatment processes
• Highlights the importance of considering the environmental and sustainability aspects of water pollution and its future scenarios
Post-graduate students, researchers, and professors in chemical engineering, environmental engineering, chemistry, industrial engineering, and disaster science and engineering
Ch. 1: Overview of Water Pollution: Sources, Effects, and Impacts General information about water pollution, the causes of water pollution, the negative consequences of water pollution, and the general effects of water pollution.
Ch. 2: Chemical and Physical Parameters of Water General properties of water, chemical basis of the solubility of water, bond structure of water, surface tension, adhesion, cohesion etc., effect of bonds on water, chemical parameters in water, inorganics and organics molecules in water, The physical parameters of water: color, taste, odor, temperature, turbidity, solids, and electrical conductivity.
Ch. 3: Microorganisms in Water Overview of water microbiology, waterborne pathogens, microbiological water analysis, analysis methods, analysis standards
Ch. 4: Water Quality: Guidelines, Standards and Health Definition of water quality, parameters, hardness of water, chemical and biological monitoring of water quality, legal assessment of water quality, water quality classification, effects of quality water on health
Ch.5: Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Objectives, Methods, and Implementation Considerations Overview of wastewater and drinking water treatment methods: physical, chemical and biological treatment methods and applications in wastewater and drinking water treatment, the case studies on real-life wastewater and/or drinking water treatment plants and packaged treatment systems
Ch. 6: Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Processes in Industrial Applications Process water, wastewater, drinking water, and water reuse – integrated solutions for these tasks, modern processes and process combinations, the case studies on industrial application of wastewater and/or drinking water treatment plants
Ch. 7: Advanced Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Processes Polishing ponds, post aeration, microstraining, filtration, adsorption, phosphorous removal, nitrification/denitrification, advanced biological systems, anaerobic systems and applications, blending strategies for wastewater and drinking water system integration, the case studies on advanced wastewater and/or drinking water treatment systems
Ch. 8: Impacts of Water Pollution on Biodiversity and Nature and Policies for Controlling Water Pollution Human and water pollution impacts on biodiversity and nature, minimizing strategies of humans on nature and biodiversity, water pollution management strategies, the policy frameworks and regulations to control water pollution, increase water quality, and its impacts on human health, biodiversity, and nature, integrated structure of strategies and policies
Ch. 9: Water Footprint Water sustainability, water footprint network, definition and measures, calculation methods of water footprint
Ch. 10: The Future Scenarios for Water Pollution The potential future trends in water quality and how society can adapt to and mitigate these changes
Ch. 2: Chemical and Physical Parameters of Water General properties of water, chemical basis of the solubility of water, bond structure of water, surface tension, adhesion, cohesion etc., effect of bonds on water, chemical parameters in water, inorganics and organics molecules in water, The physical parameters of water: color, taste, odor, temperature, turbidity, solids, and electrical conductivity.
Ch. 3: Microorganisms in Water Overview of water microbiology, waterborne pathogens, microbiological water analysis, analysis methods, analysis standards
Ch. 4: Water Quality: Guidelines, Standards and Health Definition of water quality, parameters, hardness of water, chemical and biological monitoring of water quality, legal assessment of water quality, water quality classification, effects of quality water on health
Ch.5: Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Objectives, Methods, and Implementation Considerations Overview of wastewater and drinking water treatment methods: physical, chemical and biological treatment methods and applications in wastewater and drinking water treatment, the case studies on real-life wastewater and/or drinking water treatment plants and packaged treatment systems
Ch. 6: Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Processes in Industrial Applications Process water, wastewater, drinking water, and water reuse – integrated solutions for these tasks, modern processes and process combinations, the case studies on industrial application of wastewater and/or drinking water treatment plants
Ch. 7: Advanced Wastewater and Drinking Water Treatment Processes Polishing ponds, post aeration, microstraining, filtration, adsorption, phosphorous removal, nitrification/denitrification, advanced biological systems, anaerobic systems and applications, blending strategies for wastewater and drinking water system integration, the case studies on advanced wastewater and/or drinking water treatment systems
Ch. 8: Impacts of Water Pollution on Biodiversity and Nature and Policies for Controlling Water Pollution Human and water pollution impacts on biodiversity and nature, minimizing strategies of humans on nature and biodiversity, water pollution management strategies, the policy frameworks and regulations to control water pollution, increase water quality, and its impacts on human health, biodiversity, and nature, integrated structure of strategies and policies
Ch. 9: Water Footprint Water sustainability, water footprint network, definition and measures, calculation methods of water footprint
Ch. 10: The Future Scenarios for Water Pollution The potential future trends in water quality and how society can adapt to and mitigate these changes
- No. of pages: 250
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: May 1, 2026
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443364143
- eBook ISBN: 9780443364150
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Didem Saloglu
Didem Saloglu, a Chemical Engineer, is an Assoc. Prof. Dr. at Istanbul Technical University and Vice Director of Disaster Management Institute. She has a long experience in the field of general chemical engineering, adsorption, extraction, purification, biotechnology, composite materials, industrial pollution, explosion, emissions, wastewater treatment, and microwave assisted extraction. Dr. Saloglu has more than 35 scientific contributions as international peer reviewed articles, with a total 186 citations. She has 8 scientific papers in national peer reviewed articles, 2 international and 4 national book chapters, and 58 papers in national and international congresses. She is a reviewer for 45 national and international journals. Dr. Saloglu is also editor of the Water Science and Technology. She is involved as scientific responsible or main investigator in different national projects with The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Scientific Research Projects Units of Universities, and private companies and also international projects funded by European Union.
Affiliations and expertise
Istanbul Technical University, Disaster Management Institute, Department of Disaster and Emergency Management, TurkeyAB
Angelo Basile
Angelo Basile, a Chemical Engineer, is a senior Researcher at the ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, where he is responsible for research related to both the ultra-pure hydrogen production and CO2 capture using Pd-based Membrane Reactors. Angelo Basile's h-index is 53, with 387 document results with a total of 8,910 citations in 5,034 documents (www.scopus.com – 24 May 2023).
He has more than 170 scientific papers in peer-to-peer journals and 252 papers in international congresses; and is a reviewer for 165 int. journals, an editor/author of more than 50 scientific books and 120 chapters on international books on membrane science and technology; 6 Italian patents, 2 European patents and 5 worldwide patents. He is referee of 104 international scientific journals and Member of the Editorial Board of 22 of them.
Basile is also Editor associate of the Int. J. Hydrogen Energy and Editor-in-chief of the Int. J. Membrane Science & Technol. and Editor-in-chief of Membrane Processes (Applications), a section of the Intl J. Membranes. Basile also prepared 42 special issues on membrane science and technology for many international journals (IJHE, Chem Eng. J., Cat. Today, etc.). He participated to and was/is responsible of many national and international projects on membrane reactors and membrane science. Basile served as Director of the ITM-CNR during the period Dec. 2008 – May 2009. In the last years, he was tutor of 30 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Calabria (Italy). From 2014, Basile is Full Professor of Chemical Engineering Processes.
Affiliations and expertise
ITM-CNR, University of Calabria, ItalyAC
Alfredo Cassano
Alfredo Cassano, a Biologist, is senior Researcher at ITM-CNR since 2000. He has a long experience in the field of membrane science and technology with research expertise including pressure-driven membrane processes, membrane contactors and integrated membrane operations mainly applied to wastewater treatments and agro-food productions.
Cassano also prepared 4 special issues on membrane science and technology for 3 international journals (Membranes, Foods and Journal of Membrane Science and Research). He is involved as scientific responsible or main investigator in different national projects with both Italian Ministry of Education, University & Research and private companies and international projects funded by EU. He has been tutoring of 28 Thesis for master and Ph.D. students at ITM-CNR.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Researcher, Institute on Membrane Technology of the Italian National Research Council, ITM-CNR, University of Calbria, Rende, Italy